All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) established in 1945, an apex body for rubber industries in India, has unanimously elected office bearers for 2021-22 in Annual General Meeting held on 29th December, 2021.
Dr. Sawar Dhanania– President – M/s D.S. Engineers & Consultants, Kolkata
Shashi Kumar Singh – Sr. Vice – President –M/s Osaka Rubber Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
Vipan Mehta – Vice President – M/s M. B. Rubber (P) Ltd., Ghaziabad
Dr. Dhanania will be succeeding Vikram Makar and will play a key role in leading forward the road map traversed and etched by the last two preceding Presidents of the Association, V.T. Chandrasekharan (2019-20) and Vikram Makar (2020-21), the statement said.
Recently, Dr. Dhanania was the Senior Vice President, AIRIA, Mumbai and is the Chairman of Rubber Board, Kottayam under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. He nurtures avid scholarly interests and thus around 65 years of age in 2017, he completed his five-year Ph.D. program from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. The famous brand of Cycle Tyre and Tube “Silverline” is founded by him. He is an ardent believer of a cleaner environment and has investments in Renewable Energy. He achieved Gold Medal in the 1st position for Masters in Mechanical Engineering. He is the proprietor of the firm D. S. Engineers & Consultants and Director of the company, Mutual Technologies Pvt. Ltd. established in 1949
Commenting on the occasion Dr. Dhanania said “AIRIA is an esteemed organisation which stood at the helm for 75 years from its establishment, being sincerely committed to stand by the side of the rubber goods manufacturers and the developments for the rubber sector in the country. The call of our Honourable Prime Minister is to realise Atma Nirbhar Bharat, making our nation self-sufficient and sustaining across all the sectors and trades of the country. AIRIA has already faced some major hurdles in the way and also overcame them successfully, but it is felt this is the just time to increase our exports in manifold through focussing on the new products and specific countries with handsome opportunities for exports.
Shashi Kumar Singh is Director Osaka Rubber (P) Ltd and Director at various Industries Cement & Construction based viz: M/s. Chunar Churk Cement Ltd., Hi-Span Developers (P) Ltd & Shree Salasar Developers (P) Ltd.
In past, Vipan Mehta has served AIRIA as a Chairman- Northern Region, member of core committee of NRC and Vice President – AIRIA. He comes with 28 years of experience in the footwear industry. He is the Founder, Chairman & Managing Director of the Board of M/s M.B. Rubber Private Limited. Shoes and Hawai chhapal is the primary product of the company.
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