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Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and AgricultureISO 9001:2015 Certified Organization

th84 Annual Report (2017 - 2018)

Published by Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh

Director General, MCCIA

Content, Complication and Manjari Desai

Editing Director, Corporate Relations and Communications

Owner / Printer / Publisher Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh

Director General,

Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture Pune 411 016.

Tel: 020 2570 9000 / 020 2444 0371

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th84 Annual Report(2017 - 2018)

Table of Contents

President'sMessage

Director General'sMessage

Director GeneralDesignate’s Message

ExecutiveBoard

MCCIASecretariat

CommitteeChairpersons

MCCIAVision and Mission

SpecialInteractions

MCCIAMilestones

Executive BoardMeetings

rd 83 Annual GeneralMeeting

MembershipDepartment

GovernmentRepresentations

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InternationalInterface

Press Conferences andMedia Meets

MCCIA in News

Publications

FlagshipEvents

CommitteeReports

Agriculture and Agribusiness

Ahmednagar

Corporate Legislation

Defence

Direct Tax

Education and Skill Development

Electronics

Energy

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Foreign Trade

Goods and Services Tax

Human Resource and Industrial Relations

Infrastructure

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Innovation andTechnology Transfer Cell

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President’s Message

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Dear Members,

Greetings from Mahratta Chamber of Commerce,

Industries and Agriculture. I am glad to connect with

you all once again in the second year of my tenure as

the President of MCCIA.As the Chamber completes its

84th year of existence, we surely have covered a lot of

ground and our contributions to the Pune Region are

quite evident.

The Economy:

The Indian Economy is definitely showing signs of

further revival and growth with the good management

of the macro economy. Off late the business

perceptions have improved further and it appears that

the investment scenario especially in the private

sector will improve in the latter half of this year,

considering the growth in the consumer demand. This

year we saw the stabilization of GST to a great extent

and the initial predicament of the industry in terms of

implementation getting over. The historic landmark

reform in the indirect tax regime has definitely

contributed positively to the Economy. GST has not

only formalized the entire trade and business but has

eliminated certain major hurdles in the domestic trade.

The collection of GST is moving fast to one trillion

marks and the increasing collection again justifies this

timely step taken by the Government. The Industry is

definitely looking forward to the other desired reforms

in the area of Direct Tax and Ease of Doing Business. I

feel that the Government will maintain this tempo of

reforms to take the growth in GDP to the much desired

level of 8 %.

I also appreciate and give credit to the Government for

the developments brought out in the infrastructure of

the country. Rapidly expanding national highway net

work, achievements in rural electr i f icat ion,

improvements in docks, airports, and transportation

systems would certainly contribute to more

investment, development and the growth of the

Economy. There are many more policies of the

Government such as the National Policy on Bio fuels

which need definite mention and appreciation. India's

improved ranking in World Competitiveness can

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Infrastructure. India's economy has rebounded

strongly from July 2017, after several quarters of

slowdown.

Pune as the Smart City:

As I write this report The Ministry of Housing and Urban

Affairs, Government of India published its “Ease of

living Index 2018 “and in the report the City of Pune

has secured the first rank. Indeed a pleasing

achievement. We at MCCIA have always been guided

by our objective of making Pune a livable city and

today we have achieved that status. I must

congratulate the Central, State and local government

and citizens who have helped this city to reach to this

rank. Pune has already been on the transformation

phase of the Smart Cities. There are many a miles yet

to be traversed. The challenges are to solve the

mobility problem of the citizens through an increased

use of public transportation, improving the road net

work, streets, footpaths and junction designs,

development of ring roads and other infrastructure.

Moving towards Smart City, we need to have

equitable water distribution across the city, water

conservation by recycling of waste water and other

techniques of eff ic ient water management.

Implementation of the Swachh Pune Mission with

100% waste segregation at the source and efficient

Solid Waste Management System is equally

important.

The Smart City needs to consider, using energy

efficiently. New energy efficient, green buildings with

solar power and smart grid set-up, would serve the

purpose. Beautifying the city is another step in that

direction. Pune has already started the metro work

and the citizens will reap its benefits soon enough.

The Chamber participated in the initial planning

discussions and meetings of the Smart City Project.

Member's feedback, suggestions and requirements

were communicated to the concerned authorities.

MCCIA he lped in ident i f y ing in te rnat iona l

collaborators and cooperation and was also in

dialogue with the Municipal Commissioner and

Authorities who are working on the Smart City Project.

MCCIA's Milestones:

I present before you some of the initiatives taken by

MCCIA during the year 2017-18. Our Memberships

base of 3000 plus Members has strengthened the

Chamber even further. During the year as many as

1672 individuals from member organizations

benefitted by the Visa Recommendations letters for

55 different countries. In our effort to strengthen the

international interface, we received 27 International

Delegations during the year. The Chamber

conducted more than 234 programs, seminars,

workshops and conferences that resulted into greater

interactions with more than 1040 Members. Our world

class infrastructure facilities benefitted more than 800

organizations during the year. 600 delegates from

more than 120 organizations availed of the GST

Helpdesk set up to guide our Members.

I am happy to share with you that the fifth Office of

MCCIA has been established in the Hadapsar

Industrial Estate. Set up in a large area of 17,000 sq

feet, the facility extends its services to the nearby

industrial belts including Ramtekdi, Hadapsar,

Magarpatta, Handewadi, Mundhwa and Jejuri MIDC.

The office with its World Class Infrastructure caters to a

large Industrial Base.

The Agriculture and Food Processing Committee

organized several industrial visits to Food processing

units to understand the functioning. This benefitted

more than 100 Members of the Chamber. Awareness

programs, opportunities in the Agri-Food Export,

Safety and Hygiene in the Food Processing Industry,

Food Industry Conclave were the focus areas of the

Agriculture and Food processing segment at MCCIA.

Similarly efforts were taken to strengthen the Small

Scale Enterprises. During the year 5 new Lean

Clusters were established leading to a total of 14 Lean

clusters established by MCCIA so far.

With the idea of making college graduates more

employable and exposing them to different vocations,

MCCIA launched its first Professional Certificate

Course in International Trade for Students. The

course is being conducted by Industry experts and

includes a field visit. Since the inception of the joint

initiative of MCCIA and IL&FS skills, the centre has

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trained close to 1000 students and ensured almost

95% employment.

In the area of Defence, we had a series of Vendor

development initiatives to create a synergy between

t he De fence Manu fac tu r ing , p rocu r ing

Establishments and the SME segment of the

manufacturing Industry.

The Chamber continues to make Representations to

various Government Ministries on behalf of its

Members. The Ahmednagar office of MCCIA has

been very interactive with the industrial cluster of the

region. The Human Resource and Industrial

Relations committee has organized regular

interactions with the Human Resource fraternity of the

Pune Region. The Infrastructure Committee

supported the Bio Energy UrjaUtsav of the Ministry of

Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India.

Similarly the IT and ITES Committee took initiative in

bringing IT to the Small and Medium Manufacturing

Enterprises. The Goods and Service Tax

Committee, Foreign Trade Committee, Energy

Committee, Electronics Committee and the Direct

Tax Committee have been regular with their interface

with the Members.

MCCIA Electronic Cluster Foundation was initiated

in 2014, and approved in principal in 2015. During my

tenure, we received the final approval from the Ministry

of Electronics and Information Technology,

Government of India for a Rs. 67 crore project, the

largest Brown Field Cluster in India. Various

formalities, project detailing and appropriate

configuration is under progress.

During 2017-18, MCCIA set up Sustainability Desk to

facilitate, engage and help industry members to

create awareness and adopt sustainability activities

within their facility and to improve their triple bottom

line performance.

In the area of Management and Operations of the

Chamber, many new steps were initiated. One such

step in this direction was the Corporatization in

Management and Governance of the Chamber.

This was felt necessary according to the current

regulation and statute, hence necessary amendment

have been introduced in the Articles of Association.

Several procedures and practices have been

developed and amended to ensure Efficient and

Better Management of the Secretariat.

In terms of development of the Leadership and

Manpower at the Secretariat, human resources

development initiatives have been taken to strengthen

the second in line leaders at the Chamber.

The Chamber promoted institutions such as NAFARI

and Auto Cluster has received substantial attention

and has been further strengthened. The Executive

Board in particular has assisted me in this mission.

My two years tenure as President is now coming to an

end. I will hand over the flag to my successor. I must

say that I had a fulfilling engagement as the President

of MCCIA and have taken forward the good work set

off by my predecessors.

Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh's, term also ends as the

Director General along with me. He has lent me a

major support and has been my partner in the

progress of MCCIA. He has made a tremendous

contribution. Without his direct involvement, many

milestones that I have achieved would not have been

possible. He has initiated many activities and helped

in establishing the MCCIA image. His efforts have

yielded in getting recognition for brand MCCIA on

different platforms. I thank him for his dedicated

service to the Chamber for 11 long years.

Mr. Prashant Girbane will be taking over as the

Director General, MCCIA. I wish him good luck.

It has been a pleasure to work with enthusiastic team

at MCCIA. Past Presidents and my fellow Executive

Board Members supported me in my endevour to

further the vision of the Chamber. This has led to

growth and strengthening of MCCIA role among

Pune's Industry and Commerce landscape. I am

confident that good work will continue.

I welcome the new President and the new Executive

Bodies of the Chamber. I wish the Chamber continued

success in its future journey.

Regards,

Pramod Chaudhari

President

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Dear Members,

A Journey of 11 years!

It's the 11th year that I am penning down the message

for the Annual Report of MCCIA. It has always been my

absolute pleasure and indeed a privilege as it is an yet

another opportunity to interact with you. MCCIA's 84th

Annual Report is now being presented to you and I

have the honor to ink and present my views on our

activities for the just concluded financial year 2017-18,

for the last time.

In his message Mr. Pramod Chaudhari, President,

MCCIA has already presented to you some of the

major activities carried out by us. Other activities have

been reported to you through the Annual Report, and

regularly through Sampada and various other

communication channels, which incidentally have

expanded because of the rapidly developing

multimedia platform. It must have been a pleasant

experience for you to see enhanced presence of

MCCIA in multimedia through Twitter, Facebook, and

LinkedIn. The following pages of the 84th Annual

Report gives details of some of the activities carried

out by the various committees, during the year under

review. At the outset you will certainly join me in

appreciating the various committees for their good

work.

Since 2007, I had the privilege to work with six

Presidents, to attend 67 meetings of the Executive

Committees, almost equal number of meetings of the

office bearers, about 13 Annual General Meetings and

more than 2000 other meetings, seminars, programs;

absolutely an absorbing, educating, learning

interaction with you the Members of MCCIA and

others. The Chamber has seen a growth in its activities

and financials in this period of 2007- 2018,which is

clearly evident from the growth in total revenue; from

about 5 crores in 2007 rising to about 12 crores in 2018

with an Compounded Annual Growth Rate ( CARG) of

8 %. At the same time the reserves and surplus have

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escalated from about 18 crores to 44 crores;

registering a CARG of 9%. During this period we saw

new modern, expanded, state of the art infrastructures

coming up at additional places like Hadapsar, Bhosari

and Ahmednagar expanding its activities. The

activities at all the centers increased by many folds

thus ensuring presence of MCCIA being felt by a larger

audience at many places, platforms, medias and

forums. In this expansion phase whatever we did,

received acclamation and recognition from the likes of

“Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of

Commerce and Industries”( CACCI) as outstanding

big Chamber, “National Accreditation Board for

Education and Training's (NABET) Diamond Rating,

Awards as best magazine for Sampada on many

occasions and various others. Again it is the

recognition for MCCIA which kept the MCCIA flag

flying high, being noticed by many, nationally and

internationally.

The progression of MCCIA activities has been in the

direction of Good, Better, Best. Still in this dynamic

ecosystem, we see many more initiatives to be

introduced, programs to be conducted and problems

to address. There are challenges in it but an

organization like MCCIA needs to take upon the same.

A Chamber primarily plays a role of advocacy on

behalf of its Members. The role becomes more

relevant when we are in dialogue with our Members in

understanding their view point, their needs and also

their difficulties. We did some work in this area but

there is no doubt that we need to cover many more

miles to see that this activity is established to

everybody's expectations and benefit.

MCCIA is primarily an association of Manufacturing

organizations as majority of its members come from

this segment. On this backdrop, Manufacturing

assumes a greater importance. We worked in the area

of capacity and capability building of MSMEs which

are today an integral and important part of MCCIA.

The September 2009, Government of India, Ministry of

MSME's Lean Manufacturing cluster scheme

continues at MCCIA and in this year our tally went to 14

clusters so far with 150 Members under its wings.

MCCIA's efforts to enroll many more members will

continue as the objectives have been to make

maximum number of our MSMEs Lean, Competitive

and Efficient. In the year under report, initiatives to

bring OEMS and MSMEs on a platform of vendor

development were also organized, especially with

large PSU Manufactures like Mazgoan Docks,

Railways and private sector manufacturers like L&T

and Mahindra. More such activities are definitely

required and MCCIA will certainly continue with it.

In terms of preparedness for Industry 4.0 and IoT, we

made a beginning of I.T. in Manufacturing. This

initiative is at a very nascent stage but we are sure that

it would take some definite shape in the years to come.

Food Processing is yet another opportunity of growth

for Pune Region. It also needs to adopt new

technology, efficient and lean manufacturing

practices. MCCIA organized many seminars and

programs which introduced the challenges, changes

that need to be adopted for tomorrow. Manufacturing,

be it Engineering or Food Processing is slowly but

surely gaining momentum. We have in front of us

targets to take Manufacturing contribution to GDP to

at least 25 % . India is surely witnessing a wave of

growth in Manufacturing. On this backdrop the

MSMEs need to position themselves well to take

advantage of this anticipated growth and the

Chamber needs to roll up its sleeves to ensure that our

MSMEs become more competitive through various

initiatives like the above. This would certainly be the

agenda for the years to come. Our skill development

program, joint ly with IL&FS ski l ls, ensured

employabi l i t y w i th sk i l l deve lopment . The

Entrepreneurship and Innovation development

programs progressed well. The unique and extremely

challenging initiative of Technology Transfer yielded

some results. After a lot of effort we could achieve one

transfer from an academic lab to a commercial

establishment. It is an extremely difficult activity which

needs lot of patience and persistence. Yet it has its

own need and importance.

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There were many more programs conducted by our

other committees and they have received a mention in

the report presented to you .The limitations of space

would not allow me to elaborate further.

During this year and my tenure at MCCIA, we had an

excellent relationship with the media and with their

help we established MCCIA Brand very convincingly.

Our activities, programs, releases, received excellent

coverage. This has helped us in promoting our

Chamber and activities to a larger number of people. I

owe a sincere gratitude to all of them.

My eyes, ears, arms, my colleagues in secretariat

were always with me. I wouldn't have achieved

anything without them. In them I found an excellent

team. May I extend on my personal behalf, sincere

gratitude to each one of them when I bid a goodbye to

them, my days now would be melancholic without

them.

My progression at MCCIA wouldn't have been so

demonstrative without the guidance, advice, support,

cooperation, faith, confidence reposed in me by all the

six Presidents under whom I worked. I have no words

to express my heartfelt gratitude towards them. I

would cherish the memories of my association with

them and I remain indebted to them for all the

development they brought out in me. My sincere

Thanks to them. All the Past Presidents, Office

Bea re rs , Execu t i ve Commi t tee Members ,

Chairpersons of various committees, and ultimately

you all have also supported, motivated and

cooperated with me to deliver results. I extend my

sincere Thanks to all of you.

I am also Thankful to various Government officials,

Foreign Trade Agencies and others who extended

cooperation in my various endeavors.

At the close of the working hours of 29th September

2018, I will conclude my tenure at MCCIA, relinquish

the position of Director General. A journey of 11 years

concludes with extreme satisfaction. On this day I

hand over my charge to Mr. Prashant Girbane, an able

leader and I am sure he would give new direction,

leadership and success to MCCIA as its Director

General.

As I conclude the fol lowing words of Lord

R. B. Haldane, resonate in my ears, "What ultimately

matters in one's life is not the result - the success or

failure - but the quality of work, the passion that is

brought to bear upon anything that one takes in his

hand." Indeed I started, continued with passion and

gave my best; rest you all are the judges.

All the Best to All of You!

Goodbye, Auf Wiedersehen!

Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh

Director General

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Director General Designate’s MessageDear Members,

I am excited to embark on a new journey in my role as

the Director General of the prestigious MCCIA, fromst1 October this year.

It is an honour to work for an institution that is growing

from strength to strength over the last eight decades.

Every day as I enter the lobby of the Chamber and

glance at the images of the past Presidents of the

Chamber, from its visionary founder Shri A. R. Bhat to

Shri S.L. Kirloskar to Dr. N. A.Kalyani to Shri Rahul

Bajaj, and all the others, I recollect growing-up reading

about, and getting inspired, by most of them. They all

continue to inspire me today as I endeavor to make my

own little contribution in my role as the Director

General.

I am thankful to the serving Board of Directors and the

President Shri Pramod Chaudhari for the opportunity

given to me to serve at this institution that is

synonymous with economic development of Pune

region. Last few months, working as the Director

General Designate gave me the wonderful opportunity

to learn under the guidance of Shri. Pramod

Chaudhari.

Stakeholders of our Chamber are well aware of

significant contributions made to the Chamber by my

predecessor Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh. I admire his

patience and grace in conducting the business of

MCCIA over the last decade. I intend to take forward all

the good work initiated by Dr. Sardeshmukh to its

logical conclusion in my stint.

My experience with the United Nations Organisations,

the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Pune

International Centre will continue to remind me about

the nature of this institution (as an 'association' of

independent nations, companies or individuals) and

its governance structure. I will look forward to take

mandate and guidance from the 'Board of Directors'

and the President in shaping ongoing and new

initiatives of the Chamber. I am also excited about

working with the new President who will take over from

the date of the AGM in 2018 and each one of them

thereafter.

Every time I look at the logo of the Chamber, I

understand the raison d'être and that is you all -

Members of MCCIA. We look forward to continue to

listen to you and serve you as best as we can under the

charter of this Chamber.

The last few months have given me an opportunity to

interact with team MCCIA. I am thrilled about the

potential to collectively deliver even more in the next

few quarters/years. This great institution that was

started in the era of my grandparents has served so

well in the era of my parents and my own. While the

Executive Council, 'Board of Directors' and the

President join hands to safely transition even stronger

institution in the era of my children, I feel fortunate to be

in a position to make my own little contribution in the

role and responsibility given to me.

With Warm regards,

Prashant Girbane

Director General Designate


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Executive Board (2016-18)

Ms. Rujuta P. JagtapExecutive Director

Saj Test Plant Pvt. Ltd.

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Pramod ChaudhariExecutive Chairman, Praj Industries Ltd.

Mr. Vikram SalunkheManaging Director

Accurate Gauging Co. Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Ajay C. MehtaManaging DirectorDeepak Nitrite Ltd.

Mr. Deepak KarandikarDirector

Praditi Press Par ts Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Vijay B. PusalkarChairman

Indo Schottle Auto Par ts Pvt. Ltd.

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Ms. Manjari DesaiPublic Relations and Corporate Communications,

Education and Skill Development,Head: Innovation and Technology Transfer Cell

Ms. Medha KulkarniIT/ITES, Women Entrepreneurs &

IT Infrastructure

Mr. Parag KulkarniSME, Lean Manufacturing,Cluster Projects, QMS &Bhosari Branch Incharge

Mr. D. V. ShuklaAgri and Food Processing

Mr. Sudhanwa KopardekarForeign Trade, Civil Aviation,Infrastructure & Transpor t

Mr. Prashant JogalekarMembership

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Mr. Shrikrishna GadgilEnergy

Ms. Geeta HosmaneCorporate Legislation

Mr. Chintamani ShrotriAccounts

Mr. Satish JoshiMembership & Awards

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Mr. Ranjeetsinh Deshmukh

Sangamner Taluka Shetkari Dudh

Utpadak & Prakriya Sangh Ltd.

Agriculture Committee

Mr. A. P. Pargaonkar

Jt. General Manager (Mfg. Electrical

Standard Products) Larsen & Toubro

Ahmednagar Committee

Air Marshal (Retd.) BN Gokhale

PVSM, AVSM, VM

Civil Aviation Committee

Mr. Suhas Tuljapurkar

Director

Legasis Services Pvt. Ltd.

Corporate Legislation Committee

Mr. Brijesh Kalra

Head - Production Centre, Strategic

Systems Complex, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Defence Committee

Mr. Narayan Bedarkar

Managing Director SBEM Pvt. Ltd.

Electronics Committee

Mr. Amulya Charan

Advisor Energy,

Infrastructure & Finance

Energy Committee

Mr. Anand Chordia

Director - Pravin Masalewale

Food Processing Committee

Mr. P. C. Nambiar

Director – Group EXIM

Serum Inst. of India Ltd.

Foreign Trade Committee

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Goods and Service Tax Committee

Dr. Shridhar Shukla

Managing Director - G S Lab

IT & ITES Committee

Mr. Shrikrishna Karkare

Managing Director

ENPRO Industries Pvt. Ltd.

Manufacturing Committee

Mr. Prasanna Patwardhan

CMD

Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Transport Committee

Dr. Abhay Jere

Persistent Systems Ltd.

Innovation Committee

Ms. Manasi Bidkar

Director - Melux Control Gears Pvt. Ltd.

Women Entrepreneurs Committee

Mr. Suhas Mantri

Advisory Chairman

Mantri Constructions Pvt. Ltd.

Infrastructure Committee

Mr. Shrikant S. Badve

Managing Director

Badve Engineering Ltd.

Small and Medium Enterprises Committee

Committee Chairpersons

Mission

To facilitate industrial growth while balancingsocio-economic environment.

To develop futuristic, eco-friendly andculture centric experience for people.

To energize lives through natural andhuman resource optimization and utilization.

To promote research, development andproduction in the field of science and technology.

To ensure the finest infrastructural development and facilities with a futuristic edge.

To work towards a harmonized milieu for all cultures, ethos and social tolerance.

Vision

We at MCCIA aim to transform lives and establish

an eco-friendly, bio-diverse environment

that will nurture and propel towards creation of

infrastructure and education while emerging as the

nucleus of technical and industrial research,

development and growth model of the country.

We will strive to encourage preservation of

heritage, energize lives, inspire progress,

optimize resources and implement ethical

practices towards a sustainable growth

paving the way towards a future of

astounding business possibilities.

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Special Interactions

1. MCCIA invited Mr. Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar,

Hon'ble Minister for Labour, Earthquake

Rehabilitation, Skil l Development, Ex-

servicemen Welfare, Government of

Maharashtra, to interact with MCCIA members.

Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General,

presented the comprehensive list of problems

faced by the Industry as follows;

• Amendment to Mathadi Act

• Industrial Disputes Act – Amendments

• ESI – Coverage and Facilities

• Mandatory Coverage without facilities

• Factories Act

• Contract Labour Act

• Fixed Term Employment

• Self-Regulations, Self-Certification of various

compliances relating to labour laws

Many members present, shared their problems and

concerns with the Minister. The Minister took

cognizance of their problems and assured that he

would take it up at appropriate forums.

2. Mr. Sunil Porwal, IAS , Additional Chief

Secretary, Industr ies, Government of

Maharashtra was invited by MCCIA to interact

with the Members and deliberate on the various

problems faced by the Industries.

Interaction with Mr. Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar, Hon'ble Minister for Labour, Earthquake Rehabilitation,Skill Development, Ex-servicemen Welfare, Government of Maharashtra

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International Interface

International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the

Pacific 2017 (ISAP 2017) conference in Yokohama,

Japan

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

(IGES), Japan and the United Nations University

Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability

(UNU-IAS), Japan jointly organized the Ninth

International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the

Pacific 2017 (ISAP 2017) on 25-26 July 2017 at

Yokohama, Japan. Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director

General was an invitee for the conference. ISAP is held

once a year with a timely theme in the context of

sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region to

promote discussions with frontline experts and

diverse stakeholders. On this occasion a meeting of

Japan-India Technology Match Making Platform

(JITMAP) formed by IGES and TERI, New Delhi for

promoting the dissemination of Japanese Low

Carbon Technologies (LCTs) in India was held. Dr.

Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General made

presentation on Low Carbon Technology for MSMEs in

Maharashtra. MCCIA is the only trade organization

from India who is a member of JITMAP. This platform

will be helpful for conducting surveys, pilot projects

and initiating various programs for implementation of

energy efficiency technology and low carbon

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Launch of the Fifth Branch of MCCIA at Hadapsar

The fifth Branch of MCCIA has been established in

the Hadapsar Industrial Estate. The facility is fully

equipped with Five Conference Halls and One

Auditorium with capacity ranging from 12 to 100

delegates. Set up in a large area of 17,000 sq feet, the

facility is equipped with the State-of-the-Art

equipments like Interactive Boards, AV Systems,

In te rne t Connec t ion , and modu la r s i t t i ng

arrangement. The branch has extended its services to

the nearby industrial belts including Ramtekdi,

Hadapsar, Magarpatta, Handewadi, Mundhwa and

Jejuri MIDC.

nd The Vastu Pooja was performed on 22 January, 2018

in presence of Director General and MCCIA Staff

Members. Official operations of the branch began

thereafter.

During the inaugural week, the Hadapsar office

celebrated the Week at Hadapsar. Free programs

were conducted for MCCIA members to help them get

acquainted with the facilities offered to the members.

All the Chamber services have been extended to this

office as well.

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Prosperity Thinking :

How to be Successful yet HappySpeaker: Ms.Veenu Shivdasani

Practical Issues in GST/ Refund Procedure in

GST / E- Way Bill provision under GST.Speaker: Adv. Manas Joshi

How to Grow Business through Improvements

in OperationsSpeaker: Mr. Hemant Jog

Looking Beyond…Are you on the Job or

Working on a MissionSpeaker: Ms. Dolly Mangat

Start, Manage & Grow Small BusinessSpeakers: Mr. Sudhir Gijre & Mrs. Vaishali Aparajit

Cyber Security - Incident ResponseSpeaker: Mr. Debashish Pramanik, MD

Agri & Food Industry for a Sustainable

Approach: Opportunities in Agriculture and

Food BusinessSpeaker: Mr. Anand Chordia

Defence Vendor Development -

Opportunities with WOMSpeaker: Mr.Harsh Gune

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Executive Board / Committee Meetings

MCCIA Executive Board Meetings :

The Executive Board Meetings of the Chamber were th th ndheld on 25 May 2017, 17 July 2017, 22 September,

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MCCIA Executive Committee Meetings:

The Executive Committee Meetings of the Chamber th rdwere held on 26 April 2017, 23 August 2017,

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th26 April, 2017 Vehicle Emission Norms and Related

Developments in the Auto Sector

Ms. Rashmi Urdhvarshe,

Director, ARAI

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rd83 Annual General Meetingth20 September 2017

rdThe 83 AGM of Mahratta Chamber of Commerce,

Industr ies and Agriculture, was held onth20 September, 2017.

The Chief Guest for the program was Mr. Sanjiv Bajaj,

Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv. Dr. Naushad

Forbes, Chairman, Forbes Marshall presided over

the program. Mr. Pramod Chaudhari welcomed the

guests and said that it was a great opportunity to listen

to the two home-grown business leaders.

The theme for the AGM was Emerging Indian

Economy: From Financial Services to Industrial

Growth.

Mr. Sanjiv Bajaj spoke on “How Digitisation is

Changing Business”. He presented an interesting

canvas on the transformation of the business scenario

over the centuries and past few decades. He stated

that, as businesses were built over 200 years, some

traditional levers helped them achieve great heights.

Mr. Sanjiv Bajaj highlighted on the changes in the

business scenario in the second half of last century. It

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saw the beginning of internet and digitization. That

gained a quick momentum. He said that, suddenly we

saw new entrepreneurs on the horizon. Telephone

took eighty years to reach 100 million customers, but

Facebook reached that figure in just four years. The

scale created by digital economy is unbelievable.

Mr. Bajaj shared with the audience how Bajaj Finserv

transformed itself over the last decade. With the

adoption of cloud based technology, it can approve

the loan proposals within 30 seconds of the

application. Earlier, it took over 3 days for this process.

In the case of insurance too, it is the first company to

allow the customers to use their camera to upload

pictures for claims. He added that, we have to think of

ways to become a better Customer Service Company.

The emphasis should be on a culture of lean

operations, adaptation, experimentation, learning

from mistakes and leveraging partnerships.

Dr. Naushad Forbes spoke on the “Future of India's

Manufacturing”. He stressed the importance a

technology driven manufacturing process. He

emphasised that India is one of the top ten performing

economies for many years. Could we achieve 10 %

annual GDP growth in the next 25 years? Only then

could we promise a decent living to millions of people.

Our aspiration is to reach 25 % of GDP by 2022. For

this, we should focus more on technology and

international business. He further added that, we

need to work on a mechanism to make our companies

global.

Dr. Forbes added that it would not be correct to state

that Indian economy is seeing a jobless growth. It is

true that we have not created millions of jobs in the

formal sector over the last several years. In order to tap

the job potential in formal sector, we need to undertake

labour reforms in the country. Companies also have to

change their mind set about employing more people,

which is essential for the manufacturing sector to

grow.

We need to make efforts to ensure improved

productivity of our service sectors including tourism.

Other informal sectors such as driving and security

agencies have seen tremendous growth over the last

few years in big cities and regions.

Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General-MCCIA rdproposed a vote of thanks. The 83 Annual General

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Membership Department

The Membership Development Committee of

2017-2018 was formed under the leadership of

Mr. Pramod Chaudhari, President, MCCIA.

The Committee comprised the following members;

Chairman: Mr. Pramod Chaudhari

Members

1. Mr. Satish Magar

2. Mr. Vikram Salunkhe

3. Mr. Ajay C. Mehta

4. Mr. Deepak Karandikar

Officer: Mr. Prashant V. Jogalekar

5. Mr. Vijay B. Pusalkar

6. Ms. Rujuta P. Jagtap

7. Mr. Vishwas Mahajan

8. Mr. C. V. Chitale

During the year 2017-2018, 583 new members joined

MCCIA with the following composition;

Members 17

Associates 558

Committee Members 8

The Classification of Membership, Associateship and Membership of the Committeesstas on 31 March 2018 was as follows:

Classification Members Associates Total

2017-2018

A Patrons 35 0 35

B Benefactors 51 0 51

C Life Members 9 0 9

D General Ordinary Members:

i Company (Without Share Capital) 0

ii Company (With Share Capital) 342 971 1313

iii Proprietorship and Partnership 68 1107 1175

iv Educational / Social Institutes 13 163 176

v Government and Semi-Govt Bodies 12 12

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Agriculture & Agribusiness 6

HRD 2

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SME 8

Women Entrepreneurs 17

TOTAL 34

Membership Profile

Sector-wise distribution of Members and Associates up to 31st March, 2018

Sector / Category #'s

Machinery & Machine Tools 342

Professionals / Individuals 327

IT/ITES 294

Automobile & Ancillary 289

Agri Business 238

Electronics 201

Educational/Training Institutions 176

Fabrication & Metallic Products 159

Chemical 150

Electrical 138

Construction & Allied 114

Plastic 91

Metallurgical 45

Packaging, Paper 44

Paper & Printing 34

Trade & Industry Associations 29

Rubber 25

Telecommunications 22

Textile 22

Travel & Tourism 19

Banks & Insurance Cos 11

Glass 11

Transport Equipment 9

Wooden 9

Leather 3

Mineral Products 3

Total 2805

After 6 Business Mixers:

Walk-in event DELL BUSINESS FORWARD

(5 March 2018 to Friday, 11 March 2018 between

10 am to 7 pm)

The week long walk-in event was organised jointly

with DELL at MCCIA S.B.Road, Hadapsar & Bhosari

offices and had the following attractions for the

members:

• Interaction with Dell's experts in the IT

Consultation Zone

• IT Health survey to faci l i tate detai led

assessment of IT infrastructure

• Demo Zone - First-hand experience of Dell and

it's range of products.

• Exclusive offers on Dell products for MCCIA

members.

• Special VR Zone

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Government Representations

In an endevour to support Pune Industries and

ensure the Ease of Doing Business for Pune

Region, MCCIA is proactive in making Government

representations. During the year MCCIA, was

continuously in touch with the Government to make

representations on behalf of its Members, in many

verticals, based on the industry requirements.

1. Representations related to Proposed Solar

Farm Cluster for MSMEs promoted by MCCIA:

• Mr. Piyush Goyal, Hon'ble Minister of State for

New and Renewable Energy, Government of

India

• Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Hon'ble Chief

Minister of Maharashtra

• Mr. R. K. Singh, Hon'ble Minister of New and

Renewable Energy, Government of India

• Prime Minister's Office, Government of India

• Mr. Arvind Singh, Principal Secretary (Energy),

Government of Maharashtra

2. Representation related to International

Industrial Exhibition Centre, Moshi :

• Mr. Sharad Pawar, Hon'ble President,

Nationalist Congress Party, Hon'ble Member

of Parliament, Former Union Minister of

Agriculture.

3. Representation related to Sales Tax on the

Operational problems faced by MCCIA

Members in filing of periodical returns under

the New Automated System :

• The Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra

State, Mumbai

• Additional Commissioner of Sales tax, Pune

4. Representations related to GST Problems and

Suggestions :

• Request for considering products under 5%

GST Tax Schedule i.e. Pickle, Murabba,

Chutney (HSN 2001 & 2004), Ketchup and

Sauces (HSN 2103), Instant Food Mixes (HSN

2106)

• Request for reduction in the GST rates from

28% to 18% on Construction Machinery

• Additional cost burden on the Railways

Supplier and Bakery Industry - GST rate

schedule for Goods , Cakes and Pastries

• Request to consider non levy of any penalty or

penal action at least for first two operational

quarters

Representation made to

• Shri Arun Jaitely, Chairman, GST Council,

Hon'ble Minister for Finance, Corporate

Affairs, Information and Broadcasting,

Government of India.

• Mr. Sudhir Mungantiwar, Hon'ble Minister for

Finance and Planning, Government of

Maharashtra.

• Mr. Hasmukh Adhia, Secretary, Revenue

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• Mr. Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of

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5. Representation related to Impact of GST on

Incentives under Maharashtra Package

Scheme of Incentives 2013 :

• Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon'ble Chief

Minister of Maharashtra

• Shri Subhash Desai, Industries Minister,


• Mr. Sunil Porwal, Additional Chief Secretary

(Industries), Government of Maharashtra

• Development Commissioner – Industries,


6. Representation related to Proposed Ring

Road Project in Pune Region :

• Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble Minister for

Shipping, Road Transport and Highways,

Government of India

7. Representations related to Bio-Technology :

Request to include Bio-Technology Sector in

the policy of enhanced FSI . Currently this

benefit is given only to IT Industry.

• Mr. Subhash Desai, Hon'ble Minister of

Industries, Government of Maharashtra

• Mr. Sunil Porwal, IAS, Additional Chief

Secretary, Government of Maharashtra

8. Representations related to Stamp Duty :

MCCIA made a representation regarding

problems faced by the members to produce

agreements related to production, labour,

transport, canteen, security etc. for the purpose

of ascertaining whether sufficient stamp duty has

been paid by them or not.

• Mr. Subhash Desai, Hon'ble Minister of

Industries, Government of Maharashtra

• Inspector General of Registration and

Controller of Stamps, Pune

• District Officer – Pune Rural, Joint District Sub-

Registrar Class 1 and Collector of Stamps

9. Representation related to Amendment on

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016:

• Mr. Arun Jaitely, Hon'ble Finance Minister,

Government of India

10. Representation related to Air connectivity

between Pune and Singapore :

• Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Hon'ble Minister of

Commerce, Industry and Civil Aviation,

Government of India

11. Representation related to Labour Unrest :

• Ms. Rashmi Shukla, Commissioner of Police,

Pune .

12. Representation on Direct Tax to Ministry of

Finance- CBDT

Pre-budget memorandum for 2018-19

• Reduction the Corporate Tax Rate from 30% to

25%

• Increasing the threshold limit under Section

80C of the Act

• CSR expenditure under the Companies Act to

be allowed as business expenditure under the

Income Tax Act

• Benefit of presumptive taxation to LLP

• Standard deduction from salary up to

Rs.50,000

Post Budget Memorandum for 2018 – 2019 on

Direct Tax

• Clarification under section 285BA of the IT Act,

in case of sale of goods and services less

Rs.2, 00,000

• Clarification on the deduction of Tax at Source

(TDS) under Chapter XVII - B on Goods and

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MCCIA’s Innovation and

Entrepreneurship Awards 2017

MCCIA has been presenting various Industrial

Merit Awards to SME’s in Maharashtra since 1947.

More than 500 entrepreneurs from different parts

of Maharashtra have benefitted from these

prestigious awards.

The MCCIA Awards Distribution ceremony was held thon 7 September 2017 at the Tilak Smarak Mandir

Trophy, Medal,

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Trophy, Medal &

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Trophy, Medal &

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Trophy & Medal(MCCIA Special

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Nano Crystalline Ribbons

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Fertispent for

Alcohol Distillery Waste Water

Portable Skid Based Mast System

for Telecommunications Network.

Hydraulic Ladle

Tilting System (HLTS)

Geolut - R System

Mr. Milind Wani, DirectorVikarsh Nano Technology &Alloys Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Shripad M. Khatav, MD SS Techno Limited

Ms. Archana Kotkar, MD Mr. Atul Kotkar, DirectorKotkar Energy Dynamics Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Soumitra S. Kothari, MDRenuka Equipments Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Vishwas R. Udpikar, MDWavelet Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

G.S. Parkhe Award for Innovation in Entrepreneurship

Auditorium. Dr. Sanjiv Phansalkar, Program Director,

Tata Trusts, Mumbai was the Chief Guest.

Mr. Vijay Pusalkar, Vice President, MCCIA,

Mr. Deepak Karandikar, Vice President, MCCIA and

Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General, MCCIA

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Mosquito Mass Killing System

Mr. Sanjay Joshi, ProprietorSLK Hydro Technologies

Mr. Shailesh Adke, ProprietorVEDASHRAM

Mr. Adheesh Telang, MDDolphin Floats Pvt. Ltd.

Trophy, Medal, Certificate

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Trophy, Medal & Certificate

(Special Appreciation Award)

Mr. Suhas Kadlaskar, Director HR

Mr. Ghananeel Kelkar, General Manager Human Resources

Mercedes-Benz India Private Limited

Ms Sonali Deshpande, Chairperson – Persistent Foundation

Persistent Systems Ltd.

Mr. J. K. Bhosale, Chief Operating Officer

City Corporation Ltd.

Hari Malini Joshi Award for Developing New Product and Design

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Trophy, Medal &

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Manufacturing of

Industrial Uniforms

Dried Jamun, Mint powder,Lemon Grass Powder,

Green Tea , Garlic Powder etc.

Ms. Hemlata Pachpute, ProprietorShree Sai garments

Ms. Neha Dattatrya Ghavate, Proprietor Natural Agro, Fruits andVegetables Processing Unit

Ramabai Joshi Award for Women Entrepreneurs

B. G. Deshmukh, IAS, Award for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)


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Mr. Sharad J. Gore, Director

Meru Industries LLP

Mr. Shripad M. Khatav, MD

SS Techno Limited

Mr. Nilesh Chavan, MD

Scon Projects P. Ltd.

Mr. Nitin Bhagwat, MD

Noble Cast Comp. P. Ltd.

MCCIA Late Kiran Natu Udyojakta Puraskar (For First Generation Successful Entrepreneur)

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G S Parkhe Award toSS Techno Limited -

Mr. Shripad Khatav, MD &Mrs. Khatav receiving the award

Hari Malini Joshi Award forDeveloping New Product and Design winner - SLK Hydro Technologies -Mr. Sanjay Joshi, Proprietor

Ramabai Joshi Award for Women Entrepreneurs winner -Ms.Hemlata Pachpute, Shree Sai Garments

Mr.Vijay Pusalkar, Vice President, MCCIA welcoming the Chief Guest

Dr. S. J. Phansalkar, Programme Director, Tata Trusts, Mumbai

Late Shri B. G. Deshmukh,IAS, Award for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) winner -Persistent Systems Ltd.Ms Sonali Deshpande, Chairperson

Late Shri B. G. Deshmukh, IAS, Award for Excellence in Corporate Social

Responsibility (CSR) winner -Mr. Ghananeel Kelkar, GM, HR

Mercedes-Benz India Private Ltd.

MCCIA Late Kiran Natu Udyojakta Puraskar for First Generation Successful Entrepreneur winner -Mr. Sharad Gore, Meru Industries LLP

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Media Meets

During the year, MCCIA conducted three Press

Conferences and twelve Media interactions for

various programs conducted at MCCIA.

Press Conferences:

th1. 29 June, 2017

Press Conference was held for the national event on

“Bio-Energy Urja Utsav”. The Press Conference was

addressed by Mr. Pramod Chaudhari, President,

MCCIA. Other members present were Mr. Anil Shirole,

M e m b e r o f Pa r l i a m e n t ( P u n e L o k s a b h a

Constituency), Mr. Y. B. Ramakrishna-Chairman,

Biofuel Working Group- Government of India, Mr. Anil

Pande, Executive Director, Hindustan Petroleum

Corporation and Mr. Rajesh Pande, President,

National Yuva Cooperative Society.

st2. 1 September , 2017

Press Conference was held to announce the winners

of the MCCIA Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Awards, 2017. The award winners were invited to join

the press conference. Mr. Pramod Chaudhari,

President, MCCIA and Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh,

Director General, MCCIA announced the winners.

th3. 18 September, 2017

On completion of his one year tenure as President,

MCCIA, Mr. Pramod Chaudhari and Executive Board

Members held a Press Conference to the share

achievements and the future plans for the Chamber

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Mr. Pramod Chaudhari addressing the press conference on Bio Energy Urja Utsav

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rd1. 23 June, 2017

Media invitation for the seminar on Exploring

Business and Technology Prospects in Water Sector.

th2. 28 June, 2017

The Media was invited for the program on Respect

Her Always. The Chief Guest for the program was

Smt. Rashmi Shukla, Commissioner of Police, Pune.

th th3. 7 and 8 July, 2017

Media was invited to cover the two day event on

Bio-Energy Urja Utsav that was held at Balewadi

Stadium. Hon'ble Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister

of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government

of India and Hon'ble Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State

for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and

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The Media was invited to cover MCCIA's Flagship

Event Skill Conclave. The Chief Guest for the third

edition was Mr. Sambhaji Diliprao Patil-Nilangekar

Minster of State for Labour, Earthquake

Rehabilitation, Skill Development and Ex-

servicemen Welfare.

th5. 5 August, 2017

The Media was invited for the HR/ IR Conclave 2017.

Mr. Pradeep Bhargava, President, Employer's

Federation of India was the Chief Guest.


The Media was invited for the MCCIA Innovation and

Entrepreneurship Awards, 2017 distribution

function at Tilak Smarak Mandir, Pune.


rdThe Media was invited for the 83 Annual General

Body Meeting. Mr. Sanjiv Bajaj, MD, Bajaj Finserv

Ltd. and Dr. Naushad Forbes, Director, Forbes

Marshall Ltd. and Immediate Past President of CII

were the Chief Guest.

th8. 24 November, 2017

The Media was invited for the Leadership in Industry

4.0. Mr. Ishaat Hussain, Non-Executive Director Tata

Sons was the key note speaker.

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rdThe Media was invited for the 3 Edition of the National

Exhibition and Conference on Renewable Energy. The

Chief Guest was Mr. Sanjeev Kumar(IAS), Chairman

and Managing Director, MSEDCL.

st10. 1 February, 2018

The Media was invited for the Live Telecast of the

Union Budget 2018-2019. This was followed by

discussions and reactions by prominent Industrialist

and Experts which the media covered in its esteemed

Newspapers and Channels.

th11. 9 March, 2018

The Media was invited for the Live Telecast of the

Maharashtra State Budget 2018-19. Live reactions of

the experts were covered by the media following the

telecast.

th12. 14 March, 2018

The Media was invited on the occasion of the

International Women's Day Celebration and Exhibition

2018. Mr. Subhash Desai, Cabinet Minister of

Industries, Government of Maharashtra was the Chief

Guest for the function.

Press Conference for announcing winners of MCCIA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards 2017

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NEWS ABSTRACTS:

NEWS ABSTRACTS is a weekly newsletter designed

for our members to give them a weekly overview of the

performance of the economy through news collated

from different sources. The news covers updates on

the national and the international economy. This is

also a platform for our members to advertise their

products and services to a large audience regularly

throughout the month.

Maharashtra State Budget 2017 – 2018 and Interaction withPadma Vibhushan Shri Sharad Pawar

Trends and Potential for Business and Industrial Relations betweenIndia and Russia

RERA Law, Rooting for Robots, Paperless Office and Pennsylvania Advantage

Reforms in the Indian Economy

MCCIA's Leadership Summit and Visit of Minister from Canada

Construction and Infrastructure

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The weekly bulletin of World of Business is in

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The publication includes notifications and circulars

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covers a wide array of topics of interest to the MSMEs and the diverse membership base of the Chamber. We are

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rd1. 3 Edition of Skill Conclave 2017 - Enhancing Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability

th thTwo days conference was organized on 28 and 29 July 2017 at Sheraton Grand, Pune, focused on skilling and

Entrepreneurship. 130 participants from various Companies, Educational Institutions, Consultants and Faculty

attended the Conference. Volkswagen, Bharat Forge, Vishwakarma University, State Bank of India, Bank of

India, SIDBI, Yes Bank, IL&FS were the sponsors. GIZ, German Development Corporation and TiE supported the

event. The Chief Guest for the program was Mr. Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar, Minister for Labour, Earthquake

Rehabilitation, Skill Development, Ex-servicemen Welfare, Maharashtra.

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Mr. RCM Reddy, MD & CEO, IL&FS Education/Skills/Clusters

Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Managing Director, DeLaval

Mr. Chris WisemanSector Manager - Corporate Development, TWI, UK

Dr. Siddharth Jabade,Vice Chancellor, Vishwakarma University

Mr. S. Kalyaan, Project Head, Blue Star Ltd.

Ms. Leena Deshpande, Asst VP HR and head CSR, Bharat Forge Ltd.

Mr. Suresh M. Nair , DGM - SME – METRO, State Bank of India

Title of the Program Faculty / Speaker

Keynote address on Enhancing Skills, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship and Skill Development initiatives of the Government and the Way forward.

Skilling and Entrepreneurship Development - Industry Perspective in the dairy and Farming Sector

Skilling in the Welding Industry

Skilling entrepreneurship initiatives in Educational Institutes

Skilling and Entrepreneurship Development initiatives in the AC Industry

Skilling in the Forging Industry

Initiatives to encourage SME's

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Mr. Vinay Nathan, CEO, Altizon Mr. Patanjali Somayaji,

Co-founder/COO at Walnut AppMr. Akshay Mehrotra,

Co Founder and CEO, EarlySalary.com

Mr. Shrikrishna Karkare, Chairman & Managing

Director Enpro Industries Pvt.Ltd.Ms. Alka Karkare,

Joint Managing Director, Enpro Industries Pvt.Ltd.

Ms. Arpita Karkarey, Founder, Walnut SchoolMr. Nikhil Karkarey, Co-Founder Walnut School

Mr. Ameya Mashalkar,

Mentor-in-residence, Gennext Innovation HubMs. Soma Chattopadhyay,

Manager, Venture Centre, NCLMs. Poyni Bhatt, COO, SINE-IITBDr. Rajendra Jagdale, Director General & CEO,

Science & Technology Park, PuneMr. Uma Maheshvaram S Mandi, Chief Mentor &

Investments Officer, Indigram Labs

Mr. Prashant Girbane, Director(Hon) PIC Mr. Aviral Bhatnagar, Associate, Guild CapitalMr. Shankar Kumar, Technical Advisor, Innovation

Promotion in MSMEs Programme, GIZMr. Amey Belorkar, Assistant Vice President, SIDBI

Venture Capital Ltd.

Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General, MCCIAMr. Neeraj Medhekar,

Group EVP & Regional Business Leader, Yes BankMr. Pushkar Mishra, DGM, SIDBI Ms. Uma Shanmukhi Sistla, General Manager(SME),

State Bank of India Corporate CentreMr. Kuldeep Jindal, AGM, Bank of IndiaProf. Satya Acharya,

Entrepreneurship Development Institute

Mr. Pradeep Bhargava, Director, CumminsMr. Rajeev Kher, CEO and Founder, Sara Plast Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Nueriel Pezarkar, Nobel Exchange, Founder &CEOMr. Amol Chaphekar, Managing Director, StrataEnviro

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Start Up: Entrepreneurs, Chaired b

Mr. Vishwas Mahajan, Honorary Secretary

MCCIA and Global Trustee, TIE

Power Couple Session

The Role of Incubators and accelerators-

Chaired by Dr. Rajendra Jagdale, Director

General & CEO, Science & Technology Park,

Pune

The Role of Venture Capitalists, Angel investors

in shaping successful entrepreneurship. Chaired by Prashant Girbane, Director(Hon)

PIC

The role of Banks in Shaping Enterprises

Chaired by Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh,

Director General, MCCIA

Social Entrepreneurship - Why and How, need

and support- Session Chaired by Mr. Pradeep

Bhargava, Director, Cummins

The session was concluded on a high note after two days of intensive discussions. Mr. Shravan Hardikar, IAS,

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2. Leadership Summit: Leadership in Industry

4.0: 24th November, 2017

Pune, with its large manufacturing base as well as its

strength in the domain of IT/Automation, is best

placed to discuss and deliberate on Industry 4.0.

MCCIA organized a full day conference in association

with IIM-Ahmedabad Alumni Association, Pune

Chapter. More than 150 people participated in the

program.

Speakers:

• Mr. Ishaat Hussein, Former, Director Finance,

Tata Sons, Key Note Speaker

• Mr. Kishore Jayaraman,

President India & South Asia Rolls-Royce

• Mr. Alyque Padamsee,

Advertisement Guru & Theater personality

• Ms. Manasi Kirloskar,

Executive Director & CEO Kirloskar Systems Ltd

• Mr. Rajib Jena, GM Bajaj Auto

• Mr. Niraj Shah, Director, Silver Bright

• Mr. Yogesh Kulkarni co-founder CEO Altizon

• Mr. Vishwas Mahajan, Hon. Secretary MCCIA

• Mr. Dattatraya Navalgundkar,

Director SAMARTH Udyog

• Dr. Bernhard Holtkamp,

Head Digital Factory, Fraunhofer

• Prof. Siddharth Jabade,

Vice-Chancellor, Vishwakarma University,

• Prof. Dr. B.N. Chaudhari, COEP

• Dr. Aravind Chinchure,

Chair Professor of Innovation and

Entrepreneurship, Symbiosis Knowledge Village

• Mr. Kapil Bhatt, Head Sales,

New Acquisitions @Fujitsu India Pvt. Ltd

• Ms. Ishita Katyal, Ted Speaker

• OBE Vandana Saxena Poria

3. National Exhibition and Conference on th thRenewable Energy on 17 & 18 January, 2018

at MCCIA

The prime objective of the conference and exposition

was to promote renewable energy with a focus on

solar energy, wind and bio-energy for improving

energy access and recognizing the potential of clean

energy technologies and their applicability.

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Focus area were Solar and Bio-energy. More than 150

people participated in the program.

Speakers:

• Mr. Sanjeev Kumar (IAS), Chairman & Managing

Director, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution

Company Ltd. (MSEDCL) – Chief Guest

• Mr. Kunal Kumar IAS Municipal Commissioner,

Pune Municipal Corporation

• Dr. Ashvini Kumar, Senior Director, Renewable

Energy Technologies Division TERI

• Dr. SSV Ramkumar, Director (R & D),

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd,

• Mr. Anil Pande, Executive Director (OD&E),

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd

• Dr. S. K. Puri, GM HPCL

• Dr. R. R. Sonde, Executive VP (R & D)Thermax

• Mr. Kishore Shinde, GM MEDA

• Mr. Shirish Garud, Director, EETD

(Energy-Environment Technology Development)

• Mr. Alekhya Datta, fellow TERI

• Mr. Abhishek Joshi,

Holzenergie Wegscheid GmbH, Germany

• Mr. Rohan Rawte, Director

Middle East & Asia, IESVE Singapore Pvt Ltd

• Mr. Hiroto Tsushima Division Head of Advance

Product Planning Honda Cars R&D India

• Mr. Dinesh Jagdale, Director & Chief Executive

Officer - Panama Renewable Energy

• Ms. Samhita Das Sharma, Head Strategy &

Marketing, GE Renewable Energy India

• Dr Rabhi Abdessalem, IGES, Japan

• Dr. Gundu Sabde, Chairman and Managing

Director - RelyOn Solar Pvt Ltd

• Mr. Ajay Bhure,

Director Aelius Renewable Infra services Pvt. Ltd

• Mr. Prashant Khankhoje, Director Global Energy

• Mr. Amit Rane,

Founder and Managing Director Wudmin Energy

• Mr. Rahul Dhoot, MD – Dhoot Technofab

• Mr. Suhas Pansare, VP RelyOn Solar Pvt. Ltd

• Mr. Kochandy,

Secretary, Guruprasad Housing Society

• Mr. Sonigra, Developer and Builder

• Mr. Amit Rane, Founder - Director Wudmin Energy

Inauguration of National Exhibition andConference on the Renewable Energy

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An energetic and thought provoking delivery by Mr.

Pradeep Bhargava - Director, Cummins Ltd. Pune and

President EFI, the Chief Guest set the tone for the day

long conclave. His speech provided the impetus for a

transparent discussion about real HR issues that have

not been openly discussed before. Mr. Satish

Ghogare, Head Corporate IR, Mahindra and

Mahindra, Mr. R.Y. Joshi (Advocate, High Court,

Mumbai) were the other speakers. Mr. Vishram

Deshpande (Dy. Commissioner of Labour, Thane,

Government of Maharashtra) provided a brief about

labour reforms happening in the State of Maharashtra

and shared information about the new developments

like the launch of the online help and department

portals. Mr. Ajit Abhyankar (Union leader, CITU Pune),

Dr. Bhalcahndra Kango (Communist Party of India

and National working committee member of AITUC),

Mr. Arvind Shrouti, (Director Option Positive) and Mr.

Kuldip Joshi (Management Thinker and Consultant)

had some interesting discussions on Changing

Employer Employee Relations and Industrial

Relations Culture – Unions Perspective.

A discussion on Non-Permanent Workforces:

Opportunities and Issues was held amongst the

panelist, Advocate Shriniwas Inamati (Head, DMC &

Advisor Pune Mathadi Board), Advocate Shrikant

Malegaonkar (Bombay High Court), Mr. Sameer

Kukade ( Director HR, Lear Automotive India Pvt. Ltd),

Mr. Abhijeet Paralikar (Sr. GM-HR John Deere India

Pvt. Ltd) and Mr. G. D. More (VP HR - Tata Autocomp

Systems Ltd). Mr. Sunil Kode, Chairman HR / IR

Committee and VP HR, Wilo Mather and Platt Pumps

Pvt. Ltd. concluded the session.

5. Seminar on Exp lor ing Bus iness and

Technology Aspects in Water Sector–nd2 Edition

The seminar focused on upcoming projects in Pune,

International Capabilities, Policy, Regulations,

Technology and Sustainability issues related to Water.

The seminar included address by the H.E. Mr. Daniel

Carmon, Ambassador for Israel to India, Dr. Jürgen

Morhard, Consul General for Federal Republic of

Germany in Mumbai, Mr. Kiran Gitte, Metropolitan

Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of Pune

Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Mr. R. K.

Sinha-Chief Engineer-Central Water Commission, Mr.

Prasoon Gargava, Senior Environmental Engineer for

Central Pollution Control Board, Ms. Anandi Iyer,

Director, Fraunhofer India, Dr. Siddharth Jabade, Vice

Chancellor, Vishwakarma University and other

experts.

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The Technology Transfer Cell supports new Innovators and helps Entrepreneurs who want to adopt

technologies available under the Cell. Awareness sessions and free consultations are regular features of the

ITTC. This project is supported by the Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, Government of

Maharashtra. MCCIA also worked closely with the German Development Corporation, GIZ to promote

Innovation in different verticals. Various initiatives were taken during the year to conduct awareness sessions on

Innovation.

1. Workshop on Innovation in Nutraceuticals was

conducted jointly with GIZ. Dr. S .M. Naikare,

President, Food Technologist, AFST(I), Pune

Chapter, Prof. M. M. Chitale, Senior Food

Scientist, Dr. S. D. Kulkarni, Former Project

Director of Soyabean Processing and Utilization

Centre, Centra l Inst i tute of Agr icul tural

Engineering, Bhopal, Mr. Hemant Girme, CEO

Girme, Wheatgrass and Dr. Prerana Beri Kalekar,

Urja Ayurved were the guest speakers.

2. Meeting with SIDBI Officials regarding

Preferential Credit delivery arrangement

between MCCIA and SIDBI was held to facilitate

and understand the loan requirements of MCCIA's

Members. 20 Members discussed their capital

needs with SIDBI Officials across the table.

Applications of MCCIA Members are under

consideration.

3. Awareness workshop on Financing for

Innovation was organized jointly with GIZ. Mr.

Shankar Kumar, Advisor, Innovation Promotion in

MSME, GIZ, New Delhi, Mr. R.B. Gupte, Director,

MSME-DI, Mumbai and Mr. Subodh Kumar, GM,

SIDBI, Pune were the Guest Speakers.

4. Program on Saraswati to Laxmi Converting

Ideas into Business – The Process of

Innovation was held in association with GIZ. Dr.

Bhooshan Kelkar, D i rector, MobiuSutra

Consulting Pvt. Ltd. was the faculty.

Seminar on Innovations in Nutraceuticals

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Dehydration of Fruits and Vegetables was held.

Dr. Sanjay Bhoyar, Associate Professor and Head,

APDRC, Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth,

Akola, Dr. Smita Lele, Registrar and Professor of

Biochemical Engineering, ICT, Mumbai, Mr.

Vaibhav Tidke, Director, S4S Technologies, Mr.

Arun Monga Director, Monga Strayfield Pvt. Ltd,

Mr. Sunil Bhat, Director, Advanced AgroRipe, Mr.

Shripad Khatav, MD, SS Techno Solutions Pvt.

Ltd., Mr. Pushkar Mishra, DGM, SIDBI and Mr. Atul

Mardikar, MD, Udyog Prerna enlightened the

participants on various available options.

6. A workshop on Innovative Low Cost Automation

and Quick Changeover Techniques was held.

Mr. Gautam Doshi, Advisor IMTMA guided the

participants.

7. A seminar on Innovative Packaging was

organized. Mr. Vinayak Bhavsar, Ex- Dy. Director,

Indian Institute of Packaging, Mr. Hrishikesh

Mahajan, Sling Flexi Cartons Pvt. Ltd. and Mr.

Shashidhar, CEO Suprabha Protective Products

Pvt. Ltd. were the speakers.

Seminar on New Technological Trends in Dehydration of Fruits and Vegetables

Mr. Gautam Doshi speaking in Workshop on InnovativeLow Cost Automation and Quick Changeover Techniques

Memorandum of Understanding:

A MoU with German Development Corporation

– GIZ Office Deutsche Gesellschaft fur

Internationale Zusammenarbeit and MCCIA.

According to the MoU, MCCIA and GIZ are

committed to work in the field of Innovation in the

Maharashtra region. MCCIA conducted Five

Programs on Innovation in the form of workshops

and awareness sessions and gave assistance in

technology transfer in collaboration with GIZ.

Mr. Amit Kumar, Mr. Shankar Kumar and Ms.

Shubhada Shintre from GIZ were deeply involved

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Agriculture and Agribusiness

Chairman: Mr. Ranjeetsinh Deshmukh

Officer: Mr. D. V. Shukla

1. Interaction with the German Researcher,

Mrs. Adila Khopade who has studied Farmers

Suicide cases in Marathwada and Vidarbha.

2. Meeting with Mr. Vilas Shinde, M.D, Sahyadri

Farmer Producer Co., Nasik to establish business

linkages between the Farmers and the Industries.

40 Members participated. An Industry visit was

also organized for MCCIA members.

3. A seminar on Business Opportunities in

Bamboo Cultivation and Processing for Value

Added Products was organized. The faculty Mr.

Ajit Thakur explained the cultivation practices, soil

type and climate requirements, tissue culture

propagation etc. with actual display of varieties of

Bamboo which are being used for cultivation.

4. A seminar on Kisan Sampada Scheme was

organized. The faculty Mr. Surendra Joshi, CMD,

SMERA Project Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. enlightened

the participants on the salient features of the

Scheme.

5. A seminar on Exotic Vegetables: Opportunities

in Agriculture was organized. Ms. Gouri Jadhav,

displayed a variety of exotic vegetables giving a

greater insight into the world of vegetables.

6. A seminar on Opportunities in Agri-Food

Exports was organized for Agri-Food Members.

Mr. Govind Hande, P.S.C. Authority, DoA, spoke

on Certification, Traceability, APEDA's Schemes,

Export Markets, Commodities, Grape-Net, Veg-

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Grampanchayat Taxes. Ahmednagar Manufacturing Industries

Goods and Service Tax Mr. Satish Lanke, 51

Assistant Commissioner, Sales Tax

Safety for Working on Press Machine Mr. Abhijit Kulkarni, 21

Industrial Safety Consultant

Enrollment Campaign and Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Assistant 33

EPFO Housing schemes Commissioner, EPFO Ahmednagar

Understanding GST Provisions C.A. Tushar Patki – 41

Member of GST War Room, MCCIA

Work Culture and Work Ownership Mr. Jayesh Deolalikar, Soft Skills Trainer 26

GST Special Topics Adv. Manas Joshi, 28

Member GST War Room MCCIA

Interaction session with Engineers to Mr. Parag Satpute, Managing Director, 26

nurture and develop Entrepreneurship at Sandvik Asia Pvt. Ltd. Pune

MIDC, Ahmednagar

Roof top Solar Plants for Industrial and Mr. Rahul Dasari, Managing Director, 35

Commercial Power Consumers Sunshot Technology, Pune

Negotiation Skills for Prof. Sayyed Mudassar and 25

Procurement and Purchasing Prof. Harshawardhan Bhavsar

5 S and Benefits to Industries Mr. Santosh Mankeshwar, 32

Assistant General Manager, L & T

Awareness program on HIV and AIDS Mr. Gunjal, Amrutvanini Gram Vikas Mandal 80

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Government Online Services for Mr. S. K. Deshmukh, 90

Factories under the Department of Deputy Director Industrial Safety and

Policy and Promotion Health, Ahmednagar

Compliance Management Adv. Shriniwas Inamati, 20

for HR/IR officers Adv. Vivek Vibhute and

Adv. Vijay Jagtap

Online Registration for Apprenticeship: Mr. A. C. Sharma, 22

Benefit to industries Director, Board of Apprenticeship

Western Region Mumbai

Use of P.P. Equipment in Mr. S. K. Deshmukh, 80

Manufacturing Process Deputy Director Industrial Safety and

Health, Ahmednagar

E-way bill provision under GST C.A. Rohit Bora, 55

Member of C.A. Association, Ahmednagar

Opening of Safety Awareness Col. Shailendra Bhalekar, 6

Material Counter Safety Manager L & T and HR & IR Manager

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Intellectual Property and I.P. Management Er. Bharatbhushan Bhagwat, 32

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Chairman: Mr. Suhas Tuljapurkar

Officer: Ms. Geeta Hosmane

Workshop, Symposium and Seminars

1. Workshop on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,

2016: Adv. Apurv Sardeshmukh, Partner with

Legasis Partners, Pune was the faculty.

2. Workshop on This three Intricacies of Contract:

day comprehensive workshop acquainted

participants with important principles of contract

law. The program directors were Dr. Adv. Nilima

Bhadbhade and Mr. Vivek Sadhale CS. 37

participants from across industries participated in

the workshop.

3. Workshop on National Pension System in

association with FICCI: Mr Akhilesh Kumar,

Deputy General Manager and Mr. M. Ismail Salam,

Manager, Pension Fund Regulatory and

Development Authority (PFRDA) interacted with

100 members.

4. Workshop on Competition Law in association

with Competition Commission of India and

FICCI: Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Advisor,

Competition commission of India, was the key

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Dr. Ananat Sardeshmukh, Director General, MCCIA welcoming Mr. Kishor Chaukar

note speaker. There were case study

presentations by Mr. Gautam Chawla, Senior

Associate, Trilegal and Adv. Apurv Sardeshmukh,

Partner, Legasis Partners. l67 participants

attended the workshop.

5. Workshop on Revival of Companies and Recent

Amendments in Companies ACT 2013: The

session was conducted by Mr. Shridhar Kulkarni,

Co Founder, LegaLogic Consulting and Ms.

Pallavi Kulkarni Salunke | Partner -SKO &

Associates, LegaLogic Consulting.

Networking Events:

1. The breakfast event for CXOs CXO Breakfast:

was sponsored by Dombivili Nagri Sahakari

Bank. Adv. Manas Joshi gave a presentation on

GST is coming. There were 80 participants.

2. was Business networking session for CXO

organized in association with as a YES Bank

sponsor. Commissioner of GST Pune1, Mr.

Surendra Mankoskar spoke on GST. There were

165 participants.

Others:

1. Training program on Managing Health Wealth

and Stealth for a more Productive YOU was

conducted by Mr. Prashant Girbane for senior

management.

2. Collaborative symposium with Vishwakarma

University, NTU Singapore & MCCIA :

The objective was to enable sensitization,

familiarization and proliferation of the state-of-the-

art green building, energy efficient, future mobility

related technologies to Indian industry. Case

study was presented by Mr. Nilesh Jadhav,

Program Director, Eco Campus initiative,

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

3. Workshop on Unlock The Real You - Strategies

to Get Ahead Personally and Professionally

was conducted by Ms. Nim Gholkar.

4. Session on India's Eco Growth and Equity

markets in 2018-19: Risks and Opportunities

was conducted by Dr. Ajay Chhibber.

5. Workshop on Challenges and Winning

Strategies for growth of MSME was conducted

by Mr. Kishor Chaukar, Member of the Board of

Directors,Tata Communications Ltd.

Mr. Akhilesh Kumar, Deputy General Manager,Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authorityspeaking in the Workshop

Mr. Surendra Mankoskar,Commissioner of GST Pune 1 speaking inthe Business networking session for CXO

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The committee was established with a purpose to

c r e a t e a s y n e r g y b e t w e e n t h e D e f e n c e

establishments and the Industry. As a step in this

direction various programs were organized to bridge

the gap between the two.

Defence Vendor Development Series

1. Opportunities for MSME's with L&T Ltd.

This event gave participants insights into the

opportunities available for MSME's under various

verticals such as Fabrication, Machining, Hydraulics,

Gear Boxes, Sheet Metal, Cabinets, Cable Harnesses,

Bought Out Material, Hardware and Electronics.

Mr. B.K.Kalra, Head, Production Centre, Strategic

Systems Complex, L&T Ltd. and senior officers from

L&T, Mr. S. S. Padalkar, Mr. Rahul Mali, Mr.

Bhalchandra Natekar and Mr. Harshad Vedant gave

presentations on the topic. The event was attended by

83 delegates.8 delegates got an opportunity to

present their capabilities to senior decision makers

from L&T Ltd. The event was sponsored by Audi,

Pune.

2. Opportunities for MSME's with Mahindra

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verticals such as Fabrication, Laser Cutting,

Hydraulics, Casting (Ferrous & Non-ferrous), Forging,

Precision Machining, Heat treatment, Surface

treatment ( Hard Anodizing, Hard Chrome plating),

Composite manufacturing, Tool/Pattern/Die/Fixtures

and Electronics.

Mr. B.K. Kalra, Chairman and Mr. Devendra

Bhatnagar, ED & CEO, Mahindra Defence Naval

Systems gave the opening remarks. This was followed

by presentations by senior officers from Mahindra

Defence Land Systems and Mahendra Defence Naval

Systems. Mr. Pravin Bobhate, Mr. Harish Sharma,

Mr. Pradyumna Mishra, Mr. Girish Nagar and Mr. Alok

Mishra spoke on varied topics. The event was

attended by 85 delegates.10 delegates got an

opportunity to present their capabilities to senior

decision makers from Mahindra Defence Systems.

3. Opportunities for MSMEs with Worldwide

Oilfield Machinery Pvt.Ltd.



verticals such as Sheet Metal Components,

Fasteners, Machining, Extruded Aluminum,

Phosphating, Plasma Nitriding, Vacuum Hardening,

Heat Trea tment , F low Forming and Smal l

Components. Mr. Harsh Gune, Head - Strategic

Products Division, Defence and Railways SBU , Mr.

Vinod Menon, Head, Purchase and Ms. Sapna Karia,

Head Business Development, Branding and

Corporate Relations, Defence & Railways SBU

addressed the delegates.

4. One Day Seminar and Exhibition on: Make in

India : Defence Quality Perspective

MCCIA and the Directorate General of Quality

Assurance (DGQA), on the occasion of Diamond

Jubilee celebrations of its raising organized this

program. This was to support the current and

prospective Defence Suppliers, enabling exchange of

the latest technology, address quality issues, as well

as opportunities available for the private sector.

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• Defence Manufacturing in Private Sector

• Towards Self Reliance in Defence Preparedness

• Quality Paradigm for Defence Sector

Lt. Gen. Michael Mathews, VSM** Commandant,

CME, Pune was the Chief Guest and around 140

delegates participated in the event. There was a

concurrent exhibition of 14 stalls which included

participation by prominent companies such as BEML

Ltd, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Pvt. Ltd.,

L&T Defence, Munters India Humidity Control Pvt.

Ltd.and Tata Motors Ltd.

5. Building Alliance and Self Reliance

MCCIA was the industry partner for this event which

focused on Building Alliance for Self-Reliance in

Defence Suppl ies. There were three panel

discussions with experts from Defence as well as

industry on;

• Lessons in Development of a Robust Defence

Industrial Base

• Opportunities & Challenges for MSMEs in The

Defence Sector

• Financial Management for a Defence MSME-

Risks & Challenges

Direct Tax

Chairman: C.A. C. V. Chitale

Officer: C.A. Chandrashekhar Shah

During the year 2017-18 many formal and informal

awareness sessions and interactions were arranged

by MCCIA on the topic for the benefit of the members.

Some of them a listed below;

1. A seminar on Salary TDS, Issues in TDS and Tax

Deducted at Source (TDS) was organized. The

faculty was C.A. C. V. Chitale.

2. Live screening of the Union Budget, 2018- 2019

for MCCIA members, followed by an interactive

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followed by a discussion on the Budget.(TDS)

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The Committee was established with the aim to bridge

the Industry- Academia gap. Through the Committee

we try to address the issue of providing skilled

manpower to the industry and also work closely with

the Educational Institutions. Through our Skill Center,

MCCIA and IL&FS Institute of Skills, we try to create

industry ready workforce and at the same time

address the problem of absorbing school drop-outs in

the eco system.

Initiatives:

SENECA-COEP-IPC-17 Competition: A unique

initiative of COEP and Seneca College, Canada to

foster the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst students

was organized on June 8, 2017. Competition was

held between the College of Engineering, Pune,

Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli and Seneca

College, Canada. The dignitaries from Seneca

College and Helix, an incubator at Seneca, to foster

the entrepreneurial potential of students and

Walchand College were a part of the event. MCCIA

supported the initiative to encourage Innovation and

the spirit of Entrepreneurship amongst students.

Meeting with Dr. K. P. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry

of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship was

organized on January 12, 2018 at MCCIA. Mr.

Asheesh Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Skill

Development and Entrepreneurship and Mr. Manish

Kumar, MD & CEO, NSDC were present at the

meeting. During the meeting it was proposed that;

1. MCCIA become the first Chamber of Commerce

with whom the Ministry of Skill Development can

sign a MoU and carry forward a comprehensive

NAPS program.

2. A Skill Development Plan can be proposed by

MCCIA, with the involvement of the Skill Ministry.

There can be a formal arrangement between

MCCIA, NSDC, Skill Development Ministry and

the Government of Maharashtra.

Launch of the Certif icate Course for the

Educational Institutes

A Certificate Course in International Trade was

conducted for the first batch on January 18, 2018 at

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MES Garware College. Working professionals from

industries like Shipping Companies, Export-Import

Bank of India, Serum Institute, Export Inspection

Agency and other companies conducted the training

at MES Garware College. A field visit to Dynamic

Logistics, Dry Port was also organized. 40 students

were awarded the Certif icate on successful

completion of the training program. This program is

being launched in other colleges as well.

MCCIA Apprenticeship Facilitation Centre:

The Apprenticeship Facilitation centre has been set up

the Navalmal Firodia Centre for Excellence at MCCIA,

Bhosari. This has been set up in association with

Aspire Knowledge and Skills India (P) Ltd. Pune. This

program is being conducted under the guidelines of

NAPS.

Psychometric test to assess Entrepreneurship

Potential (BEAM):

MCCIA and Jnana Prabhobini have launched the joint

Initiative for Assessing Entrepreneurship Potential of

an individual. The test is administered by trained

faculty from ATCG – JPSS, following the standard

procedures of psychological test administration. Each

group is monitored by two psychologists. After the

test, a report will be given to the individual in about 10

working days. This is followed by Individual Consulting

Sessions.

Interaction with Dr. K. P. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development, Government of India - Education Committee

Training sessions in progress and MCCIA and IL&FS Skill Training Center

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Electronics

Chairman: Mr. N. K. Bedarkar


1. Roof Top Solar Power- A Primer by a DIY

Enthusiast: Mr. Raghu Iyer, CTO, Nevis Networks

India Pvt. Ltd. gave an interactive presentation

which summarized a DIY (do it yourself)

enthusiast's firsthand experience in implementing

a Roof Top Solar Plant for his own house. 34

delegates participated.

2. Smart Cities - Vision, Opportunities and

Challenges: Dr. Aniruddha Desai, Director, La

Trobe University's Centre for Technology Infusion

gave insights into the history of autonomous

vehicle development and a glimpse of several of

the enabling technologies. 45 delegates attended

this interactive session.

3. Scale-up Grow-up for Electronic Industries:

This interactive inaugural session was organised

as a part of the series of seminars and exhibitions

planned throughout the year to promote the Pune

Electronics Eco-system. The main aim was to

b r i n g t o g e t h e r D e s i g n e r s , E n g i n e e r s ,

Manufacturers, Sellers, Distributors and Finance

professionals. Mr. Ajay Bhagwat, MD, Renu

Electronics Pvt. Ltd. gave the keynote address. 30

delegates participated. Few participants

showcased their Products and Services.

4. Group Based Manufacturing Projects for Made

In Pune Electronic Products: Presentation on

the concept of Group Manufacturing with an

example of TV project was made by Mr. Nikhil

Bhaskaran.

5. Use of Data Analytics and IoT for Business

Growth of Manufacturing Industry: Key note

address on data analytics was given by Mr.

Ramesh Adavi, IIT-B Alumni and Management

Expert. This was followed by a hands on

demonstration of case study on Development of

IoT for LED Lamp Business by Ms. Shilpa Vyapari

and her team members from Indicus Software.

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MCCIA and IL&FS Institute of Skills

TradeS.No.Minimum

QualificationCourse

Duration

1. CRM Domestic BPO Non Voice 12th pass 3 months 288

2. Field Technician AC 10th pass 1.5 months 217

th 3. CNC Operator Machining 10 Pass 2.5months 118 Technician level 3

th 4. Assistant Electrician 10 Pass 2.5 months 48

5. GST Account Assistant Graduate 3 weeks 66

th 6. Debt Recovery Agent 10 Pass 1.5 months 68

7. Business Correspondent & Graduate 2 months 25 Business Facilitator

CandidatesTrained

On completion of the course candidates are given a Certificate from NSDC, Government of India. The Centers

arrange for multiple interviews with industries and ensure placement of the candidates. Career guidance and

tracking is done for at least one year after the training. So far we have trained and placed close to 1000

candidates including candidates from Ador Welding Institute.

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in Electric Vehicle Sector: Mr. Ashok Saraf,

Director, Syslab Automation Pvt. Ltd. gave the

keynote address which was followed by

presentation and practical experience sharing by

Mr. Vidyadhar Gulhane, Electric Vehicles Expert

regarding development of electric vehicles in

small scale sector.

7. Discussion on Drive Train Specification for

Electric Vehicles: Mrs. Shubhangi Chiplonkar,

Ex-GM, R&D, Bajaj Auto Ltd., Mr. Rajeev Randive,

MD, Pixy Electric Cars Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Jaywant

Mahajan, GetMy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. led the

discussions.

8. Session on Plastic Components For Electrical

And Electronic Products: Mr. H S Agashe,

Darpan Indotech Pune gave an overview of

principles of plastic product design with case

studies. Mr. Rajendra Joshi and Mr Sachin

Zagade from DSM India Pvt. Ltd. spoke on plastic

materials used in E&E applications and key

properties and the underlying industry standards

on which selection is based.

9. Session on Multidisciplinary Approach for

Product Design: Dr. Narayan Pisharody, a

veteran mentor in Pune for development of

advanced electronic products and systems, Mr.

Madhukar Kotwal, Ex. Director of Larsen and

Toubro, Mr. Udayan Kanade, founder of Oneirix, a

practicing design and development firm with

advanced multidisciplinary projects being

executed by young scientists and engineers team

interacted with the participants.

Energy

Chairman: Mr. Amulya Charan

Officer: Mr. S. M. Gadgil

1. LED Technology and Applications: The

interactive seminar organized with FortuneArt LED

Lighting Pvt. Ltd. focused on the latest trends in

LED Applications, Innovations and Technology

Enhancement. A case study was also discussed

as an example.

2. Power Purchase through Indian Energy

Exchange: This seminar was organized to

deliberate on the latest developments on the

regulatory front. Benefits, procedures and

modalities of purchasing power in open market

were discussed.

3. Resource Efficiency, Cleaner Production in

MSMEs: MCCIA and CII organized this capacity

building workshop to fill in the knowledge gaps

and assist in creating an enabling environment for

resource efficiency and cleaner production

techniques in MSMEs.

4. Rooftop Solar Power Plants for Industrial and

Commercial Power Consumers: The interactive

s e m i n a r w a s o r g a n i z e d w i t h S u n s h o t

Technologies with an objective of appraising the

benefits to the participants about the Solar PV

System Advantages, Technical and Financial

Implications, Net Metering etc.

Power Quality and Energy Audits

Audits were done for the following clients;

1. Deccan Mechanical and

Chemical Industries Pvt. Ltd.

2. Eagle Burgmann India Pvt. Ltd.

3. Magna Automotive India Pvt. Ltd.

4. Fine Fittings LLP

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Conclave on Ideas, Innovation and Industry with Dr. Sardeshmukh, Mr. Oswal, Mr. Noda, Mr. Bhujbal, Mr. Chordia and Mr. Karandikar


Food Processing

Chairman: Mr. Anand Chordia

Officer: Mr. D. V. Shukla

1. A meeting was organized with Mr. S.S. Kulkarni, Former Assistant Commissioner, FDA, to discuss and plan various activities under MCCIA Food Processing Committee. Mr. Kulkarni agreed to help identify issues of concern on FSSAI/FDA and support in drafting the member's representation to be submitted to the Government Agencies.

2. A meeting was organized with Ms. Elisa Gerussi, Regional Off icer for FDI Att ract ion and Internationalization, DG Economy of Enterprise, Government of Italy on Food Processing Opportunities.

3. A Management Development Program (MDP) on Professional Marketing to meet the competitive challenges in Food Industry was organized. Dr. Vasant Bang, Director of DELTA-M Management Lab. guided the participants.

4. A seminar on Opportunities in New Food Products and Preparing Project Profile was organized for Micro, Tiny and Small Scale Food Processing Operators. The faculty Mrs. Lal i ta Bora enlightened the participants on how to make business proposals.

5. A Food Industry - CFTRI Conclave was organized to understand the latest advances in the Food Processing Technology. Around 230 participants including the key Food Processing Industries and related stakeholders participated in the Conclave.

6. A workshop on Manufacturing of Safe Prasad – Food by Religious Institutions and Maintaining Hygiene of Street Food Vendors was organized by the FDA-FSSAI and NAFARI in association with MCCIA. The Hon'ble Minister for FDA-FSSA, Mr.

Girish Bapat was the Chief Guest for the program. Mr. Anand Chordia, spoke on the steps taken by MCCIA to ensure safety and hygiene of the street food. The Joint Commissioner, Mr. Shivajirao Desai elaborated on the food safety initiatives taken by FDA Pune.

7. A Seminar on Business Opportunities in Convenience Food Products was organized. The faculty, Mrs. Lalita Bora explained the processing and canning of various food products.

Mega Event- Idea-Innovation-Industry: Enabling the Smart Food Factory

The Conclave on Idea-Innovation-Industry: Enabling the Smart Food Factory was organized in association with NAFARI. International domain experts from Canada, Australia, Belgium, Italy and Japan spoke on the latest Technologies like Automation, Robotics, 3-Dimentional Food Printing, Green Sustainable Infrastructure, New ERP Software Systems and Backward Integration with Agriculture for quality Food Production.

The Chief Guest was Mr. Gajendra Bhujbal, Advisor to the Union Ministry of Food Processing. The Guest of Honour was Mr. Ryoji Noda, the Consul General of Japan at Mumbai. A 'Smart Food Industry Expo' was also organized at the venue.

Industry Visits

During the year four industry visits were organized. Some of them were in association with NAFARI. For each industry visit more than 40 members joined.

Visits were made to; Chitale Dairy, Bhilawadi, Sangli, Adinath Agro-Food Processing, Jejuri, Suhana Foods, Pune and Vasaya Foods, Pune

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Chairman: Mr. P. C. Nambiar

Officer: Mr. Sudhanwa Kopardekar

The Foreign Trade Committee (FTR) focuses on

promoting business and institutional linkages

between the Pune Region and other countries. It

supports the mission of MCCIA to promote Pune as an

attractive destination for investments through various

interactive sessions with delegations of different

countries. To support this mission various programs

and seminars were held during the year.

1. Workshop on Applications of Bar Code and

RFID Technologies in International Business

was held for the benefit of participants from

manufacturing and retail Industry.

2. Special session on How to Grow your Business

in Hong Kong and Beyond was organized jointly

with Invest Hong Kong. The purpose was to

propagate Hong Kong as a base for promoting

international business.

3. An interactive session on Exports of Pharma and

Medical Equipment to South Africa was held

keeping in mind the South African Pharmaceutical

Landscape and Regulatory Framework.

4. An interactive session on Ease of Doing

Business, New Business Opportunities at

Mumbai Port and India Pavilion at INNOPROM

2017 Show - Yekaterinburg, Russia was held.

Officials from Mumbai Port Trust and EEPC India

addressed the participants.

5. Workshop on E-Commerce Opportunities for

Exporters was held. The purpose was to

disseminate information on the study conducted

by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade on E-

Commerce Potential and opportunities for Indian

Manufacturing Sector Exports.

6. Wo r k s h o p o n O p e r a t i o n a l i s s u e s i n

Documentary Credit Transactions and ICC

Rules was held jointly with ICC India, MCCIA and

BNP Paribas. This event focused on important

issues like UCP 600 Rules and establishing

documentary credit and amendments – impact of

Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh felicitating Mr. Navdeep Singh Bains, Minister for Innovation, Science and Economic Development for Canada

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various articles and stipulating conditions etc.

7. Seminar on Business with Czech Republic and

Operational Guidelines for Exports and

Imports under GST was held jointly with EEPC.

Mr. Tomas Rousek, Director of Czech Trade

Promotion Agency, Ministry of Industry And Trade,

Czech Republic and Mr. Rajat Srivastava,

Regional Director- EEPC and Mr. Harish

Radhakrishnan-General Manager, Serum Institute

of India addressed the participants.

8. An interactive session on Using Bahrain as a

Gateway to Gulf, USA and other countries was

held jointly with Economic Development Board

(EDB) of Bahrain. Ms. Dharmi Magdani, Regional

Director India, Economic Development Board of

Bahrain and Mr. Simon Galpin, Managing Director,

Economic Development Board of Bahrain


9. An interactive session on Business with

Argentina was held. Mr. Gabriel Hernan Ros,

Deputy Consul at the Consulate General of the

Republic of Argentina made a comprehensive

presentation on the subject.

10. An interactive session on Conducting Business

with Afghanistan was held. Mr. Amar Sinha,

Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs

(Afr ica, Gulf, West Asia and the former

Ambassador of India to Afghanistan and Tajikistan


11. Workshop on Getting Started with International

Business and GST Implications on Exports and

Imports was conducted. Mr. Rajendra Naidu

conducted this workshop.

12. An interactive session on Exploring Exponential

business opportunities London was organized.

Mr. Ajay Mehta, Vice President-MCCIA, Mr. Paul

Carter, Deputy Head of Mission, British Deputy

High Commission, Mr. Avnish Malhotra, Head of

British Trade Office, Pune and other experts


13. One to One meetings with members of a

Business Delegation from Canada were held.

Mr. Navdeep Singh Bains, Minister for Innovation,

Science and Economic Development for Canada

led the delegation of representatives from

companies and institutions from Canada to Pune.

Mr. Jordan Reeves, Consul General of Canada

and Mr. Jonathan Kupi, Vice Consul and Trade

Commissioner were also part of the delegation.

14. A workshop on International Logistics

Management was held. Mr. Rajiv Sathe

conducted the Workshop.

15. A seminar on Doing Business with ASEAN was

held. Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General-

MCCIA, Mr. Ajay Mehta, Vice President, MCCIA,

Ms. Suwimol Tilokruangchai, Executive Director

and Consul (Commercial), Thai Trade Centre,

Mumbai, Mr. Zainal Azlan Mohd Nadzir, Consul

General, Consulate General of Malaysia, Mr.

Mazlan Harun, Consul (Trade), Consulate General

of Malaysia, Mr. Roswaidin Mohd Zain, Investment

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Participants in Meeting withDelegation from Karlsruhe

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Consul, Consulate General of Malaysia, Mr. Tran

Xuan Thuy, Consul General of Socialist Republic

of Vietnam in Mumbai and Mr. Gaurav

Trilokchandani, Director, Tax & Regulatory

S e r v i c e s , E r n s t a n d Yo u n g a n d M r.

Subhaschandra K. S., Assistant General Manager

at Praj Industries Ltd. interacted with the

participants.

16. An interactive session on France : A Partner of

Choice for Trade and Investment was held

jointly with the Business France and Nord France

Invest.

17. An in teract ive sess ion on How I ta l ian

Connections would Help Indian SMEs was

organized..

18. A seminar on Doing Business with LAC was held.

The speakers were Mr. Gabriel Hernan Rosa,

Deputy Consul- Consulate General of Argentina in

Mumbai, Mr. Har i Seshasayee, Advisor,

ProColombia, officials from EXIM Bank, ECGC,

EEPC and from Praj.

19. A high level Delegation from Karlsruhe and

State of Baden-Württemburg, Germany

comprising of Mr. Frank Mentrup, Mayor of

Karlsruhe, Ms. Petra Olschowski, State Secretary,

State Government of Baden-Württemburg, Dr.

Jürgen Morhard, Consul General for the Federal

Republic of Germany in Mumbai, officials from

State Government of Baden-Württemburg, City

Government of Karlsruhe and Baden Baden,

representatives from various Universities and

Research Organisations as well as companies

from Air Pollution Control and Water technology

sectors visited Pune.

20. An open house meeting with Shri A. K. Pandey,

Chief Commissioner of Customs, Pune Zone to

discuss Union Budget 2018-19 provisions relating

to Customs was held. Mr. P. C. Nambiar,

Chairman, Foreign Trade Committee, MCCIA

Mr. M. V. S. Choudary, Commissioner, Customs,

Pune and Mr. Pawan Kumar, Joint Commissioner,

Customs Commissionerate interacted with the

Chamber Members.

21. An interactive session on Using Wales as a

Gateway to UK and other countries in Europe

was held. Ms Julie Russell, Inward Investment

Specialist, Welsh Government, Ms. Fiona

Rodrigues, Senior Business Manager, Western

India and Mr. Avnish Malhotra, Head-British Trade

Office Pune addressed the participants.

22. An interactive session on Enhancing Trade and

Investment Relations with Indonesia was held.

Mr. Ade Sukendar, Officials from the Consul

General for Indonesia in Mumbai, Consulate

General for the Republic of Indonesia, Mumbai

and Mr. YadiSuriahadi, Consul (Economics)


23. A MoU with the Consulate General of Canada in

Mumbai has been signed to further strengthen

business ties between Pune and Canada.

Individual meetings with Mr. Jonathan Kupi, Vice

Consul -Consulate General of Canada and

MCCIA members were held to explore a better

business relationship.

24. Individual meetings were held with Officials of

Wallonia Economic Representation in Mumbai

(AWEX, Mumbai) and MCCIA members. MCCIA

and AWEX – Mumbai have a Memorandum of

Understanding for exchange of information,

facilitating business contacts among companies

from Pune and Wallonia through events, email

exchanges etc. Officials from AWEX, Mumbai

Office visited the Chamber for one to one

discussions with representatives of Pune

companies.

25. Individual meetings between MCCIA members

and Officials from Israel Trade Commission

were held to explore business relations with Israel.

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1. Seminar on Understanding GST Provisions and

Get Ready for GST was organized four times

during the year at different branches of MCCIA.

The facilitators were Mr. K Rajesh Rama Rao

Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Prakash Patwardhan,

Advocate Manas Joshi, Advocate Govind

Patwardhan, CA. Pritam Mahure, CA. Tushar Patki

and Mr Suhas Padhye.

2. An interactive Workshop on GST was organized

jointly with NASSCOM. Senior Government

officials Mr. N. Sridhar, Commissioner Service Tax,

Mr. Pavan Kumar, Joint Commissioner Service

Tax , Mr. K . Ra jesh Rama Rao, Deputy

Commissioner Service Tax and Mr. Akash

Chougule, Deputy Commissioner Service Tax

were present.

3. A workshop on Goods and Service Tax was

jointly organized with Pune GST Study Group of

Indirect Tax Committee of ICAI. The workshop

was conducted by CA Chandrashekhar Chitale,

Goods and Service Tax

Chairman: Dr. Waman Parikh

Officer: CA Chandrashekhar Shah

Treasurer MCCIA, CA Shrenik Gandhi, CA. Tushar

Patki, CA. Unmesh Patwardhan and CA Dr. Dilip

Satbhai.

4. A workshop on Goods and Services Tax was

organized twice. The speakers were Advocate

Manas Joshi, CA. Swapnil Munot and CA. Pritam

Mahure.

5. A seminar on Latest Developments in GST, an

interaction with Government Officials was

organized. The facilitators were Miss. Meghaa

Gupta Assistant Commissioner (GST), Pune- IV

Commissionerate, Mr. R.B. Pawar Deputy

Commissioner Sales Tax, Mr. N. D. Khan

Superintendent Central Excise and Mr. V. R. More,

A s s i s t a n t C o m m i s s i o n e r P u n e - I V

Commissionerate.

6. A seminar on GST Special Topics – Transitional

Provision, Concept of Supply, ITC, Return,

Accounting Records, Invoice, Job work &

Delivery Challan, RCM was organized four

times during the year at different branches of

MCCIA. The faculties were Advocate Manas

Joshi, CA. Pritam Mahure and Mr. Prakash

Patwardhan.

7. A Seminar on GSTR - 2 TRAN – 1 and Recent

changes in GST was organized. The faculty was

Advocate Manas Joshi.

8. A Seminar on Understanding E - Way Bill

provisions under GST was organized twice, the

speakers were CA. Swapnil Munot, Advocate

Milind Bhonde, Advocate Manas Joshi and CA.

Swapnil Munot .

9. A Seminar on GST Preparation for Audit &

Assessment, Practical Issue and Compliances

in GST was organized twice. The faculty was

Advocate Manas Joshi.

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GST HELP DESK for EIGHT DAYS

GST Help Desk – 8 Days Training on working

Knowledge of GST was organized by MCCIA In

association with The Western Maharashtra Tax

Practitioners' Association (WMTPA), Pune Indirect Tax

Committee of ICAI and Pune Chapter of Cost

Accountant.


Invitees – Inauguration of the Help Desk

C.A. C. V. Chitale Treasurer, MCCIA,

Mr.Narendra Sonawane President WMTPA,

Mr.Atul Kulkarni Vice President WMTPA,

Mr. Naveneetlal Bora Secretary WMTPA,

Mr. Manojkumar Chitalikar Joint Secretary

Mr. Sharad Suryawanshi Treasurer WMTPA

Mr.Vilas Aherkar GST Convener WMTPA

C.A. Abhishek Dhamane

C.A. Vijay Thakar

C.A. Ajay Parnaik

Trainers

C.A. N. K. Nimkar, C.A. Manakchand Baheti ,

Mr. Jagdish Bagadi , Adv. Mahesh Bhagwat

C.A. Dr. Dilip V Satbhai, C.A. Unmesh Patwardhan

C.A. Hemant Patki, C.A. Yogesh Dixit

Adv. Abhay Bora, Mr. Anil Vakharia

Seminar on Understanding GST provisions andget ready for GST

Session on GST Help Desk in progress

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Panel Discussions held under the MCCIA-NIPM-ISTD HR Forum


Psychometric and HR analytics Mr. Mohit Gundecha, Co. Founder and CEO JOMBAY,Mr. Sunil Kode,VP, Wilo Mather and Platt Pumps Ltd.,Dr. Santosh Bhave, Sr. VP HR, IR and Administration, Bharat Forge Ltd. and Mr. Mangesh Kulkarni, Head HR Acqua Pharm Chemicals

Organizational Behavior Mr. Rajiv Tulpule, Managing Partner Retco Group of Companies, Ms. Amruta Desai, Director, Kishore Encare Global Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Mustafa Raj, Founder, Kreative Karma

A talk by Honorable Chief Guest Mrs. Rashmi Shukla, Commissioner of Police, Pune,Mrs. Rashmi Shukla, Commissioner Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Ms. Meenal Joshi, Advocate,of Police, Pune. Followed by Ms. Sadhana Khati, Chair Person Local Complaintspanel discussion on Committee, Mr. Vivek Deshpande, Sr. Manager YAZAKIRespect Her Always India Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Pankaj Dahane, DCP Crime Branch Pune

Organization Development : Dr. Daniel Penkar, Director, S. B. Patil Institute ofFrom Idea to Execution Management, Mr. Ravendra Mishra, President, HR, Garware Wall Ropes Ltd. Ms. Meeta Kanhere, Co Founder, Meraki Leadership Solutions

Employee's Insurance - Trends & Mr. Mukund Jagirdar, G M- HR, ESSAR Steel India Ltd.,Practices in Industries : Mr. Shirish Bhalerao,Sr. Key Account Manager, Corporate BPO, IT, ITE'S & Service sector Solutions, SBI Life Insurance and Mr. Rajiv Joshi, Consultant, Toyota Tsusho Insurance Broker India Pvt. Ltd.

There is no Substitute for Strong Dr. Santosh Bhave, Director,HR & IR Bharat Forge Ltd.,Industrial Relations : Mr. Mahesh Karandikar, Head- Industrial Relations,Different View Points Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. , Ms. Hemangi Dhokte, Sr. Manager merson and Adv. Bhushan Tapaswi, Advocate High Court

Cases Impacting the Chief Guest, Mr. Pramod Chaudhary, Guest of Honour Functioning of HR Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, and talk delivered by Adv. R. Y. Joshi

Breaking Legacy Mr. Dilip Mandlik, Executive Vice President, Larsen and Turbo Ltd.

Training and Development : Mr. Milind Mutalik, VP, HR DBL Food Ltd. (Mothers Recipe)A Catalyst to Change Management and Ms. Manisha Tapaswi GM - HR Persistent Systems Ltd.

Speakers

Human Resource and Industrial Relations

Chairman: Mr. Sunil Kode (April 2017 - August 2017)

Officer: Ms. Anuja Deshpande

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Non Permanent Workforce : Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, DG MCCIA, Dr. Santosh Bhave,Advantages and Disadvantages Director HR and IR Bharat Forge Ltd. and Mr. Vishwesh Kulkarni- Chairman NIPM, Pune Chapter

Meeting to pay homage to Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Mr. Anil Munot, CMD ZF SteeringLate Mr. Aslam Kothali. Gear India Ltd., Mr. Vishwesh Kulkarni, Mr. Upadhyay -Discussion on Labour Unrest ISTD, Mr. Prashant Ithape, OHR & Mr. Shankar Salunke, Vibrant HR

Meetings, Symposiums and Workshops


Personal Effectiveness at Work Trust.Mr. Kuldip Joshi, Managing Trustee, Durgadevi Charitable

Best Human Response Award Chief Guest : Mr. Hemant Watwe, Managing Director,Presentation Ceremony with Mather and Platt Ltd. Pune, Dr. Deepak Walokar, RotaryRotary Club of Poona West. Pune West President, Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh and Wg. Cdr. (Rtd.) Shalak Gandhi

Interactive session on Leadership Skills Mr. Rajesh Kamath, Founder - Chanakya Consulting Insightsfor HR based on Chanakya's Sutras

Training program on You the Ms. Veenu Shivdasani, Founder- Yes! I canBrilliant HR Professional

Meeting with Mr. V. S. Waghmare, Mr. V. S. Waghmare, Assistant Director, ESIC, Pune Assistant Director ESI Corporation

Compliance Management: Adv. Shriniwas Inamati, Adv. Vivek G. Vibhute and Legal & Quasi legal implications Adv. Vijay Jagtapon the Organization's Discipline

Training program on Nuts & Mr. Kuldip Joshi, Managing Trustee, Durgadevi Charitable Trust. Bolts of Collective Bargaining

Workshop on Industrial Accident Mr. Rajan Vingale, Trainer and Auditor EHSReporting, Investigation and Prevention

Filing of Annual Returns under the Mr. S. V. Labhane, Deputy Director DISHFactories Act

Two days workshop on Mr. Kuldip Joshi, Managing Trustee, Durgadevi charitable Trust.Shop Floor Leadership

Workshop on Industrial Safety Mr. Rajan Vingale, Trainer and Auditor EHS

Workshop on Prosperity Thinking: Ms. Veenu Shivdasani, Founder- Yes! I canHow to be Successful yet Happy

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Panel Discussions held under the MCCIA-NIPM-ISTD HR Forum

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Meetings, Symposiums and Workshops

Title of the Program Faculty / Guest / Dignitaries

Competition for Management Students Chief Guest Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, DG, MCCIAin HR / IR Live Projects- AwardCeremony - Winning teams wereBMCC (First Prize) for the project on,"HR Practices in IT Sector in Pune Cityrelated to job retention and genderdiscrimination. "IICMR (Second Prize)for the project "NEEM Scheme/SimilarSchemes - Advantages anddisadvantages”

Workshop on Discipline at Workplace, Adv. Shriniwas Inamati, Adv. Vivek G. Vibhute and Disciplinary Actions and The Adv. Darshana SawantDomestic Enquiry -Process and Procedure

Speakers on the dias during HR Forum Meeting MCCIA Competition for Management Students - Chief Guest Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh givingFirst award to the BMCC team

Infrastructure

Chairman: Mr. Suhas mantri

Officer: Mr. Sudhanwa Kopardekar

1. MCCIA, Swiss Agency for Development and

Cooperation, CREDAI Pune Metro and SICC

organised an event to showcase the Innovative

Swiss Technologies for Smart and Sustainable

Buildings. Presentations were made by officials

from prominent Swiss companies. A display of

sustainable and smart technologies was made by

the Swiss companies in the Construction sector.

2. A session on Solar PV Roof-top Systems –

Introduction to Concepts and Opportunities was

held at the Chamber. The event was sponsored by

Arbutus Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

3. Bio Energy UrjaUtsav: Ministry of Petroleum and

Natural Gas, Government of India in association

with Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries

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and Agriculture and the National Yuva

Cooperative Society organized the Bio Energy th thUrjaUtsav on 7 and 8 July 2017 in Pune. The

event was aimed at bringing together Government

Organisations, Technologists, Researchers,

Entrepreneurs, Farmers and Students on a

common platform. Apart from Technical Sessions

at the Conference, the event also included an

Exhibi t ion demonstrat ing strengths and

capabilities of companies and institutions active in

the Bio Energy Sector. Hon'ble Mr. Dharmendra

Pradhan, Minister of State for Petroleum and

Natural Gas, Government of India, Hon'ble Mr.

Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal,

New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Mr. Y. B.

Ramakrishna, Chairman – Biofuels Working

Group, Government of India, Mr. Sandeep

Poundrik, Joint Secretary-Refineries, Ministry of

Petroleum and Natural Gas- Government of India,

Hon'ble Mr. Girish Bapat, Guardian Minister for

Pune District, Hon'ble Mr. Chandrakantdada Patil,

M i n i s t e r f o r R even u e - G o ve r n m en t o f

Maharashtra, Mr. Pramod Chaudhari, President of

the Chamber, Mr. Anil Pande, Executive Director,

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and several

technical experts addressed the Event. The event

saw participation of about 2400 Industry and

Association delegates, over 2500 farmers and

more than 4200 students. This Mega Event was

sponsored by Oil Marketing Companies in India

viz Hindustan Petroleum, Indian Oil and Bharat

Petroleum.

4 Meeting to discuss Operations of a Food Waste

– Bio CNG Plant in PPP Mode

We had organised an interactive session with

Mr. Kunal Kumar, Municipal Commissioner, Pune

Municipal Corporation and officials of the

company which has set up the infrastructure to

convert food waste into Bio CNG energy in a more

efficient manner including operations of a 300

tonnes per day Food Waste to Bio CNG Plant in

Public – Private Partnership Mode with Pune

Municipal Corporation.

5. Circular Economy Roundtable

The objective of the session was to discuss the

status and promote Circular Economy which has

evolved as an effective strategy towards

economic development and sustainability around

the world. Dr. Prasad Modak, Director, Ekonnect

Knowledge Foundation, Ms. Saroj Badgujar,

Programme Officer- Janwani, Mr. S B Patil, Chief

Engineer Maharashtra Industrial Development

Corporation, Ms. Suchismita Pai, SWaCH

Cooperative and Mrs. Anagha Paranjape-Purohit,

VkeEnvironmental, shared their experiences,

challenges and outcomes of circular economy

projects implemented in Pune. The event was

organised with the support of Ekonnect

Knowledge Foundation.

Meeting to discuss operations of Food Waste -Bio CNG Plant with Mr. Kunal Kumar,Municipal Commissioner, Pune,

Session on Solar PV Roof-top Systems –Introduction to Concepts and Opportunities


IT-ITES

Chairman: Mr. Shridhar Shukla

Officer: Ms. Medha Kulkarni

Initiatives:

IT for Manufacturing

The committee launched the Digital Transformation

Program for bringing organizational effectiveness in

the MSME sector. A core group was formed

comprising of Mr. Deepak Karandikar, Mr. Vishwas

Mahajan, Mr. Shrikrishna Karkare, Mr. Shridhar Shukla

and experts from the Manufacturing Segment Dr.

Sumit Rao and Mr. Gautam Doshi.

• A meeting of the core group members and CEOs

of 15 MSME companies was organized to

understand problems of MSMEs in achieving

manufacturing excellence through digitization.

• A visit to Praditi Press Parts was organized to

observe how effectively they are using “Shift wise

productivity, availabil i ty and quality rate

monitoring OEE analysis” at the plant.

• An awareness session was organized on ERP's

offered by Digital MSME. Mr. Yogesh Kulkarni,

COO, Altizon gave a presentation on the

importance of ERP for MSMEs.

Launch of Service of Security Assessment and

Audit of IT Setup by MCCIA

Through this service MCCIA guides members on how

to utilize IT assets in a secured manner. It addresses

the issue of Security, Compliance Gaps and IT

Governance.

Training Programs:

Title of the Program Speaker / Faculty

Workshop on Software Licensing – Total 3 such workshops

were organized

Mrs. Varsha Bhide , CEO and Mr. Sachin

Sathe, Technical Expert, Check Point

Infosys Pvt. Ltd.

Seminar on Incidence Response (Cyber Security) and

Cloud Security

Mr. Yogesh Thanage - Practice Head,

SysTools and Mr. Debasish Pramanik

,Co-Founder of SysTools and CloudCodes

Workshop on Tools in MS EXCEL for Cost reduction Mr. Santosh Awasarkar Co-Founder,

Pursullence Global Business Solution LLP

Training program on Data Analytics for operational

excellence

Mr. Sudhir Vahal, Consultant and Ms.

Supriya Katte, Analytics Trainer

Workshop on Digital Selling.

Total 2 workshops were organized.

Mr. Amit Jadhav, Director, Modelcam

Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mrs. Varsha Bhide speaking inWorkshop on Software Licensing

Workshop on Software Licensing

Small and Medium Enterprises

Chairman: Mr. Shrikant Badave

Officer: Mr. Parag Kulkarni

Lean Manufacturing Clusters

MCCIA is working towards strengthening SMEs in

their manufacturing processes and enhancing

organizational capabil i t ies through the lean

manufacturing cluster scheme of the Ministry of

MSME, Government of India. The committee has

supported OEMs like Godrej, Piaggio, KOEL and

Cummins in forming clusters for their vendors. The

Lean cluster scheme has helped the participating

companies to enhance product iv i ty, waste

elimination, inventory management, production

planning, TPM, shop floor improvement and in many

more areas.

During 2017-18, five new clusters were formed and 96

common training and review programs were

organized for different clusters under the scheme.

Workshops and Training Programs:

Title of the Program Faculty

Poka Yoke – A Gateway to World Class Quality

Excellence in Stores and Warehouse Management

Enhance Personal Effectiveness through Time and

Stress Management and Goal Setting

Smart Worker – An Organizational Strength

Electrical Safety at Workplace

Self Leadership and Team Work (3 batches)

Effective Project Management

Employee Competency Development for MSMEs

Front Office Staff – the Powerful Image Builders

Five 'S and Kaizen – The Mantras for Workplace

Improvement (2 batches)

Working at Height

Positive Thinking and Creativity

Requisite of Balanced Life

Mr. Madhukar Paranjape

Mr. Sharadchandra Kaulgud

Ms. Veenu Shivdasani

Mr. Rajendra Bharate

Mr. Ravindra Pathak

Dr. Soniya Yadwadkar and

Ms. Sayali Joshi

Mr. Vivek Prakash

Mr. Siddharth Dhar and

Ms. Meghana Kulkarni



Mr. Ravindra Pathak



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Awareness Programs and Interactive Meetings:

1) An awareness program on D L. Shah Quality

Awards and Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) thScheme was conducted on 17 May, 2017.

2) An interactive seminar on Implications of GST on

thMSMEs was organized on 13 June, 2017. The

program was attended by 110 participants.

3) Discussion meeting on the proposed Common

Effluence Treatment Plant (CETP) was

organized at Auto Cluster auditorium with a

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purpose to review the progress status of the CETP.

The meeting was attended by the PCMC

Commissioner, representatives from MIDC, CETP

and MCCIA.

4) Discussion meeting on Revival of at Auto Cluster

Development and Research Institute was thorganized on 16 June 2017. The participants

from industry were shown the existing facilities

and discussions were held on the expectations of

the industry from the auto cluster facilities.

5) An interactive seminar on Filing of Annual

Returns under the Factories Act, 1948 was thorganised on 24 January, 2018, in association

with the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health

(DISH)'. The seminar was attended by 61

participants.

6) An interactive meeting on “Issuance of multiple thdebit notes” was organized on 26 February,

2018 with a purpose to help the members in

amicably overcoming this issue.

7) A meeting to Assess the Progress of the Lean thManufacturing Clusters was organised on 12

February, 2018 in association with MSME

Development Institute, Mumbai. The Director and

the Assistant Director of MSMEDI interacted with

the lean manufacturing consultants and cluster

members to assess the implementation progress

and to receive suggestions/complaints.

8) A program on Benchmarking Analysis was thorganised on 26 February, 2018. Mr. Douglas

Comrie, MD, B.M. Analysts, South Africa,

presented the comparative overview of the SMEs

from Asia, Europe, Africa and America.

9) An interactive meeting with the Income Tax thOfficials held on 6 March. 2018, with a purpose

to provide information and guidance to the

existing and new tax payers.

Women Entrepreneurs'

Chairman: Ms. Manasi Bidkar

Officer: Ms. Medha Kulkarni

This committee has been set up with the purpose of

supporting, strengthening and empowering Women

Entrepreneurs. Women Entrepreneurs are guided and

encouraged to set up and enhance their business

under the guidance of a panel of experts.

Celebration of International Woman's Day:

MCCIA celebrated the International Women's Day thon14 March 2018. Hon'ble Mr. Subhash Desai,

Industry Minister, Government of Maharashtra was

invited as the Chief Guest and Ms. Chetna Sinha,

Interactive Meeting with Income Tax Officials

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Chief Guest Hon'ble Mr. Subhash Desai, Industry Minister,Government of Maharashtra and Guest of HonorMs. Chetna Sinha during the International Women’s Day Function

Sr. No. / Date Name of the Program Speakers/ Faculty

th29 April

Demonstration of registration process for Udyog

Aadhar, MSME Data Bank

and Mahila e-haat.

Officials from District Industries

Center (DIC), Pune

th 6 June Awareness program on GST Adv. Manas Joshi

th6 July Interactive sessions on MSME schemes for

business women

Officials from District Industries

Center (DIC), Pune

th10 August Awareness program on Go-to-Market Strategy Mr. Parag Kandarkar, CEO,

Intelliglobe Consulting

th 7 September Training program on Negotiation Skills Ms. Mousami Nilakhe, Trainer,

SkillStory

th 5 October An interactive session on Filing GST Returns

and Related Issues

Adv. Manas Joshi

nd2 November Awareness program on Export to Dubai and

other Gulf Countries

Mr. Vikram Patil, Director

Winnisha International General

Trading (LLC)

th18 January Awareness program on Business Leadership

for Women Entrepreneurs

Ms. Sucheta Dhere, Consultant

th14 December Psychometric Test to evaluate aptitude for

Entrepreneurship

Test implemented by Jnana

Prabodhini in association with

MCCIA

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Founder-Chairperson Mann Deshi Bank and Mann

Deshi Foundation was the Guest of Honor for the

program. On the occasion, an exhibition displaying

products and serv ices o f fe red by women

entrepreneurs was organized. More than 100 women

entrepreneurs joined in the celebrations at the

Chamber. The program was sponsored by SIDBI. Mr.

S Sunil, AGM from SIDBI enlightened the women

entrepreneurs on special financial schemes for them.

An awareness session was held on the recently

introduced Government policy for women

entrepreneurs. Maharashtra is the first state to

announce this policy for women entrepreneurs that

offers subsidies on capital, electricity duty, loan

interest and also extends support to women

entrepreneurs for market and brand development.

Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General, MCCIA withGuest of Honor, Ms. Chetna Sinha


1. All India Organisation of Employers, New Delhi (AIOE)

2. Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industry of India, New Delhi (ASSOCHAM)

3. Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India, New Delhi (ACMA)

4. Employers' Federation of India, Mumbai (EFI)

5. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

6. Indian Council of Arbitration, New Delhi (ICA)

7. Indian Merchant's Chamber, Mumbai (IMC)

8. Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai (IGCG)

9. International Chamber of Commerce India, New Delhi (ICC)

10. M. Visvesvaraya Industrial Research & Development Centre, Mumbai (MVIRDC)

11. National Safety Council, Mumbai (NSC)

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Late Mr. B. C. Kamat 1934-1936

Late Prof. V. G. Kale 1936-1941

Late Mr. G. S. Marathe 1941-1943

Late Mr. N. G. Pawar 1943-1944

Late Mr. S. P. Ogale 1944-1946

Late Mr. S. V. Kirloskar 1946-1950

Late Mr. G. G. Dandekar 1950-1951

Late Sheth G. L. Natu 1951-1954

Late Mr. R. G. Vijaykar 1954-1955

Late Vaidya M. V. Puranik 1955-1956

Late Sheth P. K. Divekar 1956-1957

Late Mr. S. R. Thakur Savadekar 1957-1958

Late Mr. S. L. Kirloskar 1958-1969

Late Mr. M. S. Parkhe 1969-1972

Late Mr. V. N. Somvanshi 1972-1973

Late Mr. C. V. Jog 1973-1975

Late Mr. R. D. Pusalkar 1975-1977

Late Mr. S. P. Khosla 1977-1978

Late Mr. C. S. Kirloskar 1978-1980

Past Presidents

Late Mr. Nandlal Pittie 1980-1982

Mr. Rahulkumar Bajaj 1982-1984

Mr. B. R. Malhotra 1984-1986

Late Mr. L. J. Rathi 1986-1988

Late Mr. H. K. Firodia 1988-1990

Late Dr. N. A. Kalyani 1990-1992

Mr. Darius Forbes 1992-1994

Late Mr. P. P. Chhabria 1994-1996

Late Dr. R. J. Rathi 1996-1998

Mr. Pratap Pawar 1998-2000

Mr. Arun Firodia 2000-2002

Mr. Atul Kirloskar 2002-2004

Mr. Ravi Pandit 2004-2006

Mr. Madhur Bajaj 2006-2008

Mr. Mukesh Malhotra 2008-2010

Dr. Abhay Firodia 2010-2012

Mr. S. K. Jain 2012-2014

Mr. Satish Magar 2014-2016

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Executive Board of Directors

President Mr. Pramod Chaudhari

Executive Chairman

Praj Industries Limited

Vice Presidents Mr. Vikram Salunkhe

Managing Director

Accurate Sales & Services Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Ajay C. Mehta

Managing Director

Deepak Nitrite Ltd.

Mr. Deepak Karandikar

Director

Praditi Press Parts Pvt. Ltd.

Mr.Vijay B. Pusalkar

Chairman

Indo Schottle Auto Parts P. Ltd.

Treasurer Mr. Chandrashekhar V. Chitale

Sr. Partner, C.V. Chitale & Co.

Honorary Secretaries Ms. Rujuta P. Jagtap

Executive Director

Saj Test Plant Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Vishwas Mahajan

IT Expert

Director General Dr. Anant Sardeshmukh

Mr. Dhruv Agarwal

Auto Press India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Shrikant S. Badve

Managing Director

Badve Engineering Ltd.

Mr. Premchand Bafana

Partner

M/s Premchand Ratanchand

Mr. Dilip N. Borawake

Pune

Mr. Prakash P. Chhabria

Executive Chairman

Finolex Industries Limited

Mr. Ranjeetsinh Deshmukh

Sangamner Taluka Shetkari Dudh Utpadak &

Prakriya Sangh Ltd.

Mr. Alok Kumar Singh

Plan Head CVBU

Tata Motors Ltd.

Mr. Anil Ganu

Consultant

Mr. Krishnakumar Goyal

The Cosmos Co-op. Bank Ltd.

Dr. Abhay Jere

Persistent Systems Limited

Mr. Ram B. Jogdand

Chairman & Managing Director

Ramelex Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Mangesh A. Kale

Precision Automation & Robotics India Pvt. Ltd.

Elected Members

Mr. Amit Kalyani

Executive Director

Bharat Forge Limited.

Mr. Sopan Kanchan

Executive Partner

MAHAGRAPES.

Mr. Aspi M. Kolah

Director

Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Nihal Kulkarni

Managing Director

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd.

Mr. Rohit R. More

Director

Poona Bottling Co. Ltd.

Mr. Nitin Pendse

Nitin Pressings.

Mr. V. S. Potdar

V.S.Potdar & Co. CA

Mr. Vikram S. Puri

CEO

Transworld Compressor Technologies Ltd.

Mr. Ajit V. Sathe

General Manager

Deccan Mechanical & Chemical Industries Ltd.

Mr. M. A. Tejani

Managing Director

Gits Food Products Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Suhas Tuljapurkar

Director

Legasis Services Pvt.Ltd

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Mr. Bharat Agarwal

Executive Director

Vishwakarma Institute.

Mr. Suhas Baxi

Managing Director

Konecranes Private Ltd.

Mr. Rakesh Baweja

President

Ranjangaon Industries Association.

Mr. Amulya Charan

Advisor Energy, Infrastructure and Finance

Mr. Jitendra Divgi

Managing Director

Divgi Warner Private Limited

Air Marshal (Retd) B.N. Gokhale

PVSM, AVSM, VM

Mr. Anand B. Jadhav

Director

J Square Exim Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Shantilal Kataria

Aditya Builders

Mr. Rajesh Khatri

Executive Director and CEO

TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd.

Co-opted Members

Mr. Suhas Mantri

Advisory Chairman

Mantri Constructions Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Swati. S. Mujumdar

Principal Director

Symbiosis Open Education Society.

Mr. Satish Nadiger

Managing Director and CEO

John Deere India P Ltd.

Mr. P. C. Nambiar

Director – Group EXIM

Serum Institute of India Ltd.

Mr. Prasanna Patwardhan

Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Bharat Phatak

Director

Wealth Managers (India) Pvt.Ltd.

Mr. J. K. Saraf

Pune

Dr. Deepak Shikarpur

Pune.

Mr. Jugraj K. Sanghvi

Proprietor

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