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Director
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K R Ravindran |
| 2009-11,
India |
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K.R.
Ravindaran had his early education St. Thomas College Mt. Lavinia
and his graduate education from
Loyola
College, in
Madras,
India.
He joined Rotary as a Charter Member of Rotary Club of
Bandarawela in 1973 and two years later moved to the Rotary Club of
Colombo. In 1987 he became President of his club which today is 77
years old.
When he served as President of the Rotary Club of
Colombo, his club founded the Sri Lanka Anti Narcotics Association
(SLANA), the foremost anti narcotics agency in the country today. He
served as its founder President.
Ravi went onto become the first Governor, for the
District of Sri Lanka (3220) in 1991-92, and has since done many
international assignments for Rotary International, served on many
RI Committees. He has also served on and moderated several panels at
various RI Conventions and Institutes around the world.
He has been the National Polio-Plus Chairman of
Sri Lanka since 1996 and spearheaded the national Immunization days
that were held in
Sri
Lanka. He chaired the joint Polio
immunization committee of UNICEF, Ministry of Health and Rotary.
Sri
Lanka was the first country in
South Asia to become Polio free.
He currently chairs the ‘Schools Reawakening’
project in Sri Lanka which consists of rebuilding Tsunami devasted
schools at a cost of USD 12M. This is perhaps the single larges
project ever undertaken by any Rotary District in the History of
Rotary.
Ravi has served on the
Board of Trustees of the Rotary Foundation for the years 2006-2009
before taking over as RI Director for 2009-2011.
Ravi
is married to Vanathy and they have two children
Krishna
and Prashanthi.
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