CA Davinder Singh , a gold medalist chartered accountant is known and respected for his professional skills in handling complex income tax and corporate law matters . At the same time he is known for doing self less work for the society at large. Born in the year 1970 at Amritsar, he has an illustrious academic career. In 1993 , he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the very first attempt. He is also a member of Indian council of Arbitrations. His desire to serve has brought him to Rotary Club of Amritsar, the oldest Rotary Club of district 3070.

Joining Rotary was a life changing experience for him. In the company of senior rotarians of the club like Dr Hardas Singh (a doctor of world fame ) has made him a very active rotarian. His biggest contribution to Indian Rotary is to be instrumental in including “Hindi” as official language for Annual Rotary presidential theme along with other world languages. He was instrumental in proposing resolution in the year 2017. As a result Rotary Presidential theme has started being announced officially in “Hindi” from the year 2019.

He has held almost every position at district level with integrity, enthusiasm and hard work. In 2018, as a unanimous and unopposed choice of the district, he was elected to serve as District governor of district 3070 in Rotary Year 2020-21. He has attended three R.I. conventions at Lisbon , Seoul and Hamburg. He is very popular among his professional colleagues . He has served as chairman of Income Tax Bar Association , Amritsar Branch of Chartered Accountants and South Asian Federation of Accountants’ Conference.

A keen follower of the rule “Live Simple – Be Happy”, he is known for his contribution towards society. He believes in celebrating New Year Day by donating blood , celebrating wedding anniversary by contributing in mass marriages of needy couples . He believes in family values and lived in a Joint family with his parents and younger brother’s family. He is happily married to Rtn. Dolly Sachdeva and blessed with 2 children. His hobbies include painting, reading and writing. Apart from this he is very fond of writing also. He has written a book “Amritsar-A year in the timeless city”.

In a sense, I am a Rotarian for 41 years since my father Y P Nagpal became a member of the same club,” says Sunil Nagpal. He has been part of Rotary since childhood, accompanying his father to club meetings, conferences and project sites. Eventually, he joined Rotary in 1997.

The club’s charter president Dr Shiv Kumar is another mentor. “As a child, I remember how he used the sale proceeds of Rs. 20,000 from the club’s raffle to construct the Rotary Bhavan in Palampur. Today the building is 7,500 sq ft spread across three floors and is by itself a sustainable project.” The other permanent projects include the Rotary Eye Hospital in which his father is the Senior Vice Chairman; a mother and child hospital; Rotary Helpage Foundation which runs an orphanage; a physiotherapy clinic; and a school for the differently-abled. “Land for these projects was donated by the community. One philanthropist has been funding some of our eye surgeries for the past 35 years. That’s the level of trust Rotary enjoys in our region,” he says.

Nagpal is keen on providing skill development courses for war widows and their children. He is working on a mega medical camp to be held in Ludhiana in Feb’20 with global grant support. He is proud of having recently inaugurated the Rotary Hospital in Jalandhar. “The building was donated by a corporate and we made it functional with support from a German club through global grant.” He is also planning to equip schools with e-learning facilities.

The district has grown by 140 members and one new Rotary club this year. He is looking at a net gain of 10 percent with focus on retention and installing five new clubs. He wants aspiring members to first attend at least three Rotary projects or programmes and then take a call. “That’s how they can add value to the club.”

He is confident of raising $150,000 for TRF, having already got $10,000 at the recently-held TRF seminar. The district covers three States — Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and J&K, and there is plenty of scope to garner more contribution, says the governor.

Archana, his wife, is also member of the same club.