H. Rajendra Rai is working as the Director of Fouress Engineering India Ltd, manufacturing Industrial Valves. In the last 40+years of his professional career, he has successfully developed business for Fouress in over 35 countries, where his Company has undertaken major projects in the Power, Steel, Water, and Waste-water sectors.
He joined the Rotary movement as a Rotaractor in 1977 and was the President of the Rotaract Club of Bangalore West in 1982. In 1984, he joined the Rotary Club of Bangalore West. Hence, his stint in Rotary spans around 40 years, and during this period, he led his club in 1995 as its President and bagged the best club award in Rotary District 3190. In 2000-01, as the Assistant Governor, he was selected as the Group Study Exchange (GSE) team leader for RI Dist. 1090, in the UK. He became the District Governor of RID 3190 in the year 2007-08. Youth Development activities are his forte. During his Governorship, he organised a New Generations conference addressed by the former President of India, Sri Abdul Kalam, which was attended by over 6500 children from over 120 Schools.
To enhance the public image of Rotary in the rural part of Karnataka, a unique “Rotary Habba" (Rotary Festival) was organised in Mandya, which was attended by an unprecedented 25,000 people, giving great visibility to Rotary outside Bangalore City.
Over the years he has successfully executed many Humanitarian projects of community concern and the Notable once being- Artificial limb Project ( Jaipur Food Project ); School Desk/ Benches, Toilet blocks, Dictionaries, E- leaning centers, Digital Libraries, Solar lamps, Bio Sand filters for Government schools; Children’s Heart surgeries, Mobile Mammography unit for detection of breast Cancer, Bi-cycles for women empowerment, Cataract surgeries under Avoidable blindness program; Vocational training Centre for the Blind, Teaching English for Govt. School children, Adult Literacy in Rural areas, Mobile School for the Children of Migrant laborers, etc., are some of the services undertaken by him.
In 2001-02, he was also involved with a Multi District Project for the construction of a school building, including furniture and Computers, for a School devastated in the earthquake that affected Nani Matli Village in Gujarat, in association with a Rotary Baroda Metro Club. He was also associated with 5 International Matching Grant projects in Malaysia. He was also the Project lead for the visit of the first “Vocational Training Team” of Palliative care Doctors and Nurses of Bangalore for training in the Hospices in the UK
During his year as the District Governor of RID 3190, he had a very successful year and bagged 7 Rotary Foundation Awards at the Multi Zonal Rotary Institute in Agra. RID 3190
In 2013, he represented Rotary District 3190 at the Council on Legislation, the parliament of Rotary in Chicago. In November 2014, he was honored by “Gift of Life”, New York, for his outstanding contribution to Children’s Heart Surgeries in association with them.
Currently, he is a member of the National Executive of Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM ) in charge of the Happy School Vertical of the T-E-A-C-H mission
Rajendra Rai for his exemplary contributions to Rotary and social cause, has been recognised with the highest Award in Rotary International - the “Service above Self” Award and the highest Award of the Rotary Foundation- the “Distinguished Service Award”
H Rajendra Rai is a graduate of Science and Engineering (NITK, Surathkal) with a Rank from Mysore University. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from AIMA.
Rtn. Rai is married to Ann. Rekha, who recently retired as the Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English faculty in M.E.S College, Bangalore. Rekha has served as the President of the Inner Wheel Club of Bangalore West during the year 1992-93.