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THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY ADVANCES ITS HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO RTN. DR. MAHESH KOTBAGI, ROTARY CLUB OF PUNE SPORTS CITY, DISTRICT 3131 FOR BEING ELECTED NEW ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2021-23 FROM ZONE 7.
For Rtn. Dr. Mahesh Kotbagi, Co-Chair of Rotary India Literacy Mission, the said appointment is one more feather in his illustrious cap. He has already served as DG (2005-06), International Training Leader (2014), Chairman – South Asia Literacy Summit (2014), ARFC (2017-18) and GETS Chairman (2020). He has also been honoured by Service Above Self Award by RI and Citation of Meritorious Service Award by TRF and has been Rotary Volunteer of Medical Mission to Lesotho, Africa.
Rtn. Dr. Mahesh Kotbagi is a professional Hospital Administrator and Chairman of Kotbagi Hospital Pvt, Ltd in Maharashtra, India. He is a fourth generation medical practitioner; his grandfather being the physician of Mahatma Gandhi. He is a post-graduate and recipient of a gold medal for his thesis in MD Gynaecology from University of Pune. He established a 10-bed hospital in 1991 which soon grew into a multi-speciality hospital and has also established a low-cost Dialysis Centre. While he has business interests in health care, hospitality, petroleum, and construction industries, he has also served as Hon. Professor in several medical colleges and been a Member of Senate of Pune University and Trustee, Medical College.
Rtn. Dr. Mahesh Kotbagi has also set up Chimayi Charitable Trust to support low-cost health care and education for rural children. He has provided leadership to more than a hundred service projects in literacy, polio surgeries, rubella vaccination, cow banks for rural women and welfare of special children
Rtn. Dr. Mahesh Kotbagi and Rtn. Ptn. Dr. Amita are third-level Major Donors and Benefactors of TRF.