Ashish Sarkar has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Robert S Northrup
Humanitarian Award by the Award Selection Committee composed of Rotarians and
community representatives appointed by the ARC and Peace Committee.
The award will be presented on Wednesday, April 15 and the recipient will make a
presentation discussing his commitment to Humanitarian work through various projects
and activities during the program segment of the meeting.
His presentation will share the story of his lifelong commitment to provide service to
humanity with a strong moral sense of right vs, wrong in cooperation with like minded
individuals and organizations
Ashish, a Rotarian since 2002, is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor (2015-2016), He has organized and implemented several Rotary sponsored projects, in our community, regionally, and globally. He was the Convener of the multi-district 2017 Rotary World Peace Conference held in Ann Arbor in March 2017, attended by Rotarians from around the world.
He served as the Rotary District Foundation Chair for District 6380. He has also been the
Finance Committee Chair for District 6380. In his younger days, he belonged to US Jaycees
and became one of their National Directors in the seventies. For his statewide work, he was
awarded JCI Senator and a US Jaycees Ambassador.
Through his tireless work and collaboration with people and organizations in India, Detroit, Ghana, Guatemala and Antigua he has helped more than 100,000 newborns by securing financing for hundreds of NICU beds. He has provided help to more than 100,000 poor individuals in Metro Detroit area. Through a reverse Global Grant project he was able to obtain and distribute much needed masks and other PPE to health care facilities in Detroit during the height of the Covid Pandemic.
Ashish holds multiple Paul Harris Fellow awards and is also a Major Donor and a Bequest Society
member of the Rotary Foundation. He is also a Sustainer Member and Bequest Society
Member for Ann Arbor Rotary Foundation. In 2020, he received Rotary International “Service
Above Self” award.
