Mr. Kapur has been a member of the Medford, Massachusetts Rotary Club since 1986 and was president during the 2001-2002 term. In 2000, he had initiated the Medford Rotary's $50,000 raffle, which he chaired for four years. These raffles have raised the highest amount of funds annually in the history of the Medford Rotary Club.

Ramesh V. Kapur is a founding charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs ("TIE")-Boston. As a charter member of TIE-Boston, he has mentored numerous entrepreneurs and has also been an angel investor in several companies. Mr. Kapur has been working diligently to get the Indian-American community involved in charity and politics.

Mr. Kapur is a founding board member and past treasurer of American India Foundation ("A.I.F.") which was organized in January, 2001. He has helped the A.I.F. raise funds and has recruited numerous trustees that have been generous financially to the foundation. Since its inception, President Bill Clinton has been the honorary chair. Since 2001, A.I.F. has raised $8 million per year, and has donated $1 million to the education fund established by Bill Clinton and Bob Dole for the children of the victims of 9/11.

Mr. Kapur was instrumental in getting the support of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle to appoint Ms. Preeta Bansal in 2003 as Commissioner of the U.S.Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan independent federal agency.

Ramesh Kapur's passion since 1986 is in building US-India relations. He believed in it then and continues to believe in it now. Mr. Kapur has met privately with all of the prime ministers of India since Rajiv Gandhi. Under the Democratic administration, and with years of frank discussions on both sides, US-India relations are the best they have ever been. Mr. Kapur was the key person to convince the democratic members of the House and Senate to vote for the U.S.-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Promotion Act. Eventually, 86% of all Democratic house and senate legislators voted for the Republican President's bill.

Mr. Kapur has written articles in India Today, India Abroad, News India, India West and other Indian-American publications. His interest in small business development, privatization of the energy sector in India and Indo-US trade relations culminated in getting an invitation from Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary and Senator John Kerry to visit as a special trade delegate.

Ramesh V. Kapur was on the DNC site selection committee in 1992 when New York was chosen as the Democratic convention site that year. Mr. Kapur was founding National Chair of the Indo-American Leadership Council for Democratic National Committee; Member of the Board of Directors, Indian American Council, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (2005-06); National Finance Board member, Democratic National Committee (2006-08). Mr.Kapur is the Co-Chair for Joe Biden (BFP)/ Kamala Devi Harris for Vice President - National Finance Committee.

Mr. Kapur was also specially invited by Hillary Clinton to accompany her to pay homage to Mother Teresa. He headed the ad hoc delegation which traveled to India with President Bill Clinton in 1999. Mr. Kapur hosted the first reception for President Clinton on his arrival in India.

Mr. Kapur became a naturalized citizen on June 23, 1978. He and his wife, Susan, have been married since 1973. His hobbies include golf, racquetball, reading and fundraising.