The Rotary Papatoetoe Central Club – one of the youngest chapters of the Rotary club in New Zealand - recently had a change of leadership, with Manu Singh being elected as the new President and Deepak Sharma as the new secretary and Gurjinder Ghuman as the Treasurer.
This was announced at a dinner event held at Papatoetoe Diversity Centre in South Auckland on July 1.
The new executive team will be at the helm of affairs from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023.
Manu Singh is a seasoned real estate professional with several decades of experience in marketing, promotion and business leadership and a dedicated Rotarian.
Deepak Sharma is also a successful businessman with multiple travel businesses under his belt and a long-term Rotarian.
Sharing his excitement and vision for the role in the coming year, Manu said, “I am feeling honoured to be president of a Vibrant club has been involved in community activities and changing people's life by doing service projects and fundraising, donations to various organisations in NZ.
“My immediate plan is to organise few service projects which includes organising a mental health seminar (Covid has taken a toll on people's health and its very common in community) , Tree Plantation, organising food pantry for Rawiri community centre Manukau and Indian Diaspora fundraising event,” Singh said.
“…Long term Plans to form Rotaract (youth and leadership club), Helping local schools and community organisations , Promoting awareness among community to join Rotary Club,” Singh further added.
Notably, the Rotary club is a service organisation which strives to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian services while networking and socialising in a fun-filled environment.
Rotary Club Papatoetoe central came into existence in 2015 with a broad member base amongst the broader Kiwi-Indian community, particularly from the South Auckland region.
However, despite a predominance of the Kiwi-Indians, the club takes pride in being open to all ethnicities and cultures.
The new executive team of Rotary Club Central Papatoetoe includes key members as Directors - Ashima Singh (Membership and growth), Gurpreet Kaur (Youth development and leadership), Nidhi Bhasin (Community Projects and Membership), Kuljit Kaur (Community Projects), Naleen Chand (Fundraising and Co-Director membership), Dr Ajit Singh (Fellowship), Raj Chand (Mentoring, Fellowship, and growth) P J Dhatt (Director Foundation) and Raj Pradeep Singh Director Public relations and Media.
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