RI President 2020-21 Sushil Kumar
Gupta BIO
Sushil Kumar Gupta selected to be 2020-21
Rotary president
Sushil Kumar Gupta, of the Rotary Club of Delhi Midwest,
Delhi, India, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President
of Rotary International for 2020-21. He will be declared the president-nominee
on 1 October if no challenging candidates have been suggested.
Gupta wants to increase Rotary’s humanitarian
impact as well as the diversity of its membership.
“As individuals, we can only do so much,” Gupta said
in a statement. “But when 1.2 million Rotarians work together,
there is no limit to what we can achieve, and in the process, we
can truly change the world.”
Gupta has been a Rotarian since 1977 and has served
Rotary as district governor, training leader, and resource group
adviser, and as a member, vice chair, or chair of several committees.
He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree
by the IIS University, Jaipur, in recognition of his contributions
to water conservation.
He has also received the coveted Padma Shri Award,
the fourth-highest civilian award in India, conferred by the president
of India for distinguished service to tourism and social work.
Gupta has also received the Distinguished Service
Award from The Rotary Foundation for his support of its humanitarian
and educational programs. He and his wife, Vinita, are Major Donors
to The Rotary Foundation and members of the Arch Klumph Society.
Gupta is chair and managing director of Asian Hotels
(West) Ltd., and owner of Hyatt Regency Mumbai and JW Marriott Hotel
New Delhi Aerocity. He has served as president of the Federation
of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India and on the board of
directors of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd. He is the
president of Experience India Society, a public-private partnership
between the tourism industry and the government of India that promotes
India as a tourist destination. He is also vice chair of the Himalayan
Environment Trust and serves on the board of Operation Eyesight
Universal in India.
