A member of the Rotary Club of Ambala since 1971, Yash has served Rotary with distinction at club, district and international level. He has served Rotary in several assignments, such as International Training Leader, Discussion Moderator, Group Study Exchange Team Leader and committee Chair and task force member. Chairman for the 2006 Rotary Institute for Zones 5 & 6a in Chandigarh.

SHEKHAR MEHTA
RI Director 2011-13

SHEKHAR MEHTA did his graduation from St. Xavier's College and M.Com from Calcutta University. He is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Company Secretary. He is a builder heading the SKYLINE GROUP of Companies. Shekhar is a member of many professional, social, cultural and charitable organizations. Shekhar joined Rotary in the year 1985 and was President in the Year 1991-92. He is a member of Rotary Club of Calcutta Mahanagar. Shekhar served the District as District Governor in 1999-2000.
 

* Shekhar has led some of the biggest projects in not only his District but in India. Some of them are:-
* Healing Little Hearts having done nearly 300 HEART surgeries for children
* Rotary Mahanagar Netralaya a state-of-the-art Eye Hospital in Kolkata
* Constructing 500 homes for Tsunami Survivors at Andaman & Nicobar Islands
* Shekhar has been International Trainer at Anaheim, USA for 2 consecutive years.
* Shekhar has been Discussion Facilitator during 2008 & 2009 Conventions.
* He was the Representative of District 3290 to the Council on Legislation at Chicago
* An ardent supporter of the Rotary Foundation he served as Major Gift & Strategic Advisor. His passion is raising funds for TRF. He was awarded the "Meritorious Service Award" of the Rotary Foundation and Distinguished Service Award
* He is the recipient of "The Service Above Self" Award
* He is a Life Member of The 4 Way Test Association of India and has 100% attendance
* Since his induction in Rotary. Shekhar will serve as Director of Rotary International in the years 2011-2013. He will be a member of the RI Boards Administration Committee, The Strategic Planning Committee and the Council on Legislation Advisory Committee.

Rm. Shekhar is married to RASH!, a past president of Inner Wheel who takes keen interest in service and cultural activities and dramatics. They have two children son Chiraag married to Geeta and daughter Chandni. Shekhar now devotes a major part of his time for humanitarian programmes for communities all over India and has set out some challenging Service activity goals.

His guiding Mantra is "Service is the Rent I pay for the space I occupy on this earth".