Rotarian Sushil Kumar Gupta received the Rotary Award of Honor by the RI Board of Directors for his decades of work with Rotary.

In a letter to Gupta, Mark Daniel Maloney, 2019-20 Rotary International president, said “Through your dedication and tireless efforts, Rotary is a force for doing good in the world. You have dedicated your life to Rotary since 1977… I find particularly noteworthy your work to meet the target challenge Water and Sanitation.”

Gupta, a member of the Rotary Club of Delhi Midwest, Delhi, India, served RI as director, training leader, chair of several committees, and district governor. Gupta was selected to be the RI President for the 2020-21 year but resigned due to health concerns while he was a nominee.

The Rotary Award of Honor is Rotary’s highest and most respected recognition. The award was established by RI in 1990 to be given to heads of state and other dignitaries who have made a significant contribution to international understanding and goodwill.Recent recipients of the award include His Holiness Pope Francis, Pranab Mukherjee, then President of India, Queen Elizabeth II, and Bill Gates.

Gupta has also received the Distinguished Service Award from The Rotary Foundation for his support of its humanitarian and educational programs. He and his wife, Vinita, are Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation and members of the Arch Klumph Society.

Gupta was chair and managing director of Asian Hotels (West) Ltd., and owner of Hyatt Regency Mumbai and JW Marriott Hotel New Delhi Aerocity. He has served as president of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India and on the board of directors of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd. He is the president of Experience India Society, a public-private partnership between the tourism industry and the government of India that promotes India as a tourist destination. He is also vice chair of the Himalayan Environment Trust and serves on the board of Operation Eyesight Universal in India.