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Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.
Rotary club membership represents a cross-section of the community's business and professional men and women. The world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
The main objective of Rotary
is service in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers, and other professionals, and vocational and career development. The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.
Although Rotary clubs develop autonomous service programs, all Rotarians worldwide are united in a campaign for the global eradication of polio. In the 1980s, Rotarians raised US$240 million to immunize the children of the world; by 2005, Rotary's centenary year and the target date for the certification of a polio-free world, the PolioPlus program will have contributed US$500 million to this cause. In addition, Rotary has provided an army of volunteers to promote and assist at national immunization days in polio-endemic countries around the world.
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes world understanding through international humanitarian service programs and educational and cultural exchanges. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and others who share its vision of a better world. Since 1947, the Foundation has awarded more than US$1.1 billion in humanitarian and educational grants, which are initiated and administered by local Rotary clubs and districts.
RI President: John Kenny
John Kenny, of the Rotary Club of Grangemouth, Scotland, is a past dean of his local law faculty, a judge, and a notary. He is active in scouting and earned the Medal of Merit for helping to form new scout groups in Eastern Europe. An elder of the Church of Scotland, he's served as session clerk and presbytery elder. Kenny was also appointed deputy lieutenant of his district by Queen Elizabeth II. He is a past president of both the Forth Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Scottish Junior Chambers of Commerce. He is also past general legal counsel of Jaycees International.
A Rotarian since 1970, Kenny has served Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland as
president and vice president. He has served RI as director, executive committee chair, Rotary
Foundation trustee, institute moderator, district governor, convention vice chair and group leader,
president's representative, and committee member and chair. He's been a delegate, member
at large, and parliamentarian at several Councils on Legislation.
Kenny is a Major Donor to The Rotary Foundation and a Bequest Society member and has
received the Foundation's Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award.
He has been married to June since 1965.
RI Director 2009-11: K.R. Ravindran
Ravindran joined Rotary in 1973 and went onto become
Governor for the District of Sri Lanka in 1991-92.
He is the National Polio Plus Chairman of Sri Lanka for the
past seven years. Working closely with UNICEF he successfully
negotiated a cease fire with the Tigers on Immunization days.
Sri Lanka remains polio free for over seven years.
He has been the Trustee of The Rotary Foundation for the year
2006-2009.
The National Development Bank of Sri Lanka selected him as
one of the five achievers in the country in 1995.
He is married to Vanathy and they have two children Krishna (29) and Prashanthy(25).
TRF Trustee 2009-13 : Ashok Mulkraj Mahajan
Ashok Mulkraj Mahajan, a member of Rotary Club of Mulund,
Mumbai India has been involved in Rotary since 1st July 1973
and has risen from an ordinary member to the coveted position
of R.I. Director 2007-2009 by sheer dint of commitment,
compassion and consistency. He passed in his B.E. (Electrical)
from Bombay University. Currently he runs an Industry -
manufacturing electrical and electronic components.
He was President of RC Mulund in 1982-83 and District
Governor R.I. District 3140 in 1993-94. His major achievements
as a District Governor include the formation of 20 new clubs
the Highest in Rotary World in that year. The collections for the
Rotary Foundation exceeded US $2,36,000 the Highest in Asia Zone II that year. The devastating
Latur Earthquake saw his ability to collect over Rs. 54 Lakhs for the quake affected victims
again a record for Rotary District in India.
Rotary International Contact Information:
R.I. Headquarters
One Rotary Centre
1560 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201 USA
Ph : 001 - 847 - 866 3000
Fax : 001 - 847 - 866 9732
Website: www.rotary.org
India:
Rotary International
Thapar House, (2nd Floor, Central Wing)
South Asia Office
124 Janpath,
New Delhi 110 001
Ph : (91-11) 42250101 - 05
Fax Nos. : (91-11) 42250191 & 42250192
Website : http://www.risouthasia.org
Support contact for South Asia:
| Manager | Vinod K. Bhola Regional Head - South Asia | 42250101 | Vinod.Bhola@rotary.org |
| HR & Administration incl. Publications | Deepak Sharma Sr. Manager, HR & Admn. | 42250111 | Deepak.Sharma@rotary.org |
| Shamik Mani Manager, HR & Admn. | 42250105 | Shamik.Mani@rotary.org | |
| Prasanta Kumar Sahu Manager, Legal | 42250116 | Prasanta.Sahu@rotary.org | |
| Club & District Support (CDS) | Jatinder Singh Manager, CDS | 42250102 | Jatinder.Singh@rotary.org |
| Ajay Goyal Coordinator, CDS | 42250122 | Ajay.Goyal@rotary.org | |
| Joseph Thomas Coordinator, CDS | 42250126 | Joseph.Thomas@rotary.org | |
| Financial Services (FS) | Rashi Varshney Manager, FS | 42250103 | Rashi.Varshney@rotary.org |
| Nidhi Khanna Coordinator, FS | 42250132 | Nidhi.Khanna@rotary.org | |
| The Rotary Foundation (TRF) | Sanjay Parmar Sr. Manager, TRF | 42250104 | Sanjay.Parmar@rotary.org |
| Jayashree Jayaraman Manager, TRF | 42250142 | Jayashree.Jayaraman@rotary.org |