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Entrepreneur Vijay Garg takes over as president of Rotary Club of Plainsboro, North & South Brunswick

North Brunswick, New Jersey — Rotary Club of Plainsboro, North & South Brunswick, held its Annual Changing of the Guard ceremony and inducted new officials for the rotary year 2022-2023.

District Governor John Shockley conducted the oath ceremony for the incoming President Vijay Garg and his team. In his acceptance remarks, Garg said that he is looking forward in working with the team and continue various community projects aligned with the Rotary International causes. “I am excited and honored to accept the role,” said Garg, a successful entrepreneur, past north-east president of IT Serve, board member of TiE, GOPIO and other social organizations.


With his immense community reach and leadership skills, the club is poised to take up bigger projects and extending its reach.




The new team includes, Sanjeev Dixit as secretary, Sanjay Pagidimarri as treasurer, Venkat Jagarlamudi as president-elect, Ganesh Madda as the foundation chair, Jaydip Sen as PR chair, Suresh Pannala as membership chair, Sudharani Kankanala as service project chair, Srinivas Gattu as fundraising chair and Sunil Nambiar as international projects chair.




Outgoing President of the club Blisse Vakkalagadda presented various projects that the club completed during her presidency. Vakkalagadda along with Sudharani Kankanala, had also played a pivotal role as mentors of the Interact Club of North Brunswick and helped organize various service projects. During her presidency, club also undertook international service projects.

The changing of the guard ceremony was well attended by the Rotary Club members, Rotary Interact Club members, families, and prospective members. Past District Governor Dr. Tulsi Maharjan and Kalpana Patel, president, Rotary Club of Robbinsville-Hamilton, NJ, were among the attendees at the ceremony. Representatives from organizations like ITServe, IBA, SMEC joined and discussed collaboration on future Community Service Projects.





The club, which is also celebrating its 20th charter anniversary this year, recognized six senior members, Suresh Pannala, Sunil Nambiar, Rajeev Mehta, Nishit Mehta, Mahalingam Narayan and Darshan Doshi, who completed over twelve years of service as dedicated and passionate Rotarians.





In 2002 a few prominent people from the community, living in Plainsboro, South Brunswick, North Brunswick, and surrounding areas decided to charter a new Rotary Club in Central New Jersey with the intention of serving the local and international community. The club started out with three active members and rapidly grew to about more than 25 members living in various parts of the state. Although the club is open to people of all race, color, and religion, most of the current members are people of Indian Origin.


Since its inception, the club has proudly sponsored a number of local and international charitable projects.

For more information, visit PlainsboroRotary.org