ROTARIANS MAKING WAVES
RTN. SHEKHAR MEHTA, Rotary Club of Calcutta, Mahanagar, Past RI Director, is the choice of the Nominating Committee to serve as RI President 2021-22.
Mehta acknowledges that present participation patterns are a challenge and says that membership development should be Rotary’s most noteworthy need. He accepts that concentrating on local plans, effectively progressing Rotaractors into Rotary Clubs, and expanding assorted variety and female members could yield a five per cent net growth in membership each year.
Mehta, an accountant, is chair of the Skyline Group, a real estate development company he founded. He is also a director of Operation Eyesight Universal (India), a Canada-based organisation. Mehta has been actively involved in disaster response and is a trustee of ShelterBox, UK. After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, he helped build nearly 500 homes for families affected by the disaster.
Mehta pioneered a programme that has performed more than 1,500 life-changing heart surgeries in south Asia. He is also the architect of the TEACH Program, which promotes literacy throughout India and has reached thousands of schools.