Rotarians honoured in Meerut

Kerala Governor Arif ­Mohammed Khan presented the Vocational Excellence Awards to five individuals for their selfless contributions to society at the two-day district conference of RID 3100 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. In his speech, he called upon the citizens to “take individual responsibility for the progress of the nation and society.”

During the inaugural session, Justice Pankaj Mittal, judge of Supreme Court, praised Rotary’s work across the world and listed some of the ­initiatives that Rotary clubs have taken up to root out social evils in the country. Businessman Aditya Gupta, who has scaled Mount Everest, shared interesting anecdotes from his expedition. PDG Ashish Desai spoke on Rotary’s multidimensional work and explained its various initiatives.

DG Ashok Gupta honoured all the PDGs from RID 3100, and praised the contributions of Pallav Aggarwal (Major Donor, Level-3) and Suneel Aggarwal (MD, Level-1). In his speech, RIPR Prem Agrawal from RID 3090 highlighted Rotary’s work and noted the diverse initiatives of clubs at RID 3100. n