The Rotary Club of Orchid City Shillong is a branch of Rotary International. The club, designated with ID 63156 of RI District 3240 informally began on 24th May 2003 at the Shillong Club. The DG elect, Rtn Manas Choudhury gladly informed a select group of eight members of his desire to start a new Rotary Club in Shillong. These members included Arun Banerjee, Barnabas Nongbah, Prasanta Bora, Dr Debomallya Bhuyan, Narendra Singhania, (L) Chiranjib Choudhury, (L) Kaveri Gupta and Dr Mrinal Barthakur.
Guided by the Rotary philosophy and the passionate drive of the DGE Rtn Manas Choudhury and his representative Rtn Deepak Singla, the selected few embarked on the journey with the avowed mission of Rotary motto “Service Above Self”. The Club adopted the name “Rotary Club of Orchid City” on the 25th June 2003 and had the first official club meeting at the club venue- Pinewood Hotel with a total of 27 charter members. Rotary Club of Orchid City Shillong was chartered on 20th August 2003 and since then , the club has been marching ahead with all its activities to make lives it touches, better.
The Rotary Club of Orchid City has worked in various aspects of service to society as per the seven areas of focus of Rotary International. Two global grant projects, one at Jongksha Health Centre and the other at Ferrando Shelter Home were achieved by the club besides many other projects under District Grants. The club has also helped many schools in construction of toilets and WinS. Under Basic Education and Literacy, the club has every year gives Nation builder award (NBA) to the school teachers base on students assessment. In the year 2024, teacher’s training was conducted after NBA