Dr. Bharat Pandya of the Rotary Club of Borivali in Mumbai has been confirmed as President-Nominee of Rotary International for 2028-29. A surgeon with nearly four decades of medical practice, Dr. Pandya is widely recognised for his longstanding commitment to Rotary's humanitarian mission, particularly its global effort to eradicate polio. His Rotary journey began in 1989 through local polio immunisation campaigns and later included service on India's National PolioPlus Commit

Rotary has been working for more than 45 years to help rid the world of polio. It is one of Rotary’s most significant global projects, and it is something every Rotarian can be proud of. Polio is a paralysing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of five. While enormous progress has been made, the job is not yet finished. Rotary International notes that polio cases have been reduced by 99.9 per cent since Rotary became a f