February 17, 2023
Gift of Life Adventure
Anil Srivatsa
Post a successful corporate career, Anil's Rotary experience is most significant.
He has served as founder and charter president of three active Rotary clubs (one in the USA and two in India). A Rotarian since 2002, a former Rotary Youth Exchange Student, Anil,
after donating his kidney to his brother eight years ago, embarked on a mission to ensure NO one dies waiting for an organ. With a Goal to reach a million potential donors driving around the world with the message of organ donation and love.
Anil has so far reached over 250,000 plus people via over 800 lectures. He has driven across 57 countries in the past eight years and is currently on a mission to unite Rotary for organ donation. He was flagged off by PRI President Shekhar Mehta and RIPE Gordon in Houston and is currently driving to the next convention in Melbourne after competing for India at the World Transplant Games in Perth in April 2023. A gold medal winner for India in the 2019 games.
From Houston, he drove to Alaska and then to Argentina spanning 17 countries in eight months, and his car is currently headed to Australia by ship in this leg with a goal to speak to at least 100 clubs. The count is now 280 as part of his mission to unite Rotary for organ donation to create a world where NO ONE DIES WAITING FOR AN ORGAN.
Anil is currently the founder and Charter President of the world's first Rotary Club of Organ Donations.
He travels with his wife Deepali. They have two children (Kavya 24 and Soorya 22)