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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.
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