-Rtn. Vijayakumar, District Governor, RI Dist.3201
The Rotary District Secretariat of Rotary International District 3201, which includes Coimbatore City, Palakkad Dist, Thrissur Dist, Ernakulam Dist, Cochin City, and Idukki Dist, was inaugurated on 25.10.2023, at Race Course.
Rtn. Raja Govindasamy, District Governor-Elect – RI Dist. 3000, and Rtn. Vijayakumar, District Governor of RI Dist. 3201, inaugurated this new secretariat in the presence of Rtn. AKS. Adv. Sundaravadivelu, the District Governor-Elect – RI Dist. 3201 for 2024-25, and various other Rotary Club officials.
Rtn. AKS. Adv. Sundaravadivelu will succeed Rtn. Vijayakumar as the District Governor, RI Dist. 3201 in June 2024, and in connection with that, the Rotary District Secretariat for 2024-25 has been established. Projects related to Rotary International’s ideas and motto, and Projects of District 3201 will be guided from here starting from 2024.
Rtn. AKS. Adv. Sundaravadivelu described the humanitarian projects undertaken by RI Dist. 3201. He said, “We provided more than 85 dialysis units free of charge to all hospitals in Coimbatore. We also help people by providing free heart treatment to kids and individuals from less fortunate sections of society. Also, we provide services in the health and education portfolio.” “The Government has implemented various beneficial healthcare schemes for the public, and it is highly commendable. On our part, we will identify places where government services could not reach, and we will try to provide services there,” he added.
It is noteworthy to mention that Rtn. Adv. Sundaravadivelu is recognized as a member of Rotary’s Arch Klumph Society (AKS). The AKS recognizes the Rotary Foundation’s highest tier of donors; those who have contributed $250,000 or more during their lifetime. He has donated Rs. 2.5 crore to The Rotary Foundation as a Rotarian so far, with the true spirit of charity and with the intent to augment Rotary’s mission – ‘To make society better.’
Rtn. Raja Govindasamy invited Rotarians of Kerala and Tamil Nadu to visit his district for projects, fellowships, visits, and sightseeing and hoped for multi-district programs to happen. “Our work will be what we want to be remembered for? And that will be in terms of memberships and service,” he emphasized. “Next year all Rotarian teams will call themselves irresistible, i.e., irresistible to be ready to serve,” he added.
Rtn. Vijayakumar said, “Rtn. Sundaravadivelu and I share a common platform. We were groomed by India, where we learned leadership development for community betterment. I consider Rotary as an ever-charged battery, and we are the power. Irrespective of the district, all of us as Rotarians have been committed to service. We strongly believe that we are the manufacturers of society.”