<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Bishnu Bajoria was born at Bankura in West Bengal on 14th November 1945</div><div dir="ltr">and joined Lionism in 1976 as Charter Member of Lions Club of Bankura, then</div><div dir="ltr">in 322B. He became Club President in 1981-82 and District Governor of</div><div dir="ltr">undivided District 322C and Multiple Council Treasurer in 1988-89. He was</div><div dir="ltr">elected as International Director for 2008-10 in June 2008 and during 2009-10</div><div dir="ltr">he was appointed as Chairperson of Audit Committee and Vice Chairperson of</div><div dir="ltr">Membership Development Committee. He was a member of the Joint</div><div dir="ltr">Committee for restructuring of MERL as well as of the Working Group to help</div><div dir="ltr">implement the same.</div><div dir="ltr">He served twice as Multiple District Membership Chairman and as National</div><div dir="ltr">Coordinator Membership. He was among 16 senior Lions invited to participate</div><div dir="ltr">in the high level Membership Summit for ISAAME at Kathmandu in October</div><div dir="ltr">1996. He is widely known for his work in the ﬁeld of Membership and his</div><div dir="ltr">monthly circulars on Membership Highlights have been very popular and</div><div dir="ltr">widely appreciated. He served as Editor of LION Magazine (India Edition) from</div><div dir="ltr">2010 to 2013. He is presently the Vice Chairman of Lions Quest in India</div><div dir="ltr">Foundation.</div><div dir="ltr">He has served on various committees at various International Conventions</div><div dir="ltr">and was a Faculty Member at the MERL Chairpersons Training Program at</div><div dir="ltr">Tunisia in 2005. He has been an important Faculty Member in the various</div><div dir="ltr">Regional Institutes and All India DG-VDG Elect Schools over the years. He</div><div dir="ltr">also served as a Group Leader for DGE Training Seminar at Chicago</div><div dir="ltr">Convention 2017. He has attended 28 International Conventions and 20</div><div dir="ltr">ISAAME Area Forums and was the Chairman of the Planning Committee for</div><div dir="ltr">the highly successful Area Forum held at Hyderabad in December 2009.</div><div dir="ltr">His numerous Lionistic Awards include the highest award Ambassador of</div><div dir="ltr">Goodwill besides numerous International President's Awards, International</div><div dir="ltr">Leadership Awards and Top 20 Leo Chairmen Award. He is a 38 Diamond</div><div dir="ltr">Progressive MJF and made major gifts of $50000 to CSF II and $30000 to</div><div dir="ltr">Campaign 100. He is also a 2nd Century Ambassador, a Life Member of the</div><div dir="ltr">Association and a member of the LCIF Heritage Club.</div><div dir="ltr">He published a book “My Journey in Lionism” which was launched by</div><div dir="ltr">International President Brian Sheehan on 23 December 2022 during his visit</div><div dir="ltr">to MD 322 and the ﬁrst print was exhausted within 3 weeks. It received wide</div><div dir="ltr">appreciation from Lion leaders for its contents. The second reprint with</div><div dir="ltr">additional reading material was published in February 2023.</div><div dir="ltr">His family is in distributive trade in various sectors with branches in various</div><div dir="ltr">places of the country. His wife Indra is also an active Lion and 1 Diamond</div><div dir="ltr">PMJF and Life Member of the Association. They have 2 sons Amit and Vinay</div><div dir="ltr">and 4 grand children. Lion Bajoria's elder brother Late Lion Hari Bajoria was</div><div dir="ltr">also a very senior Lion being Past Council Secretary and recipient of the</div><div dir="ltr">highest award Ambassador of Goodwill.</div></div>