Ramesh Ferris

Ramesh Ferris is a polio survivor and Rotarian who resides in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Ramesh is a major donor to the Rotary Foundation, is Rotary District 5370’s 2025-2026 District Governor, and is a past Rotary End Polio Now Coordinator for Zone 28. He has a Bachelor's degree in social work and is the past president of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse Rendezvous.

Over the past 17 years, Ramesh has volunteered in partnership with Rotary International, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Citizen, the United Nations Foundation, and the World Health Organization to promote our shared global goal of ending polio.
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He has shared Rotary’s End Polio message with countless heads of state, many world leaders, and celebrities around the world. He has spoken to delegates at the United Nations in New York City and to many Rotarians at various Rotary International Conventions, Zone Institutes, and District Conferences around the world.
 
Ramesh has provided the polio vaccine to children in Karachi, Pakistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, and in his birth country of India. He is the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award and the Yukon Commissioner’s Award for Volunteer Public Service.