District Governor’s Profile
Bina Desai 2019-20 Rotary Club of Kankaria (Ahmedabad)
A gri y individual and persistent worker, the first woman District Governor of RID 3054, Rtn. Bina Desai's st re n gt h s a re C o m m u n i ca o n a n d S t rate g i c Management skills. A postgraduate in Microbiology, Rtn. Bina trained herself as a Pharmaceu cal chemist and is now a Pharmaceu cal consultant, with a social conscience, and has been keeping herself ac vely involved in social and service organisa ons working at the grass root level for the welfare of deprived children, among others. Rtn. Bina's deep concern for children belonging to the underprivileged sec on of society led her to be an ac ve part of Visamo Kids' Founda on since its incep on in 2002. As a Trustee at Avirat Founda on, Rtn. Bina also conducts ac vi es related to youth development, women's empowerment and the development of villages. Her Rotary career started as a member of Rotaract Club of Kankaria. She was invited to become a Rotarian in 2009 by Rotary Club of Kankaria (Ahmedabad). She was first woman President of the club in 2013-14. During her year as the President, Rtn. Bina ini ated various sustainable community service projects worth Rs. 1 crore (approx.) and she is also credited with the establishment of Rotary Vedic Women Empowerment Centre. This Centre trains needy women and empowers them with skills to work, earn & support their families. As the First Lady during 2012-13, Rtn. Bina mo vated other member-spouses from the District to form groups for collec ng books - under the "Hamari Asha" and set up 15 libraries by the end of her spouse's tenure. Rtn. Bina and PDG Ashish are blessed with two children. Their son, Shashwat, is a civil engineer and daughter, Nirja, is an architect. Shashwat has been the PDRR in 2016-17 and President of Rotaract South Asia MDIO for 2018-19. Ashish and Bina are Major donors. With interests such as travelling, listening to music, reading, understanding human behaviour as well as psychology, she is commi ed to build a legacy in the year 2019-20.
Let’s build a legacy... together!
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Directory 2019-20 | District 3054
