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RI Director’s Profile

Rtn. VENKATESH ANANTHANARAYANAN

District Governor 2021 - 2023

An Engineering graduate from the prestigious IIT,
Madras, Rtn.Venkatesh did his post graduation in
Business Administration from IIM, Ahmedabad.
Entered the business of civil construction at the
age of 23 and is currently heading an organization
employing over 1400 people.

A member of Rotary Club of Chennai Mambalam,
he was its president in 2001-02, and the youngest
District Governor of RID 3230 in 2007-08. He was
Rotary coordinator for the period 2010-2013 for
Zone 5 covering South India, Sri Lanka and Maldives.

He has been a trainer for all DGEs at International
Assembly at San Diego for 2 years as well as
a trainer for all Coordinators from around the
world at Chicago for three years (2014-2017). He
has addressed over 50 PETS and several district
assemblies and conferences besides being a Mission. He was also chair for South Asian Reception
President’s Representative at six conferences both at Montreal Convention and at Seoul Convention.
in India and overseas. He represented D3230 in Council on Legislation
COL 2016.
He is a Level III Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation
with a personal contribution of over USD 50,000 He has been elected Rotary International Director
and all his family members are Paul Harris Fellows. for the period 2021-2023.

Rtn. Venkatesh has attended over ten international He is a keen Bridge player and loves travelling.
conventions. He was joint secretary and national He is married to Vinita, also an alumnus of IIM
executive committee member, Rotary India Literacy Ahmedabad. The couple have two daughters.

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