Meet the RI President
Kalyan Banerjee
Vapi, Gujarat, India
President, Rotary International, 2011-12
Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 2001-05
Chair, Rotarian Action Groups Committee, 2008-09
Director, Rotary International, 1995-97
District Governor, 1980-81
K alyan Banerjee is chair of United Phosphorus, Bangladesh, and a director of United Phosphorus Ltd., one of the largest manufacturers of agrochemicals in India, and Uniphos Agro Industries Ltd. Born in Kolkata in 1942, he earned a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1964. He is a resident of Vapi, Gujarat, where he has contributed significantly to its development as one of the largest industrial estates in India, helping to provide infrastructure for health care and education.
Banerjee has been a member of the Rotary Club of Vapi since 1972. He served as club president in 1975-76 and district governor in 1980-81. He began his international service to Rotary in 1995, with his appointment to the RI Board of Directors. He has gone on to serve as general coordinator of the Poverty and Hunger Alleviation Task Force (1997-98), trustee of The Rotary Foundation (2001-05), and chair of the Southeast Asia PolioPlus Committee (2009-10). He has served on numerous other committees, including the International PolioPlus Committee (2008-09), Reach Out to Africa Ad-Hoc Executive Committee (2009-10), Leadership Development and Training Committee (2009-10), Permanent Fund Committee for India (2008-09), and the Child Mortality Emphasis Coordinating Team (2008-09).
Banerjee is also active in many other organizations, including the American Chemical Society, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Senate of the Vishva-Bharati University. He has served twice as president of Vapi Industries Association and is a past chair of the Gujarat Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry. In addition, he is a trustee for the Jai Research Foundation.
Kalyan Banerjee is married to Binota, a social worker, and they have two children and four grandchildren.
From the RI President
 My dear brothers and sisters in Rotary, When we talk about building membership, we all recognize that welcoming a new member into a Rotary club is only the beginning of our task. To turn a new club [ ... ] |
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Message from the RCNT President
 Good evening fellow Rotarians, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” -Henry Ford Last night, we arrived from the Rotary International Conv [ ... ] |
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Secretary's Corner
 Our Medical-Dental mission in Brgy San Juan De Milla, Paniqui, Tarlac was again a successful project attended by 26 Rotarians who served 266 patients from 3 barangays. Fellow RCNTians, thank you for y [ ... ] |
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From the Editor's Note
 As we moved on for the month of August, the Rotary calendar for Membership and Extension month gives way for the recruitment of new members and recall members that has been inactive over the yea [ ... ] |
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