Vijay Surpuriya (Germantown)
District Governor Elect
2989 Carnton Drive. Germantown, TN, 38138,
H 901-756-7183, F 901-756-7183, C 901- 210-6039
satyasai1941@yahoo.com

    Vijay Surpuriya has been a Rotarian since 1991 and is a member of the Rotary Club of Germantown.  He was President of the club in 1998-99.  He was Assistant Governor for District 6800 in 2000-2001. He has been Group Study Exchange chairman for the District for the last 5 years and District Chair for the Grants for the last two years.  He was the team leader of the GSE team and took the team members to District 3080 in India. He and his wife Lata enjoy meeting people from other countries and have hosted several GSE members over the last 15 years.  Vijay has Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan and worked for Ayerst Laboratories for 3.5 years and then Schering Plough for 20 years.  Currently he is working for the Methodist Hospital in Germantown.  Lata works for Zales Diamond Store in Memphis.  She loves cooking and teaches Indian Cooking at the University of Memphis within the Continuing Education Department. Vijay is very active in the community and has received service awards from the City of Germantown as well as India Association of Memphis. Vijay and Lata have two daughters Tanuja and Sujata.  Tanuja works for St. Jude Hospital in Memphis and is married to Tommy Coletta. Sujata works for Toyota in Los Angeles and is married to Kevin Watts