The Distinguished Service Award is the Rotary Foundation’s (TRF) highest Award for a Rotarian. Past President Dr Shahul Hameed is one of the chosen few, becoming the first Rotarian from RC Singapore to receive this Award.
Dr Shahul Hameed joined Rotary 26 years ago and served as President of the Rotary Club of Singapore in 2013/2014. He has served the District as Scholarship Chair, Grants Chair, Stewardship Chair as well as District International Service Chair. He is currently the District Rotary Foundation Chair for D3310 until June 2023. In 2017, he became the first Rotarian from D3310 to be appointed a Cadre Member of TRF and will continue to serve as Cadre Member until 2023.
Citation for TRF’s Distinguished Service Award (RY 2020/2021)
The Distinguished Service Award is the Rotary Foundation’s (TRF) highest Award for a Rotarian. This year, TRF received 54 nominations from Districts all over the world. Only 44 were chosen to receive this Award.
Past President Dr Shahul Hameed, from District 3310, is one of the chosen few, becoming the first Rotarian from RC Singapore to receive this Award. The last Rotarian from our District to receive this Award was the late PDG Kenneth Chew from RC Pandan Valley in Rotary Year 2011-2012.
Dr Shahul Hameed joined Rotary 26 years ago and served as President of the Rotary Club of Singapore in 2013/2014. He has served the District as Scholarship Chair, Grants Chair, Stewardship Chair as well as District International Service Chair. He is currently the District Rotary Foundation Chair for D3310 until June 2023. In 2017, he became the first Rotarian from D3310 to be appointed a Cadre Member of TRF and will continue to serve as Cadre Member until 2023.
Dr Shahul provided significant leadership at district or multidistrict Rotary Foundation training events including being invited Speaker for Rotary Foundation and Grants Seminars for Rotary Regions/Zones, Districts and Clubs in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines, Nigeria and India. In February 2021, Dr Shahul was featured as one of the Speakers at Rotary’s International Assembly (IA) Plenary Session for all incoming District Governors for RY2021/2022.
Dr Shahul's forte is leveraging on Rotary's Global Grants for Community Projects and Missions. To date, he has assisted RC Singapore, District 3310 and Clubs in the region in the application of more than 160 Global Grants. As of today, RC Singapore itself already has had 108 Global Grants approved. His depth of experience and connections in the Rotary world resulted in significant fundraising efforts for Global Grant Projects all over the world including Vietnam, Bangladesh and Brazil. Most recently, in response to “Help India Breathe Again” initiative, Dr Shahul helped raise, in a matter of weeks, USD$150,000 from Rotary Clubs in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea for 5 Global Grants for India.
In recognition for his contributions to the Community, and for his work with Global Grants, Dr Shahul has been conferred Honorary Memberships to 11 Rotary Clubs around the world, namely:
- 3 Clubs in Indonesia
- 7 Clubs in India
- 1 Club in Philippines
Dr Shahul is also the recipient of Rotary International's highest Award, the "Service Above Self" Award, Rotary Foundation's "Citation for Meritorious Service Award" and the Republic of Singapore’s “Public Service Medal”. I am now pleased to add TRF’s Distinguished Service Award to this list of recognition.
Rajamohan Munisamy
District Governor D3310