MILESTONES (1988-2020)

1988

The Planters Welfare Association was founded in June 1988 byChanniUppal and few likeminded ex planters . The first Executive Committee consisted of Messer Suresh Thukral, Late TilakSehgal,ChanniUppal, Arun Khanna, Late Johnny Awasthi, CaptD.P.N.Singh ( Retd), Late Vijay Sahni&Late N.K.SawhneyP.W.A.was registered under the societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. Serial NBR S/1900 3 of 01/06/1988 by Registrar of Societies Delhi. Suitable M.O.A. was drawn up. Membership drive resulted in with 75 members by end of the year.The Registered office of the Association address , D – 847 , New Friends Colony, New – Delhi , was the residence of Mr. C.K.uppal.

1989

Courtesy an architect, friend of Mr. Uppal’s, a proper plan was drawn up for a complete housing society for P.W.A . Simultaneous approach was made to DDA for allocation of suitable land. Petitionwas sent to Lt. Governor Delhi – courtesy Late Eric Singh. Executive Committee met Lt. Governor RomeshBhandari. Result was negative due to lack of funds and I.T. Clearance. PWA publishes its first News Letter.

1990

The First Members Directory was published in the year 1991 . It was compiled byChanniUppal and was sponsored by RangaBedi P.W.A sub- Committee shortlisted builders (Unitech) to come up with a formulae to provide a block of flats/houses for PWA members. A proper estimate was circulated to members/ (at the time over 200) with housing loans etc organized. An exhibition was held at Calcutta at Taj Bengal. As a result about 82 members volunteered funds, but did not pay at the time of booking, hence the project had to be dropped.

1991

P.W.A. steadily increases Membership& gets Tea Companies interested & involved.

1992

Membership drive was accelerated. P.W.A adopted a child at S.O.S children Villages,Bhimtal, as part of our charity concept. Used clothes etc donated to agencies like Cheshire homes

1993

Membership drive continued.

1994

Additional number of members joined the Association.The AGM- 1994 was sponsored by M/s Assam Frontier Tea Co Ltd.

1995

Membership drive continued and desired results were achieved.The AGM 1995 was held at Malcha House.

1996

Membership drive collects momentum and enrolment of additional members were made.The AGM 1996 was held at Delhi Gymkhana Club.

1997

P.W.A goes hitech! Acquires an e-mail (pwa@vsnl.com) & Website (www.plantersassociation.com) was launched courtesy BobbieJamwal ,NeerajRaina. &RoopyPatney .Network was tied up with Koi Hai.The AGM 1997 was sponsored by M/sWilliamson Magor& Co Ltd..

1998

AGM- 1998 was sponsored by M/s Tata Tea Ltd.

1999

AGM-1999 was sponsored by M/s Williamson Magor& Co Ltd.

2000

Second edition of Members Directory – 2000was updated and was sponsored by our Patron ( PWA) ,Mr. AshutoshDayal Sharma of M/s Quest VentureCoordinators Private Limited, New Delhi.AGM – 2000 sponsored by M/s Assam Frontier Tea Co Ltd.

2001

2nd Child adopted by PWA, (girl) at S.O.S. children Village ,Bhimtal. Website was upgraded courtesy Mr. A.D. Sharma , Bobbie Jamwal&RoopyPatney The AGM 2001 was held at Sanik Farms.

2002

PWA golf tournament introduced as an additional activity. Quest Cup& a replica, which is a running trophy was presented by our Patron Mr A.D. Sharma for the men event.The A.G.M 2002 was held at New Friends Colony. Donations for the AGM, were received from our members namely CaptV.K.Mehra ,V.Lall, H.N.Chopra&T.R.Sahgal.

2003

MrsAshaSahgal presented a trophy named as AshaSahgal Trophy and a replica for the PWA golf for the ladies event..The AGM- 2003was sponsored byM/s EvereadyIndusrty India Ltd.

2004

MrTilak Raj Sehgal presented a wooden spoon for the PWA golf tournament. The A.G.M – 2004was sponsored byM/sGoodricke Group Ltd.

2005

Donation was made by the Association to-wards the cause of Tsunami victims. Ten Socials wereheld during the year AGM 2005 was sponsored by M/s Assam Frontier Tea Co Ltd.

2006

7 nossocials were held during the year.The AGM 2006 was held at the New Friends club , Mathura Road , New – Delhi. Since no sponsors were available, members namely, Mr. S .Maini ,V.Lall , Capt. V.K.Mehra , H.N.Chopra&T.R.Sehgaldonated generously to- wards the expenses of AGM.. The registered office address of the Association was changed to C- 2 , West End , New Delhi-110021 , which is the residence of Mr. S.Maini .

2007

7 nos Socials wereheld during the year. Mr Saran Singh presented a trophy for the golfer. Sponsorship was received from Mr Sunil Khanna ((M/s Toro & Co) and MrA.D.Sharma to – wards the Golf event. Donations were made for the sponsorship of two children education being educated at SOS Children Village ,Bhimtal. The AGM 2007 was sponsored by M/s Williamson Magor& Co Ltd..

2008

7 nos Socials were held during the year. AGM 2008was sponsored by PWA.

2009

7 nos socials were held during the year . Lt Gen K.K.Nanda( Retd) presented a trophy for the Senior Citizen golfers.The AGM 2009 was held at the Lagoon Club, Gurgaon and was paid event.MrsKamala Kapahi trophy -1 has been presented by the mother in law of Mr. V.Lall , for PWA Golf. Fourth Updated Version of Members Directory 2009 was published . Various Tea Companies / Other Companies sponsored the Directory.Assistance was extended by MrH.N.Chopra ,K.N.Chaurasia, S.Maini, B.Chhabra&RoopyPatney

2010

Six Socials were held during the year.Mrs KamalaKapahi trophy- 2 was presented by mother in law of Mr.V.Lall for PWA Golf.The AGM – 2010 sponsored by M/s Goodricke Group Ltd. The registered office of the Association was changed from C – 2 West End, New – Delhi to D – 247, Defence Colony ( FF), New – Delhi 110024 , which is the residence of Mr. B.Chhabra. The present Association registration was changed as per the requirement and has been registered under Association of mutual benefit. Tie up arrangements were made between PWA & Artemis Medicare ServicesLtd , Gurgaon, for the benefit of our members to avail medical facility at a discount. Health cards have been forwarded to our members.

2011

7 nos Members Meetings ( Socials) were held during the year. A running trophy was presented by Mr.S.Maini for PWA Golf..The AGM – 2011 was held atLagoon Club, Gurgaon. On popular demand ,an additional event ( 8th ) has been introduced which will be take place from the year 2013. We are pleased to inform that record numbers of Children of our members joined the Association as members with full voting rights. We have 34such members who are located in all parts on members.

2012

7 nos Members Meeting ( Social) were held during the year. Fifth version of Members Directory 2012, was up dated and was published during the year . Various Tea Companies & others sponsored the Directory. All the help was rendered by Mr H.N.Chopra ,SudhirKapoor&RoopyPatney.The AGM 2012 was held at the lagoon Club, Gurgaon.

2013

This is a memorable year for our Association since it reaches to a land mark figure of   25 years of existence.  The PWA Celebrated its Silver Jubilee on 6th November 2013 at the Dinner at the Park Hotel , New – Delhi which was sponsored by our   Patron Mrs Shiren Paul , Chairperson , Emeritus, ApeejaySurrendra Group.

Sixth updated version of Members Directory  – 2014 was launched during the year.  AGM – 2013 was held in its Silver Jubilee year on 15th December 2013 at the Golf Links Community Centre , New – Delhi . It was hosted by Mr V.Lall and sponsored by M/s McleodRusselindia Ltd.

2014

8 no Events were held during the year and were well attended.

2015

8 no Events were held during the year and were attended by large numbers of members . PWA – Golf attendance remained on a low key

2016

 8 nos events were held at various venues and were well attended . Efforts were made to enhance the participation of Golfers and members for lunch which was not achieved.

2017

8 nos events were held . It was decided to hold 7 no Events in the subsequent years . Members Directory 2017 was published during the year
Mr V.Lall / B.Chhabra / Roopy Patney were thanked for the successful launch of the Directory . Generous contribution was received from M/S Goodricke Group / Tea Professionals / Cuckoos Knit Wear/ Mcleod Russel/ Mohani Tea/ Time Zone/ Kapoor Lamp shades/ Appejay Tea/ Amalgamated Plantations/ DLF City RWA/ J. Thomas/ Paracon ( India) Pvt Ltd/ Sugandh Tea / Glenco tea / Soongachi Tea Industry/ Contemorary Tea/ Rydak Syndicate / Darshan Lal Anand Prakash & Sons/ Rossell Tea
2018
7 no Events were held during the year which was well attended . PWA – Golf attendance remained low. Mrs Dipika Nanjappa in the AGM for the year 2019 – 2020 was elected as the President for the year 2020 – 2021. In the history of elected Executive Committee , she is the first lady President who received this well -deserved honour .

2019
PWA – Golf – 2020 was held in the month of February 2020 . All other activities during the year were suspended due to restriction due to Pandemic.

2020
AGM 2020 was held by e mail – Voting in March 2021 due to restrictions imposed due to Covid – 19 . All the other activities remain suspended as on June 2021

2021
No events were held during the year due to Pandemic
2022
AGM – 2021 was held the Delhi Gymkhana Club , New – Delhi
in the month of March 2022. The events were attended by a large numbers of Members. It gave lot of joy to the members to greet each other after a long spell. The event was sponsored by Mr. Sanjay Choudhary & Mr. Avijit Ganguly.The event was Co – Sponsored by P.W.A
Five nos events were held during the year in the month of August / September / November
& December ( AGM – 2022).Record numbers of membership were recorded during the year 2022 – 2023 – 24 nos


2023

Three events were held in the month of January / February / April 2023