Meeting - 20 July 2026

Born in Suva but now living in Auckland, Joyti is married with 2 children. She has been a Rotarian for 20 years (joined October 2005) with the Rotary Club of Auckland Harbourside. She has been President twice (2014-15 and 2021/22) and an Area Governor (2022-2024). 

Joyti advises: “The reason I joined Rotary is that I saw my husband and his friends doing all this good work for the needy people through our Club and I wanted to be a full Rotarian so I could do the same, help others in need and not just a partner Rotarian. What keeps me in Rotary is “Doing good for others in Need and assisting with the education of the Underprivileged Children” as I believe education will eradicate Poverty. Volunteering my hours to do good in the Community and overseas gives me great inner satisfaction. This is what I love doing most being a Rotarian.

The best Rotary Project that I have been involved in is distributing the Rotary Osborne Dictionary to the underprivileged children in Fiji, going personally to the rural schools in Fiji. In most cases these Rotary Dictionaries have been these 10 year old children’s first book they have owned. In some cases, the class teacher has cried while thanking us as they value this assistance so much. A very satisfying project for me which we have been doing for the past 4 years in joint partnership with Education First Trust and are still continuing to do this project. I was the Chairperson of Education First Trust – another Charitable organisation and I have been a trustee of Education First Trust for the past 10 years.

 Together with my husband Sursen Singh, who has been a Rotarian since 1994, we have travelled to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal three times now together with a group of Rotarians and friends and family of Rotary. We have met some very excited Rotarians in India who have organised combined Rotary meetings with our group. This has been a huge International Rotary experience for us meeting these likeminded people overseas who are also doing good for others. 

I love the social aspect of being a Rotarian, meeting people for personal and professional reasons. I have made many friends over these years as a result of being a Rotarian. I like to be an active Rotarian in our Clubs Board and fundraising projects. Rotary has given me many Leadership opportunities which has assisted me in my professional work. 

My husband Sursen Singh is a retired Banker, an Honorary member of our Rotary Club and we love travelling, meeting people, cooking, gardening, good wine and keep a healthy lifestyle by regular gym and eating healthy food.”

Duties for July 20th