John Kenny RI President

John Kenny, a graduate of Glasgow University, is a past dean of his local law faculty, a judge, and a notary.He is past president of the Forth Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Scottish Junior Chambers of Commerce and past general legal counsel of Jaycees International. In addition, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him the deputy lieutenant of his district.
John is an elder of the Church of Scotland, where he has served as session clerk and Presbytery elder. Active in Boy Scouting, he received the organization’s Medal of Merit for helping to form new Scout groups in Eastern Europe.
A Rotarian since 1970, John is a member of the Rotary Club of Grangemouth. He has served Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) as committee member and chair, vice president, and president. He has served Rotary International as district governor, task force member, committee member, vice chair, RI Board Executive Committee chair, director, and Rotary Foundation trustee. He also has been a representative, member at large, and parliamentarian for the Council on Legislation on several occasions.

John is a Rotary Foundation Major Donor and Bequest Society member. He is a recipient of the Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award. John and his wife, June, have been married since 1965.

W.Anand - Governor RI District 3230

Anand is an Architect by profession and is the principal architect of the architectural firm, Anand Architects. After graduating with distinction from the School of Architecture and Planning Anna University, he went on to garner a Masters in Project Management from the reputed School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. His firm has to its credit a wide range of projects from multiple housing to residences, factories and hospitals. Profiled as a leader in his profession, Anand's work has been featured in leading national dailies and magazines.

Anand's personal vision and vitality in Architectural design, was honored with the prestigious SOCIETY INTERIORS CREATIVE EXCELLENCE HONOUR in April 2006. With over 500 projects ranging from the gloss to the grain of architecture, Anand was chosen as one of the Hot architects of Chennai by Construction World.

Anand's passion for architecture and service was reflected in the sustainable yet distinctive buildings he designed for our Districts' Tsunami rehabilitation project at Kannathur Reddy Kuppam.

Anand was inducted into the RC of Madras Industrial City in 1997, under the classification, Architect and Project Management Consultancy. Anand's leadership at the helm of RC Madras Industrial City as President in 2001 02, brought laurels to the club, in the form of the Rotary Action Trophy (Gold), amongst 93 clubs of the district. Anand was recognized with a plaque from Rotary International for motivating his club towards the highest per capita contribution in the year 2001-02. It was in his tenure as president, that the club bulletin 'Top Gear' won the All India Best Bulletin Award. He has since worked at the district level in a mosaic of roles ranging from Co Chairman Conference and Vocation service 2002-03, GGR 2002-03, Co Chairman PETS 2003 04, Chairman Special Projects 2003-04, Assistant Governor 2004-05 and Vice chairman Tsunami Relief Committee 2004-05. Anand was the G.S.R. of the Rotary Club of Chennai, Chepauk, Centennial.

Rtn.Premkumar Kora - RCMC President
 

Prem Kumar Kora is the incoming President of Rotary Club of Madras Cosmos. Getting to be with him is always a happy experience. Knowing him from close quarters gives one significant indications about his vision for Rotary.

Prem completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science in the year 1992 from Sri Venketeswara college of Engineering. In addition to this, he has a Master of Business Administration (Management & Marketing ‘03), from Providence College, USA. He is also a Project Management Professional certified by Project Management Institute USA. And, he is a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt. Currently he is studying LLB from Sri Venketeswara Law college Tirupathi and Phd from Alagappa University, Karaikudi.

Prem has garnered 16 years of experience in various fields in India and US. The last job he held was as a Project Manager in Sun Life Financial, Massachusetts, US where he worked for 7 years.
In his career, he has been a decisive and proactive high achiever, with strong record of delivering quality, mission critical solutions on time and within budget in demanding environments with good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

He rose from the rank of a programmer to that of a sought after Project Manager within a short span of time in the US. His colleagues and superiors endearingly called him “Prem, the Dream” because of his knack of translating dreams and visions into reality, through his propensity for out-of-the-box thinking and solutions.
Prem has tremendous confidence levels and has embarked into diverse fields of work since his return to India about a year back. He is into Real Estate, is the director of Koland Technologies – an IT firm, and Managing Director of NaBa Green Energy Private Limited which deals with renewable source of energy like wind, solar and hydrogen. Prem is an exceptionally versatile and risk taking entrepreneur.

Prem says that he has his tasks very clearly cut out. One is about increasing the strength of this club in terms of number and content and another is about doing more number of projects for the needy. While doing all this, he wants his club members to enjoy Rotary to the hilt.

Kavitha is his doting wife. She has an MSc, and is currenty doing MBA in Anna University. Their son Rishi is studying in class 8th in Maha Rishi Vidya Mandhir.