Washington, July 10: Indian-American philanthropist Ravishankar Bhooplapur has been appointed as the Governor of Rotary International in New York.
Founder and chairman of Gift of Life India, Mr. Bhooplapur is the first Indian-American to have been appointed for this position. A non-profit organisation, Gift of Life India has been instrumental in saving 1,400 children by assisting them with life-saving operations and surgeries in India.
Aspiring one day to be the International President of the 104-year-old Rotary, Mr. Bhooplapur has already received Rotary’s all three top honours – the “Meritorious Service Award,” “Service Above Self,” (2006) and “Distinguished Service Award (2008).
Frank Devlyn, former Rotary president from Mexico, said: “Ravi is an outstanding Rotarian that is why the district elected him.”
Involved in a wide variety of non-sectarian humanitarian and philanthropic activities, Bhooplapur is founder and CEO of Vision Financial Services, an insurance brokerage firm in New York. He is also president of the Xavier University School of Medicine (Aruba,) and lives in Syosset, Long Island, New York.
–PTI