South East Asia Rotaractors meet at Varanasi
The 2024 SEARIC summit was organised in Varanasi. The three-day event was hosted by RI district 3120 and had a participation of over 500 delegates from 38 districts across India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. RID 3120 DG Paritosh Bajaj was the chief guest and SEARIC MDIO president PDRR M S Abhijit was the programme convenor. PDRR Kushagra Bansal was the summit chair and DRRE Mahi Bhan, the summit secretary.
The event was a perfect mix of learning, fellowship and entertainment. Milind Raj, known as the Drone Man of India, spoke about AI, robot science and drones. Dalit rights activist Lenin Raghuvanshi, women and child rights activist Shruti Nagvanshi, mountaineer Ratnesh Pandey and ‘food man’ Vishal Singh who distributes food to caretakers of patients undergoing treatment in Delhi hospitals, were the other speakers.
The DRRs and their successors met to exchange notes on enhancing Rotaract experience in South East Asia. The DRRs presented a progress report of activities in their respective districts. RID 3292 will host the 2025 SEARIC summit at Pokhra, Nepal.
The delegates visited the Vishwanath temple and witnessed the famous Ganga aarti on the banks of the river Ganga. They were also taken on a tour of Sarnath, the birth place of Buddhism, 10km from Varanasi. The summit concluded with a fashion show and cultural performances.
