Bio Data of IIW PAST President Suzanne Nielsen

She is married to Kjeld. He is a medical doctor, radiologist, and for many years a chief medical director. They are living in a small town, Frederiksvaerk not so far from Copenhagen. They have three grown up children, two daughters and a son, and they have provided them with six wonderful grand-children in age from 2 to 10. They keep them busy, which they both enjoy. Her favourite occupations are – spending time with her family and friends, traveling, music, reading and gardening.

She joined the Inner Wheel Club of Frederiksvaerk in 1987. At that time her husband had been a member of the corresponding Rotary Club for many years. She has been privileged to hold many posts at Club and District levels before she became National Representative/Council Chairman of Danish Inner Wheel. Then followed two years as Board Director of I.IW. Two years she enjoyed very much. The second year was Convention year, and it was a great opportunity to meet old Inner Wheel friends and make new friends from so many different countries. Being a member of the Governing Body has also given her a better insight into our wonderful organization and the fantastic work made by the members throughout the world. Inner Wheel makes a difference.

Bio Data of Association President Dr. (Mrs.) Kapila Gupta

Bio Data of IW Dist-301 Chairman Mrs. Meenakshi Dayal

Meenakshi Dayal was born on 20th December in Mawana in a family of highly respected lawyers and dedicated social reformers. Her nana belonged to the Gandhian family not only in name but also in beliefs. This zeal for service to people he passed on to his family in abundance. Meenakshi was fortunate that this passion and environment she experienced even after her marriage which is continuing.

Meenakshi did her post graduation in Political Science from Meerut University. In her student days she represented her school and college in debates and also participated in various cultural events. Apart from this she was keenly active in Hindi poetry recitation. In sports too, she won many prizes in badminton and table-tennis both at school and college levels.

She got married to Pramod Dayal, a Supreme Court lawyer, and her son Nikunj is now a practicing lawyer himself.

She has special concern for children and senior citizens. She also enjoyed teaching children from J.J. clusters and at the same time tried to bring awareness about different issues to their mothers. Keeping in mind the overall development of children, she keeps organizing different activities and competitions for them, like drawing & painting, story writing, fancy dress, best use of waste material etc., as also different games. She also took out a children’s magazine “Indradhanush” for more than 2 years which encouraged children of her locality to show their creativity. She takes extra care of old people living in the neighbourhood and helps them in whatever way possible.

Seeing the above efforts in her day to day life, her mother-in-law, who herself was a truly dedicated social worker and a very active Inner Wheel member, motivated her to join Inner Wheel so that she could get a platform to help many more people. Thus inspired by her mother-in-law, Meenakshi joined Inner Wheel Club of Delhi Vikas in July 2000. It was a relatively new club at that time and the very next year she was handed over the post of Club President. Her hard work and commitment was duly rewarded when the Club bagged 6 service awards that year including one running trophy. She also got a special appreciation award “All in One President” and also received certificate of appreciation from India National Polio Plus Committee of Rotary International.

As Sub-Committee Chairperson for Senior Citizens’ Welfare-she got together 17 clubs to organize a picnic for senior citizens and felicitated non-famous personalities from different fields who made great contributions to the society and as the Health Care Committee Chairperson-she organized a multispecialty health camp by bringing together all clubs of the District. She also got clubs to participate in the MTNL Perfect Health Mela. Under the Sub-Committee for Anti Child Labour she organized a joint project with 19 clubs to help the children of ‘Salaam Balak’.

She joined District Executive as Editor in 2005 and thereafter climbed the District hierarchy ladder to hold the posts of District I.S.O., Treasurer, Secretary, Vice Chairman and now Chairman. She has attended all District Assemblies and Conferences since becoming an Inner Wheel member and also attended the XIth and XIIth Triennial Conferences at Mumbai and Varanasi as Voting Delegate, as well as the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in India at Jodhpur.

Besides her involvement in community service, she has keen interest in reading, painting, designing, stitching, embroidery and knitting. She has immense love for Hindi literature and has her own small library consisting of works of all famous writers.

She is sincere, caring and dedicated. She believes in the saying – “Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.” Her mantra is - ‘Enjoy every moment of life’.