The team is led by K N Suresh Kumar, an industrialist, and includes Ramya Bopanna and Vinay Parameswarappa, both entrepreneurs, all three from Mysore and Dr Aashritha, a prosthodentist, and Priya Sampath, a top executive in a consultation firm, both from Mangalore.

The GSE programme focuses on providing the team a vocational and a cultural exchange in the visiting country. It provides a wonderful opportunity to learn about how one’s vocation is practiced in a different country and experience a new culture as they will be home hosted by fellow Rotarians in the host country.

The GSE programme begins at Manchester on September 26. The team will visit Scotland, Ireland and Wales before returning to India.