{"id":257,"date":"2026-08-14T03:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/?p=257"},"modified":"2026-08-14T03:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:03:37","slug":"big-news-for-the-rotary-world-dr-bharat-pandya-selected-to-be-2028-2029-ri-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"BIG NEWS FOR THE ROTARY WORLD: DR. BHARAT PANDYA SELECTED TO BE 2028-2029 RI PRESIDENT!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">District 3450 extends our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Bharat Pandya (Rotary Club of Mumbai Western Suburbs, India) on his selection as the Rotary International President for 2028-2029!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bA renowned general and laparoscopic surgeon, Dr. Pandya has been a pillar of extraordinary leadership in the Rotary movement since he joint Rotary in 1989. Having served with distinction as RI Vice President (2020-21), RI Director, and Trustee of The Rotary Foundation (2022-26), his unwavering dedication to &#8220;Service Above Self&#8221; continues to inspire millions of Rotarians worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bKnown for his passionate, visionary, and heartwarming storytelling, Dr. Pandya has consistently championed membership growth, humanitarian service, and the End Polio Now campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bAs we continue to Create Lasting Impact in our own district, we eagerly anticipate the visionary leadership and energy Dr. Pandya will bring to the global Rotary family in 2028-2029!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bJoin us in sending our warmest wishes and hearty congratulations to PRIP Dr. Bharat Pandya!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>District 3450 extends our heartiest congratulations to  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aug"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter2627.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}