Chartered on 22nd June 1938.
Rotary Club of Asansol is amongst the first 20 clubs formed in India. It is the 2nd oldest club in the erstwhile RI District 3290, second to and sponsored by Rotary Club of Calcutta (1937-1938), the first Rotary Club formed in India, which received its charter in 1920.
In Asansol the needed spark of Rotary was kindled by Rtn. W. H. Bryant, Field Representative of R. I. President, when he discussed the ideals of Rotary to the elites of Asansol at the house of Late Rtn. Dr. Lolit Sen. That meeting was followed by a more formal conference at the Asansol Railway Officer’s Club, on a sunny afternoon in early March, 1938, when a group of professional and service minded people namely Mr. H. V. Peeling, Works Manager, IISCO, Mr. R. Sneddon, Manager, Burn & Co., Raniganj, Dr. L. Sen, Chief Sanitary Officer of Mines Board of Health and Mr. F. G. Williams of Ushagram Mission got together to discuss with Rtn. H. W. Bryant, about the prospect of Rotary at Asansol.
They met again on 19th March 1938 and the provisional Rotary Club of Asansol was born, under the supervision of Rtn. Col. Newberry, Secretary of Rotary Club of Calcutta, at the Madath’s Hotel (subsequently known as Atwal Hotel). Harry V. Peeling, Works Manager, Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., became its founder president and Dr. Frederic George Williams, Director, Ushagram Educational Colony, its Secretary.
The club was finally admitted to Rotary International Membership on 22nd June, 1938 with the Charter No. 4737 sponsored by Rotary Club of Calcutta (1937-38).
However, the formal Charter presentation was made to the club by Rtn. Jahangir Gandhi of the Rotary Club of Jamshedpur on Monday, 12th December, 1938 at the Railway Officer’s Club, Asansol.
With the re-numbering of the districts in 1990-91, Rotary Club of Asansol, attained the status of being the oldest club in R. I. District 3240.
| # | Names | Classifaction |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bamji S.B | |
| 2 | Barraclaugh L. J | Mine Administration |
| 3 | Cameron G. S. | Mine Inspection |
| 4 | Chatterjee R. K. | Hospitals |
| 5 | Gilbert C.E | Rail Transportation |
| 6 | Hudspeth G. L. | Chemical Engineering |
| 7 | Jacobs L. A. | Mining Engineering |
| 8 | Higman W. F. B. | Rail Transportation |
| 9 | Lal Sing B. B. | Mining Lands |
| 10 | Macmillian J. N | Railway Signal Engineering |
| 11 | Madath S. | Hotels |
| 12 | Manley F. W. | Coal Lands |
| 13 | Mondol S. K. | Christianity |
| # | First | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Mukherjee M. M. | Mine Supervising |
| 15 | Nandi K. K. | Insurance |
| 16 | Pandit G. T. | Automobile Retailing |
| 17 | Pearce T | Wagon Manufacturing |
| 18 | Peeling H. V. (PRESIDENT) | Iron Manufacturing |
| 19 | Powell J. A. | Real Estate Agency |
| 20 | Sen L | Public Health |
| 21 | Rigg J. F. | Refractory Materials, Manufacturing |
| 22 | Routledge W. | Construction Service |
| 23 | Seth Sam | General Contracting |
| 24 | Sneddon R. | Pottery Manufacturing |
| 25 | Williams Dr. F. G. (SECRETARY) | High School Education |
| # | Years Active | V. Peeling |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1938-1939 | Rtn. H. V. Peeling |
| 2 | 1939-1940 | Rtn. H. V. Peeling |
| 3 | 1940-1941 | Rtn Dr. Lolit Sen |
| 4 | 1941-1942 | Rtn R. Sneddon |
| 5 | 1942-1943 | Rtn.B. C. Gupta |
| 6 | 1943-1944 | Rtn.B. C. Gupta |
| 7 | 1944-1945 | Rtn.R. Roberts |
| 8 | 1945-1946 | Rtn.A. Chatterjee |
| 9 | 1946-1947 | Rtn.A. Chatterjee |
| 10 | 1947-1948 | Rtn.J. E. Borrel |
| 11 | 1948-1949 | Rtn.Copal Chandra 5er |
| 12 | 1949-1950 | Rtn.N. S. Rao |
| 13 | 1950-1951 | Rtn.A. E. Crawley |
| 14 | 1951-1952 | Rtn.R. L. Jebb |
| 15 | 1952-1953 | Rtn.5. Rakshit |
| 16 | 1953-1954 | Rtn.M. N. Khanna |
| 17 | 1954-1955 | Rtn. Copal Chandra Sen |
| 18 | 1955-1956 | Rtn.B. Basu |
| 19 | 1956-1957 | Rtn.5. N. Mullick |
| 20 | 1957-1958 | Rtn.T. C. Anand |
| 21 | 1958-1959 | Rtn.B. B. Ghosh |
| 22 | 1959-1960 | Rtn.D. D. Akruwalia |
| 23 | 1960-1961 | Rtn.N. P. Vyas |
| 24 | 1961-1962 | Rtn.5. K. Mitra |
| 25 | 1962-1963 | Rtn.R. M. Gale |
| 26 | 1963-1964 | Rtn.D. Gopalkrishna |
| 27 | 1964-1965 | Rtn.C. R. Malkani |
| 28 | 1965-1966 | Rtn. T. D. Mukhopadhyay |
| 29 | 1966-1967 | Rtn.K. H. Mukherjee |
| 30 | 1967-1968 | Rtn. V. V. Phillips |
| 31 | 1968-1969 | Rtn.R. N. Sarcar |
| 32 | 1969-1970 | Rtn.N. N. Kapoor |
| 33 | 1970-1971 | Rtn.R. R. Khanna |
| 34 | 1971-1972 | Rtn. Santosh Ghosh |
| 35 | 1972-1973 | Rtn. A. K. Bhattacharya |
| 36 | 1973-1974 | Rtn.5. K. Dixit |
| 37 | 1974-1975 | Rtn.5. C. Mitra |
| 38 | 1975-1976 | Rtn. Sourin Chatterjee |
| 39 | 1976-1977 | Rtn.Dr. A. K. Basu |
| 40 | 1977-1978 | Rtn.5. N. Chatterjee |
| 41 | 1978-1979 | Rtn.B. K. Saha |
| 42 | 1979-1980 | Rtn.Prith Paul |
| 43 | 1980-1981 | Rtn.Dr. A. K. Basu |
| # | Years Active | V. Peeling |
| 45 | 1982-1983 | Rtn.A. B. Bandopadhay |
| 46 | 1983-1984 | Rtn.Dr. 5. P. Nandi |
| 47 | 1984-1985 | Rtn.D. N. Desai |
| 48 | 1985-1986 | Rtn.Dr. N. G. Mukherjee |
| 49 | 1986-1987 | Rtn.Dr. D. K. Mitra |
| 50 | 1987-1988 | Rtn.P. N. Uppal |
| 51 | 1988-1989 | Rtn.B. Banerjee |
| 52 | 1989-1990 | Rtn.Ranjan Ray |
| 53 | 1990-1991 | Rtn.Bajrang Agarwal |
| 54 | 1991-1992 | Rtn.H. N. Roy |
| 55 | 1992-1993 | Rtn.B. S. Jayant |
| 56 | 1993-1994 | Rtn.Dr. Anadi Banerjee |
| 57 | 1994-1995 | Rtn.Dr. P. D. Mukherjee |
| 58 | 1995-1996 | Rtn.L. P. Gupta |
| 59 | 1996-1997 | Rtn.D. N. Vyas |
| 60 | 1997-1998 | Rtn.P. Bhattacharya |
| 61 | 1998-1999 | Rtn.Dr. A. Mitra |
| 62 | 1999-2000 | Rtn.Bikash Chattcrjee |
| 63 | 2000-2001 | Rtn.Dipak Kapur |
| 64 | 2001-2002 | Rtn.P. K. Basu |
| 65 | 2002-2003 | Rtn.V. K. DhaII |
| 66 | 2003-2004 | Rtn.Dr. M. S. Chanty |
| 67 | 2004-2005 | Rtn. S. K. Mago |
| 68 | 2005-2006 | Rtn.R. B. Bansal |
| 69 | 2006-2007 | Rtn.Dr. Sujit Dutta |
| 70 | 2007-2008 | Rtn. Gourang Desai |
| 71 | 2008-2009 | Rtn. Shukla Bhattacharya |
| 72 | 2009-2010 | Rtn. Gourang Desai |
| 73 | 2010-2011 | Rtn. Dr. Saroj Mukherjee |
| 74 | 2011-2012 | Rtn. Bhrigesh Saluja |
| 75 | 2012-2013 | Rtn. Ravi Paul |
| 76 | 2013-2014 | Rtn. Satvik Lail |
| 77 | 2014-2015 | Rtn. Niklelesh Upadhayaya |
| 78 | 2015-2016 | Rtn.Satya Narayan Agarwal |
| 79 | 2016-2017 | Rtn. Mandeep Singh Lally |
| 80 | 2017-2018 | Rtn. Biswajit Bose |
| 81 | 2018-2019 | Rtn.Sunit Das |
| 82 | 2019-2020 | Rtn.Dilip Todi |
| 83 | 2020-2021 | Rtn.Annit Ghosh |
| 84 | 2021-2022 | Rtn.Avishek Dokania |
| 85 | 2022-2023 | Rtn. George Osta |
| # | Leaders | Designation | Years Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rtn. Dr. Lolit Mohan Sen | District Governer | 1951-1952 |
| 2 | Rtn. Dr. Gopal Chandra Sen | District Governer | 1979-1980 |
| 3 | Rtn Prith Paul | District Governer | 1991-1992 |
| 4 | Rtn. C.S Menon | District Secretory | 1991-1992 |
| 5 | Rtn. Dr. Ashok Kr. Basu | GSE Team Leader to USA | 1995 |
| 6 | Rtn. A. Banerjee | District Governer | 1996-1997 |
| 7 | Rtn Dr. A. Mitra | GSE Team Leader to Brazil | 2001 |
| 8 | Rtn Dr. A. Mitra | Assistant Governer | 2002-2003 |
| 9 | Rtn. V.K. Dhall | Assistant Governer | 2005-2006 |
| 10 | P.K Basu | Assistant Governer | 2007-2008 |
| 11 | Rtn. Sijit Dutta | Assistant Governer | 2014-2015 |
| 12 | Rtn. Niklesh Upadhayaya | District Governer | 2019-2021 |
| 13 | Rtn. Mandeep Singh Lally | Assistant Governer | 2020-2021 |
| 14 | Rtn. Satvik Lall | Assistant Governer | 2021-2022 |
| # | Club Names |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rotary Club of Dhanbad (1945-1946) |
| 2 | Rotary Club of Kharagpur (1954-1955) |
| 3 | 3. Rotary Club of Burdwan (1956-1957) |
| 4 | 4. Rotary Club of Durgapur (1960-1961) |
| 5 | 5. Rotary Club of Raniganj (1968-1969 / 1970- 1971) |
| # | Club Names |
|---|---|
| 6 | Rotary Club of Chittaranjan (1971-1972) |
| 7 | Rotary Club of Kulti (1979-1980) |
| 8 | Rotary Club of Adra Raghunathpur (1979-1980) |
| 9 | Rotary Club of Ukhra (1982-1983) |
| 10 | Rotary Club of Asansol Greater (1990-1991) |
| # | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 | Health survey |
| 2 | General Health, Eye, ENT & Dental Health Checkup Camps for all age groups and sex |
| 3 | Free Medicine distribution to the needy |
| 4 | Assistance to TB and Leprosy patients |
| 5 | Tuberculosis Clinic set up |
| 6 | Tuberculosis Treatment Camps |
| 7 | Polio Vaccine Center (1982-83) |
| 8 | Published Medical Hand book (1982-83) |
| 9 | Immunisation programmes & Vaccination camps |
| 10 | Pulse Polio Camps on National Immunisation Days for mass immunisation |
| 11 | A First Aid Post was opened at Rotary Youth Centre (1962-63) |
| 12 | Blood Donation Camps |
| 134 | Specialised Heart Checkup Camp |
| 14 | Blood Grouping, Blood Sugar, ECG, PAP Smear screening Test Camps |
| 15 | Cancer detection camps |
| 16 | Hepatitis B Vaccination Camps |
| 16 | Health Awareness Programmes |
| 17 | Healthy Baby Show |
| 18 | Bone Density Test Camp |
| 19 | Cash donations to needy persons for medical treatment of cancer patient, corneal graft |
| 20 | Heart to Heart project of supporting open heart surgeries of impoverished children (2009-11) |
| # | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 | Built huts, isolation camps at Leprosy Settlement Centers (1956-59) |
| 2 | Constructed Headquarter (Youth Centre) for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and Central hall (Rotary Hall) 55ft long and 35 ft wide at the local Rly. Recreational ground obtained on lease from the Rlys. Youth Centre was handed over to Civil Defence (1940-42) |
| 3 | Erected Traffic Safety Signs on the GT Road (1948-49, 1952-53) |
| 4 | Constructed Punuri Village School Building (1962-65, 1968-69) |
| 5 | Built & developed a traffic island near Asansol Court & Asansol Club (1965-66) |
| 6 | Constructed 10 nos. Bus Shelters for passengers (1967-69) |
| 7 | Donations given for construction of Burning Ghat at Asansol (1772-73) |
| 8 | Built an annexe to Cheshire Home, Burnpur (1976-77) |
| 9 | Built an annexe to Sishu Bhavan at Mother Teresa’s Leprosy Centre at Shantinagar (1979-80) |
| 10 | Renovated of School Building at Fatehpur village (1986-87) |
| 11 | Children’s Park built on the premises of Barette Club, Upper Chelidanga, Asansol (1989-90) |
| 12 | Undertaken Mega Sweet Water Project at R. K. Mission School, Asansol (1999-02) |
| 13 | Constructed & installed of 7 nos. Drinking Water Kiosks in primary schools (2003-04, 2006-07) |
| 14 | Sunk 4 nos. wells in water scarce areas (2003-06 onwards) |
| 15 | Constructed a vocational training centre shed with surrounding wall 10 ft high at R. K. Mission school, Asansol (2003-06) |
| 16 | Constructing 3 nos. public toilets with sanitation and drinking water facilities (2007-09) |
| 16 | Construction proposed to be taken up for additional class rooms & toilets at Burnpur Welfare Society School, Samdih Village. |
| # | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 | Creation and opening of Blood Bank at B C Roy College (1967-69) , Asansol Girl’s College (1970-72) & another (1973-75) |
| 2 | Gift of equipment to Children’s Park (1959-60) |
| 3 | Opening of an Oxygen Bank at Bimalapith Charitable Dispensary (1971-72) |
| 4 | Muscle Stimulator to Cheshire Home |
| 5 | Donated Traffic Stand at Hutton Road crossing (1985-86) |
| 6 | Challenge cup donated for 2nd WB State Shooting Championship (1985-86) |
| 7 | 10 nos. Computers given to DAV School at Asansol (2002-03), 4 nos. Computers donated to B B College at Ushagram, Asansol (2004-05) |
| 8 | Computer donated to Sreema Protibondhi repaired (2012-13) |
| 9 | An audiometer machine with accessories given to Sreema Pratibondhi Kalyan Kendra (2003-04) |
| 10 | High & low benches donated to a primary school (2003-04) |
| 11 | OTG machine gifted to Cheshire Home (2006-07) |
| 11 | Group Hearing Aid Systems equipment gifted to Sreema Pratibondhi Kalyan Kendra (2006-07) |
| 11 | Sewing machines gifted to needy institutions like Cheshire Home (2004-05) etc. & needy individuals from time to time |
| 11 | Installation of water RO & purification system at Asansol old station school (2010-11) |
| 11 | Donation of furniture to Swa Shakti Abason (2010-11) |
| 12 | Chalk making machine to Sreema Pratibondhi (2012-13) |
| # | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 | Built huts, isolation camps at Leprosy Settlement Centers (1956-59) |
| 2 | Constructed Headquarter (Youth Centre) for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and Central hall (Rotary Hall) 55ft long and 35 ft wide at the local Rly. Recreational ground obtained on lease from the Rlys. Youth Centre was handed over to Civil Defence (1940-42) |
| 3 | Erected Traffic Safety Signs on the GT Road (1948-49, 1952-53) |
| 4 | Constructed Punuri Village School Building (1962-65, 1968-69) |
| 5 | Built & developed a traffic island near Asansol Court & Asansol Club (1965-66) |
| 6 | Constructed 10 nos. Bus Shelters for passengers (1967-69) |
| 7 | Donations given for construction of Burning Ghat at Asansol (1772-73) |
| 8 | Built an annexe to Cheshire Home, Burnpur (1976-77) |
| 9 | Built an annexe to Sishu Bhavan at Mother Teresa’s Leprosy Centre at Shantinagar (1979-80) |
| 10 | Renovated of School Building at Fatehpur village (1986-87) |
| 11 | Children’s Park built on the premises of Barette Club, Upper Chelidanga, Asansol (1989-90) |
| 12 | Undertaken Mega Sweet Water Project at R. K. Mission School, Asansol (1999-02) |
| 13 | Constructed & installed of 7 nos. Drinking Water Kiosks in primary schools (2003-04, 2006-07) |
| 14 | Sunk 4 nos. wells in water scarce areas (2003-06 onwards) |
| 15 | Constructed a vocational training centre shed with surrounding wall 10 ft high at R. K. Mission school, Asansol (2003-06) |
| 16 | Constructing 3 nos. public toilets with sanitation and drinking water facilities (2007-09) |
| 16 | Construction proposed to be taken up for additional class rooms & toilets at Burnpur Welfare Society School, Samdih Village. |