RI PRESIDENTS FROM INDIA

They all hail from Calcutta and Calcutta hails them all!
So far in Rotary ninety year history in india only three Rotarains were elected for RI presidency. Nitish Laharry, Rajendra Saboo and Kalyan Banerjee. Nitish Laharry was the first Indian to become a Rotary club secretary in India. Rotary club of Calcutta, the first Rotary club in India. Raja Saboo s father was also a member of the same club and kalyan was born in Calcutta, though they were destined to be members of RCs of Chandigarh in Punjab and Vapi in Gujrat respectively. What a coincidence!

The full list of distinguished Rotarians who held top positions in RI is given below. 1. Sir. Frederick James 2. Shapporjee B. Billimoria 3. B.T.Thakur 4. Shapporjee B. Billimoria 5. Nitish C. Laharry 6. Nitish C. Laharry 7. Krishna Prasad 8. Nitish C. Laharry 9. Edul C. Eduljee 10. Soli S. Pavri 11. Rajendra K. Saboo 12. L. Manchanda 13. Sudarshan Aggarwal 14. Rajendra K. Saboo 15. M.K Panduranga Setty 16. O.P Vaish Chennai Mumbai Kolkatta Mumbai Kolkatta Kolkatta Delhi Kolkatta Nagpur Mumbai Chandigarh Faridabad Delhi Chandigarh Bangaluru Delhi Director Director Vice President Vice President Vice President Director Director President Director Director Director Director Director President Director TRF Trustee 1933-34 1942-43 1946-47 1949-50 1953-54 1954-55 1961-63 1962-63 1973-75 1977-79 1981-83 1984-86 1987-89 1991-92 1991-93 1991-94

17. T. Ramesh U.Pai 18 Rajendra K. Saboo 19. Kalyan Banerjee 20. O.P Vaish 21. P.C Thoma 22. Kalyan Banerjee 23. Sushil Gupta 24. Ashok M Mahajan 25. Ashok M Mahajan 26. Kalyan Banerjee

Manipal Chandigarh Vapi Delhi Ootacamund Vapi Delhi Mumbai Mumbai Vapi

Director Chairman, TRF Director Director Director TRF Trustee Director Director TRF Trustee President-elect

1992-94 1996-97 1995-97 1999-01 2001-03 2001-05 2003-05 2007-09 2009 2010-11

The nation has recognized the service of Rajendra K Saboo as well as Sushil Gupta with Padma sree awards.