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1. President’s Message 

2. Office Bearers 

3. MCCIA Secretariat 

4. Committee Chairpersons 

5. Director General’s Message 

6. International Interface 

7. Committee Reports 

Agriculture & Agribusiness 

Ahmednagar 

Animation & Gaming Committee 

Biotechnology 

Civil Aviation 

Corporate Legislation 

Defence 

Direct Taxation 

Education 

Electronics 

Energy 

Excise 

Finance & Insurance Sector 

Foreign Trade Regulations 

Healthcare 

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Small & Medium Enterprises 

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President’s Message 

Dear Members, 

As I come to the end of my tenure as President of the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), 

I am happy to share with you my thoughts, relating to the economic scenario, and to the Chamber's role, on this occasion. 

The global economy, which was beset with an unprecedented recession in 2008 / 2009 mainly arising from reckless 

over-leveraging – by the Realty and Banking sectors in USA, has generally recovered to a significant extent. Nevertheless 

the growth rates in Europe and Japan continue to be disappointing. The US, though it has grown in GDP terms and 

employment terms, is not the strong engine of the global economy, that it till very recently, was. There is a real financial 

crisis in the Euro zone, mainly on account of disconnect between – on the one hand economic unity i.e. single currency, 

and on the other hand political disunity i.e. independent sovereign countries (with economic strategies and agendas 

that are very different). This is a difficult problem to solve. The world economy will be impacted severely if Europe cannot 

sort this out. 

The Indian economy, in the last couple of years has remained largely stable, though the growth rates have been 

noticeably lower than during the period before the global recession. The fundamentals of the Indian economy, in terms of 

higher entrepreneurial spirit, growing demand, young population, robust banking system, a modernising rural economy, 

etc. have been the main causes for this relative stability in growth rates. However the industrial growth did experience a 

reduction coupled with much higher inflation than before the global crisis. The stock markets have recovered to a 

significant extent, yet two factors affect the sentiment on the bourses. 

1) Hesitation of global investors - international and Indian - to increase exposure to India, and 

2) Policy paralysis of the Government, coupled with numerous corruption scandals. Generally poor governance at various 

levels of government. 

The two are related. India can attract higher investments both from international investors and also domestic investors, if 

the sentiment about the health and prospects of the Indian economy can be restored. 

In this context it is important to recall that India's liberalisation of 1991 was based on 5 basic principles. 

a) Government would control fiscal deficit to below a level of 4.5 per cent – this meant imposing tight control on 

government expenditure, and improving productivity of government itself. 

b) Privatise business and encourage competition i.e. Government should get out of the log jam of its unproductive 

investment - in manufacturing industries, in trading businesses, in service enterprises - that it was not able, neither 

equipped nor competent to run. Commodity manufacture like steel production, also service industries like airlines and 

hotels, and manufacturing industries like textiles, electronics, etc. - were to be gradually privatised in a competitive, 

transparent and open environment, to improve the nation's productivity. This would also free government resources - 

for investment in core areas like infrastructure, defence, etc. 

c) Globalise the Indian economy i.e. open the economy to international trade, allow foreign investments, allow 

enhanced foreign trade, encourage Indian investors to invest abroad on sound business considerations. This was to be 

done in order to modernise Indian businesses, improve competitiveness and expose the country to the current 

technological and functional trends, in the global arena of trade and industry. 

d) Deregulate trade and industry i.e. Government was to get out of the way of entrepreneurs, to facilitate creation of 

wealth as a priority. This was actually expected to foster genuine competition, and make India an attractive destination 

for investment. 

e) Create inclusive society i.e. improve infrastructure, physical and virtual - to connect the villages, the towns and the 

cities, open up the fields of education, enhance employment opportunities, enhance health care, etc. This was 

expected to provide the large mass of India's millions, with greater opportunities, and improved quality life. 

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Unfortunately the sharp focus on these considerations has fallen by the wayside, as India has been gripped by crony 

capitalism, divisive politics, and back door regulations. Today populism inhibits sound decision making on the part of the 

government. Schemes meant ostensibly for the betterment of the masses - like the MNREGA, The Indira Awaas Yojana, 

etc. have degenerated - to an extent that the huge burden of expenditure on the government is made worse by large 

amount of leakage. It has been impossible for the powers that be, to exorcize the ghost of socialist era interference in 

economic decision making. Entrenched bureaucracy is unwilling to allow economic power to be regulated by market 

forces, and by truly independent regulatory bodies. 

The need of the hour is to speedily install supply side reforms, to ensure strong economic growth. 

a) Fiscal reforms - particularly introduction of GST. The second wave of reform, at state level regulation - relating to 

taxes, land acquisition, transport, farm economy, etc. are not emphasised, barring exceptions. 

b) Labour reforms - to focus on increase in skill development opportunities, increase in employment opportunities, 

rather than socialist era protection to only those who are already unionised, at the cost of millions who are unemployed 

/ unorganised. The entire unionised workforce of India is less than 1 per cent of population. 

c) Infrastructure development. Similar to the national highways, new funds need to be created for various infrastructure 

activities at state levels. It is important to prevent diversion of tax revenues into populist measures (which politicians 

are more interested in, for quick political gains), than to put into assets which enhance employment potential and 

productivity. 

This is a tall order, it calls for consensus by the ruling polity of India, on both policy and on governance. The steadily 

escalating bitterness in the debate on governance, on transparency, on accountability, as seen in the Lokpal 

movement - does not auger well for creating a sound consensus. India's problem is “governance”, above all. A 

historic opportunity for economic growth is in danger being compromised, due to policy paralysis and parochial 

priorities. 

Trade and commerce, in terms of wholesale and retail business in commodities, in consumer goods including durables 

and non-durables, in automobiles and farm inputs - has seen growth year on year, due to the opening up and greater 

gradual integration of the rural economy of India into the mainstream. Policy measures to remove the debt burden of 

farmers has had a significant beneficial effect in this regard. The modern farmer has become a creditworthy entity. Yet 

investments in infrastructure for agriculture are woefully short. India has improved its food stocks, only to find abysmal 

storage capacities and horrific waste. Investment in management of the food chain, simplification of the supply chain 

from farmer to the consuming citizens, speeding up the logistics and improving the phyto sanitary conditions in this 

regard, has to be a priority. This is a very significant area of opportunity for business, for industry and of course very 

important for the country's economy. Multi-brand FDI in retail, if relevant, has to be seen in this light. 

Policy correction in regard to agricultural produce support needs a relook. Milk, pulses, egg, vegetables need to spurt in 

output. It is these items which contribute to inflation in prices, and not cereals. That the demand for non-cereal 

component of food is rising indicates that the standard of living is rising. This is wonderful – but needs a policy response 

to sustain. 

At the current rate of growth of around 6 per cent per annum in GDP, actually speaking India is standing still. China is 

growing at over 10 per cent per annum, the gap between the Indian and the Chinese economy in the last twenty years has 

increased rather than decreased. India today is 40 years behind China. China consumes 450 kilos of steel per person per 

year, the West (Europe and USA) consume 400 kg per person per year, whereas India consumes 40 kg. China lays 40 

kilometers of roads per day, India lays 10 kilometres per day. This clearly shows that we need to focus on economic 

achievements, rather than on parochial or emotive political issues. 

Water availability for agriculture is still a constraint, in spite of significant improvement in water conservation through 

dams, percolation tanks, irrigation canals, etc. The use of water in India is extremely wasteful. We pride ourselves on 

export of rice, without consciously knowing that each kilo of rice that we export consumes 4000 litres of water to 

produce. Crop selection therefore is as important, as active measures for water conservation. 

India stands at an important juncture. The next few years will show whether this, once in a few hundred years opportunity, 

is handled wisely by India or not. 

On the state of Maharashtra's economic scenario, a number of major concerns remain. Maharashtra has had the proud 

privilege of being the most respected state for the achievement of its industrial and business communities. Yet, the 

growth of existing industries in Maharashtra, and the establishment of new industries in Maharashtra, now increasingly 

face a number of constraints. 

1) Land availability and price are very adverse. The FSI for industries in MIDC areas is one (100 %), whereas in non-MIDC 

areas, it varies between 10 to 15 per cent. 

Considering the improving infrastructure in cities and towns where MIDCs exist, the FSI within MIDC areas should be 

raised from 1 to 2, and in non-MIDC areas should be raised to 1 on a blanket basis. This will reduce the cost of 

setting up or growing industries. It will conserve agricultural land. It will improve industrial productivity, with 

the beneficial effect on cost, and will counter-act the pressure on industries from high levels of taxation. 

Above all it will help sustain the attraction of industries to Maharashtra – it can be achieved at no cost. 

2) In several municipal corporations in Maharashtra we still have to live with the obnoxious, the 

outdated and the most controversial tax - octroi. Not only octroi collection leads to high cost for 

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industries which increasingly come within the purview of municipal corporations, but levying of octroi leads to chronic 

corruption and substantial evasion. The Chamber has time and again represented to the Government, to switch from 

octroi to a book based tax collection system, aligned with the sales tax. The rapid growth in the assessable value of 

goods on which sales tax is levied, clearly indicates that this is the most effective, efficient and user friendly way, to 

collect tax for the benefit of municipal corporations. 

The current business environment uses advanced information technology (IT) tools, the government too in many areas 

has adopted state of the art systems - for collection of income tax, sales tax, electricity bills, etc. there is no reason why 

this discipline cannot be applied to collecting taxes for municipal corporations, to replace octroi. 

3) Not only labour laws need a thorough revamp, commensurate with the globally accepted 21st century non-socialistic 

environment for industry, but also the multiplicity of rules and laws need to be tackled in a prudent and businesslike 

manner. 

Applying Mathadi Act to labour working in factories (where already the Industries Disputes Act, the Factories Act and 

the Model Standing Orders act apply), is a step in the wrong direction. There is today severe exploitation of industries – 

small and big – happening under the claim of protecting Mathadi workers. It is important that the Government take 

urgent steps to eliminate the application of Mathadi laws in any industrial establishments. 

4) Pune remains hopeful that eventually the twin projects - of a New Airport (domestic and international), as also the 

much awaited International Exhibition Centre, will be implemented. 

Normally such projects should not take more than say three years - from “the declaration of intent to the start of 

operations”. The Chamber has been interacting with the highest levels of political and bureaucratic leadership in the 

state, to plead for co-ordinated decision making in this regard. While there is no resistance to this idea nor to the effort 

of the Chamber, nor any cogent argument against expediting these projects, I am sad to state that the actual movement 

on the ground is disappointing. 

5) The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture has been active in all areas of its endeavour. It is the 

aim of the MCCIA, to make Pune city and its environs an enviable business destination. The MCCIA through its arm, the 

JANWANI, has been active to promote and pursue schemes for the improvement of urban life in Pune. 

6) The Chamber has hosted around 25 international delegations during the year 2011-12. Some of the countries which 

brought delegations included Italy, Ethiopia, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Netherlands, Iran Spain, etc. 

The Chamber has maintained continuous dialogue with Counsel Generals and Ambassadors of various countries, 

including signing of MOUs to promote business networking. 

7) The Chamber's efforts, in establishing lean manufacturing clusters under the Government of India's pilot programme, 

have been applauded by the National Productivity Council, for the 5 highly effective lean manufacturing clusters 

incubated by the MCCIA. 

8) Similarly we in association with UNIDO led an initiative for “supplier upgradation”, to make the auto component 

industry in the Pune and Western Maharashtra area globally competitive. 

This and similar efforts are aimed towards improving the capability and capacity of the medium and small 

manufacturing enterprises in the Pune region. 

9) The Chamber has completed a project for establishing a new facility at the Bhosari site. The “NAVALMAL FIRODIA 

Centre for Excellence”, is aimed at providing a hub for improving activities, in support of MSMEs. This new and 

comprehensive facility in the Bhosari area is expected to provide varied services for our members and to industry in 

general, located in the Bhosari, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Chakan areas. 

As I will shortly lay down my office as the President of the MCCIA, after a 2-year tenure, where I had the opportunity to 

interact with leaders of industry, commerce and agriculture in Pune and in contiguous areas , as also with the political and 

bureaucratic establishments of the state, I am encouraged to believe that the Chamber's comprehensive efforts will 

steadily yield results to make Western Maharashtra and Pune area, into an outstanding environment for commerce, 

industry and agriculture. The strong traditions of the Chamber, the fine legacy of its past leadership, the comprehensive 

capability, the establishments, the facilities and the processes - built up in the MCCIA over decades - is a source of great 

strength to this institution. 

It has been a pleasure, to have had the privilege and opportunity, to make my contribution in this regard. I will equally 

like to acknowledge the encouragement and support received from Captains of Industry, Past Presidents, Committee 

Members, and the Officials of the Chamber, in discharging the duties of the Office of President MCCIA. 

I am convinced that the MCCIA will continue to play a most relevant and constructive role in the future. 

Dr. Abhay Firodia 

President 

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PRESIDENT 


Chairman, Force Motors Ltd. 

HONORARY SECRETARIES TREASURER 

Mr. P. C. Nambiar 

Director, Group EXIM, 

Serum Inst. Of India Ltd. 

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Mr. Surendrakumar Jain 

Managing Director, 

Synergy Emulsifuel P. Ltd. 

Mr. Vikram Salunkhe 


Accurate Engg. Co. Pvt. Ltd. 

Mr. Deepak Karandikar 

Director, Praditi Press Parts Pvt. Ltd. 

Office Bearers 

VICE PRESIDENTS 

Mr. Pramod Chaudhari 

Executive Chairman, 

Praj Industries Ltd. 

Mr. Ajay Mehta 


Deepak Nitrite Ltd. 

DIRECTOR GENERAL

Vinayak Inamdar 

Associate Director - 

Exhibitions and 

Events 

Geeta Hosmane 

Associate Director - Pimpri Chinchwad 

Health Care, Auto Components & 

Under Water Technology 

S. H. Rairikar 

Senior Director-HRD, QPE, 

Education, Environment, 


S. H. Kopardekar 

Associate Director-Foreign Trade Regulation, 

International Business Relations, CEO Forum, 

Information Technology, Civil Aviation 

Parag Kulkarni 

Associate Director-SME, 

Railway, Road & 

Traffic Management 

Ashok Budhkar 

Director - Finance, Direct Taxes, 

State Level Taxation, Corporate 

Legislation, Finance Sector, 

Excise 

Prashant Jogalekar 


Membership, Electronics, 

Polymer, Defence 

C. L. Shrotri 

Deputy Director-Accounts 

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MCCIA Secretariat 

D. V. Shukla 

Director - Agriculture & Agribusiness, 

Biotechnology, Infrastructure Facility 

& Real Estate, Tourism 

Medha Kulkarni 

Associate Director - Animation 

and Gaming, 

Women Entrepreneurs, IT 

Shrikrishna Gadgil 

Deputy Director-Energy 

Manjari Desai 


Corporate Relations 

and Communications 

Satish Joshi 

Deputy Director-Membership 

Department

Mr. Uday Borawake 

Agriculture & Agribusiness 


Biotechnology 

Mr. Chandrashekhar V. Chitale 

Direct Taxation 



Mr. K. K. Shukla 

Ahmednagar 


Civil Aviation 

Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar 

Education 

Mr. Sudhir Mehta 

Finance & Insurance Sector 

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Committee Chairpersons 

Mr. Ashish Kulkarni 

Animation & Gaming 

Mr. Suhas Tuljapurkar 

Corporate Legislation 

Mr. Ajay Bhagwat 

Electronics 

Dr. Nitin Unkule 

Health Care 

Mr. Shailendra Goswami 

Auto Component 

Brig. (Retd.) S. B. Ghorpade 

Defence 

Mr. Sanjay Bhargave 

Excise

Dr. Santosh Bhave 

Human Resource Development 

Mr. Ajay Mehta 

International Business & Relations 

Mr. Chandmal Parmar 

Railway, Road & Traffic Management 

Adv. S. B. Inamati 


Mr. Anil Ganu 

Pimpri Chinchwad Bhosari 


Small & Medium Enterprises 

Ms. Zelam Amit Chaubal 

Tourism 

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Committee Chairpersons 

Dr. Deepak Shikarpur 

Information Technology 

Mr. J. K. Saraf 

Polymer & Rubber 

Mr. Y. H. Gharpure 


Prof. Dr. Sayalee Gankar 

Women Entrepreneurs 

Mr. Suhas Mantri 

Infrastructure Facility & Real Estate 

Mr. Aspi Kolah 

Quality & Productivity Excellence 

Adv. G. Y. Patwardhan 

State Level Taxation

Director General’s Message 

Dear Members, 

I am indeed happy to communicate with you once again through the medium of Annual Report. This report will give you a good 

idea about the Achievements of the Chamber in this financial year. All though we have done many more activities including 

some specific training programs, we could not incorporate all the details in the report due to space constraints. However, we 

have presented a gist of activates, carried out by the Chamber during the year. There was definitely variety in the activities 

organized by us, in the sense that we tried to cover many diverse subjects that we considered to be of interest and benefit to 

our Members. Off course, we did receive some suggestions from our esteemed Members and we tried to integrate that as well. 

In the year 2010-11, I had mentioned about the new facility, which is coming up as a SME Excellence Centre at PCMC Bhosari. 

I am delighted to inform you that the, “Navalmal Firodia Excellence Centre” is ready to offer its activities encompassing 

various business areas especially to a large number of medium and small enterprises in the national hub of SME , the Pimpri, 

Chinchwad, Bhosari industrial area. The new infrastructure has a well-furbished auditorium, training halls, and a restaurant, 

facilities which our Members can avail of. We are confident that this facility will bring many Members of MCCIA from this area 

closer to us, through the various activities, which we would be organizing for you. Our activities for the MSME segment have 

intensified and now with this additional centre many new offerings would definitely reach you. 

You cannot do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow. We need to change and change fast to keep 

pace with the dynamic, integrated, and liberalized World Economy. The Chamber plays the role of a catalyst, which would 

hasten this process of change, the process of enhancing our capabilities and capacities. We assure you various activities and 

programs that would help our Members to excel further in their Entrepreneurial Ventures. We are confident that you would 

collaborate with us in this process of advanced development. 


Director General 

In today's times at the click of the mouse a world of information opens up for all without much effort .This mode is being more 

preferred. We intensified our effort in this direction by revamping and refurbishing our web portal www.mcciapune.com. 

Our revamped website has more facilities and utilities than ever before. It has become more interactive. It carries the State of 

the Art Utilities which includes B2B interactive platform , a payment gateway wherein you can make your payments online , 

a presentation module for our Members to live cast their offerings and many more facilities that would benefit and interest 

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you. So do make the most of the easy to use and an interactive web portal of the Chamber. 

Encouraged by the successful completion of the SME Excellence Centre in PCMC area, we now embark upon a new project, 

to have a similar facility towards south of our main centre in Hadapsar. I am glad to inform you that we have started the 

work to develop our plot there and by the time we come to you again with next year's Annual Report, the facility at 

Hadapsar would be up and ready for the use of our Members from that area. Our Ahmednagar Facility will also now be the 

Centre of Activities and we plan to have more programs of quality, substance, interest, and utility for our Members at 

Ahmednagar. 

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, understanding their viewpoints, their needs and difficulties in their enterprise. There exists 

the need of a Continuous Communication between the Chamber and its Members. Our various platforms and activities 

would definitely provide opportunities for you to be connected with us. We are always eager to receive your feedback, 

comments, and suggestions. In fact, they motivate us to act more swiftly, effectively to achieve what you want. Let us 

commence the process of communication, if hitherto you have not, and if you have, continue and intensify it. I earnestly 

urge all of you to utilize the facilities provided by the Chamber and get associated with us more intensely. 

I take this opportunity to thank you all, together with the President, the Office Bearers, Members of the Executive 

Committee, Chairpersons of various Committees, whose guidance and cooperation has helped us to perform to your 

satisfaction. We always get support and help from Ministers of State and Central Government, Senior Bureaucrats, 

Government Officials, many organizations and off course from the Media. I owe a big Thank You to all of them. Last not the 

least this task of mine would not have been completed without the able support of my Colleagues at the Secretariat. 

I express my sincere and heartfelt gratitude towards them. 

Warm Regards, 


Director General 

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International Interface 

Delegation to International Hortifair Exhibition, 

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Netherlands- 31 October to 5 November 2011 

Visit to University of Wageningen-Van Hall, 

Larenstein, Netherlands 

Fourteen MCCIA delegates visited International Hortifair 

Exhibition, RAI Amsterdam, Netherlands. The delegation 

was organized by MCCIA on the invitation of the Ministry 

of Agriculture Innovation and Economic Affairs, 

Netherlands. The delegation visited the private industry 

consortium of 25 horticulture industries at Demokwerij, 

Westland. There was a visit to Anthura, which is world's 

number one in the field of breeding and propagating the 

Anthurium plants. There was also a visit to Wagenigen 

UR, Glastuinbouw, Bleisuijk, WUR, which is the leading 

Research Institute in the area of international 

Greenhouse Horticulture. Flora Holland, Flower auction 

centre, Auction Hall, Flower trolley management 

systems, Herbarium was another appealing place to visit. 

At the Hortifair, RAI, Amsterdam the group attended a 

seminar on Innovations in Horticulture Technologies. 

The visit to Frugi Venta / Valstar Warehouse; an importer, 

exporter, trader and Growers Service Provider 

Association of 450 Members having 10 billion USD Dutch 

Trade was quite interesting. Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, 

Director General, MCCIA visited the Amsterdam 

Chamber of Commerce and had a meeting with Mr. 

Richard Hoving, Sr. Advisor and Ms. Barbana Mossinkoff, 

officer, International Trade & Investment promotion on 

MCCIA-ACC possible co-operation areas. The groups visit 

to Priva Energy Conservations Industry and the 

discussion on various energy savings technologies for 

green houses and horticulture was a revelation. 

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Delegation to Bangkok- 3 to 5 October 2011 

A group of fifty six students and faculty under the 

guidance of Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General, 

MCCIA and Prof. S.B. Mathur, Director General of ASM's 

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IIBR visited Thailand under the initiative of Oversea 

Exposure of Institute of International Business and 

Research (IIBR). The group visited the University of the 

Thai Chamber of Commerce. Discussions were held 

about the industrial program of Thailand and its 

partnership with the Indian industry. There were 

deliberations on the future prospects for both the 

countries in terms of industrial growth. The group visited 

Bangkok University as well. Along with Mrs. Panadda 

Unyapho, Director of International Affairs Office, there 

was a discussion on higher education in Thailand with 

specific reference to Ph. D programs. The delegation also 

visited the Port of Bangkok. The group witnessed various 

services available at the port, the warehouse, the 

vessels, etc. As a part of the program an industry visit 

was also on the agenda. The group visited Gems gallery – 

Pattaya. This store is visited by over 4 million people 

and 300 leading companies all across the world every 

year. 

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Program - 28 April to 18 May 2012 

Discussion on higher education at the Bangkok University 

Mr. Sudhanwa Kopardekar, Associate Director – MCCIA 

participated in the International Visitor Leadership 

Program (IVLP) of the Government of United States 

focusing on various aspects of the US Trade Policy. He 

visited Washington D.C., San Francisco, Des Moine – Iowa 

and New York. The program included 18 participants 

from 15 countries. It was aimed at examining the efforts 

at the Federal, state and local Government levels in U. S. 

and private industry to increase American 

competitiveness in global market place as well as the 

role of U. S. International trade agreements, U.S. Trade 

interests and factors that influence U.S. Trade Policy 

formulation. In Washington D.C., there were several 

meetings with senior officials from the various 

departments of the Federal Government, officials at one

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Mr. Sudhanwa Kopardekar With Mr. Douglas Wallace and 

Ms. Jennifer Gothard, Commercial Officers at San Francisco 

U.S. Export Assistance Centre, USA 

of the Senator and House of Representative's office, and 

many other important organizations. In San Francisco 

there were meetings with Vice Mayor of the City of Napa, 

promoter of a Winery in Napa Valley, a venture capitalist 

and veteran IT Industry, Director at the San Francisco 

Mayor's Office of International Trade and Commerce. 

Interaction with officials at Federal Trade Commission's 

division of Privacy and Identity Protection, U.S. Export 

Assistance Centre, San Francisco Global Trade Council, 

Bay Area Council Economic Institute and Port of San 

Francisco was extremely useful. 

In Des Moines the group visited the highly mechanised 

and computerized farms and held meetings with officials 

of Iowa Economic Development Authority, Iowa 

Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa 

Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere Financial. The 

Group also visited Saturday Farmers Market. 

In New York, participants got a very good insight into the 

service industry and export-import business through 

meetings with senior officials of American Association of 

Exporters and Importers, Citi Bank, KPMG, Metlife and 

New York Mercantile Exchange. 

MCCIA’s SME Excellence Center at Bhosari 

Small and medium enterprises have emerged as one of 

the key sectors for employment generation and overall 

economic development of our country. 

Pune has had a long history and tradition of competitive 

and progressive SMEs, right from the 1940s, since the 

city began to develop as a manufacturing and 

automobile industry hub. MCCIA, has always been at the 

forefront of initiatives and activities aimed at supporting 

SMEs in skill and knowledge development and 

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that promote opportunity and growth. Indeed, even 

today a large number of MCCIA members belong to the 

SME sector. 

In its latest endeavour to add value to SMEs, MCCIA has 

inaugurated the ‘MCCIA – Navalmal Firodia Center of 

Excellence’, which will expand the scope of activities of 

its Pimpri Chinchwad branch. 

This SME Excellence Centre will cater to the various 

needs of the SME segment. The Centre will include a 

specialized credit advisory services cell, export finance 

and facilitation centre, mini tool room, library, capacity 

development and training facility, conference halls, 

facilitation centre with a facility to interact with the 

government departments and officials, cafeteria. The 

Centre also currently houses an SME banking branch of a 

major nationalized bank. 

The objective of this centre is to enhance the capability 

and capacity of the SMEs in Pune region in terms of 

global competitiveness. This centre has been created in 

the SME hub of Maharashtra, the Bhosari Industrial 

cluster which also happens to be the SME capital of the 

country. 

Capability enhancement encompasses all the 

operational areas such as Marketing, Finance, 

Technology and the most important Production and 

Manufacturing. The centre will strive to create 

awareness about state of the art technology, business 

environment as well as government policies and 

regulations. Skills enhancement programs would be a 

regular feature of the centre’s activities. Besides it 

would operate as a dedicated cell for promoting and 

establishing lean manufacturing practices, export 

identification and enhancement programs and all other 

related areas which would make the SMEs of Pune region 

highly competitive in the global environment. 

MCCIA Bhosari - ‘Navalmal Firodia Center for Excellence’

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Agriculture & Agribusiness Committee 

Chairperson : Mr. Uday Borawake 

Officer : Mr. D. V. Shukla 

Meetings, Symposiums and Workshops : 

Investors meet on Opportunities for Developing 

Warehouses 

This was jointly organized with Maharashtra State 

Warehousing Corporation. Important points related to 

new development of infrastructure on Public Private 

Partnership basis was discussed. 80 investors 

participated. 

Interactive meeting with Mrs. Seema Vyas, 

Commissioner - FSSA and FDA 

Interactive meeting with Mrs. Seema Vyas, 

Commissioner - Food Safety, MH and Commissioner FDA, 

Government of Maharashtra, on implementation of the 

New Food Safety and Standards Act and Rules was 

organized. 65 participants attended. 

Workshop on Heat Pump Technology for Food 

Processing and Dairy Industries 

This was organized to discuss the Heat Pump Technology 

and Cost saving approach for Food Industries. Experts 

from IGES and JICA, Japan were main faculty. 30 

participants attended. 

State level workshop on “New Food Business 

Opportunities : Use of soy flour for fortification 

of wheat flours 

Workshop on the use of Soy Flour for Fortification of 

Wheat Flour 

Workshop on New Food Business Opportunities: Use 

of Soy Flour for Fortification of Wheat Flour 

jointly organized with 

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American Soybean Association to enlighten Indian Food 

Processors about the new food business opportunities. 

75 participants attended the workshop. 

Agro Industrial Meet – Making Maharashtra Fruit Bowl of 

India 

This was organized jointly with FICCI, Mumbai for the 

development of agro industrial linkage and value 

addition to the fruit sector. Mr. Satej Patil, Honorable 

Minister of Food Processing, Government of 

Maharashtra, was Chief Guest for the function. 275 

participants attended the program. 

Interactive meet for Food Processing Industries with 

BDS Providers 

This was organized jointly with Apex Cluster Services 

Pvt. Ltd. to extend free business advice from the various 

service providing agencies / consultants and micro and 

small food processing units. 106 participants attended 

in the program. 

Workshop on Impact of Cluster Development Projects 

This was organized jointly with Apex Cluster Services 

Pvt. Ltd., to enlighten the food cluster about the impact 

of cluster activities. 30 participants attended the 

workshop. 

Seminar on Food Safety Management Systems and Food 

Safety Regulations 

This was organized to understand voluntary and 

necessary certifications in manufacturing and 

processing of safe food. 25participants attended. 

Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Food 

Processing Industries 

This was organized to pass on the information about the 

latest food processing technologies. 55 participants 

attended. 

Representations submitted to Government: 

Representation to Ministry of Food Processing 

Industries, Government of India 

Representation was submitted to Shri Sharad Pawar, 

Minister of Food Processing Industries, Government of 

India, New Delhi regarding urgent intervention with 

MoEF – in their notification NO. S.O. 249 (E) dated 4-2-11 

issued by MoEF related to plastics (manufacturer, usage 

and waste management) rules 2009 in relation to 

packaging of food products. 

Representation to Ministry of Environment and Forest, 

Government of India 

Representation was submitted to Shri Jairam Ramesh, 

Minister of State for Environment and Forest,

Government of India, New Delhi regarding clarification 

on exclusion of users from the registration process ref. 

notification S.O. 249 (E) dated 4-2-11 amendment 782 

(E) dated 21-4-11. 

Representation to Ministry of Consumer Affairs, 


Representation was submitted to Prof. K.V. Thomas, 

Minister for Consumer Affairs, Government of India, New 

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Delhi on GSR 318 (E) dated 13 April 2011, to allow use of 

existing stock of packing materials without making any 

corrections on the lables. 

Representation to Commissioner - Food Safety and FDA, 

Government of Maharashtra 

Representation was submitted to Mrs. Seema Vyas, 

Commissioner, Food Safety and Commissioner, FDA, 

Government of Maharashtra, requesting her to start the 

process of withdrawal of minor prosecutions occurred 

due to minor deviations by food industries under the 

PFA. 

Representation to Legal Metrology Department, 


• Representation was submitted to Dr. Maadhava Saanap, 

Controller–Legal Metrology, Government of 

Maharashtra, regarding Stamping of Weights and 

Measures used for in-house industrial production. 

• Representation was submitted to Mr. B.N. Dixit, Director 

- Legal Metrology, Government of India regarding 

Stamping of Weights and Measures used for in-house 

industrial production. 

Representation to Ministry of Finance, Government of 

India 

Representation was submitted to Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, 

Honorable Finance Minister, Government of India, New 

Delhi on Important Provisions to be included for 

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Agriculture Sector in the 12 Five Year Plan. (Suggestions 

were submitted during Pre-budget meeting held in New 

Delhi). 

Representation to Chief Minister of Maharashtra 

Representation was submitted to Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, 

Honorable Chief Minister, Maharashtra State to allocate 

land in villages to establish Agri-business Hub and Agri- 

Produce Processing Hub. 




Honorable Minister for Consumer Affairs, Government of 

India, New Delhi requesting him to issue an Advisory for 

'Nomination in Section 49(2) under Legal Metrology Act 

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Mr. Borawake in meeting with Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, 

Honorable Finance Minister, Government 

of India, New Delhi 

2009 in the interest of Food Processing Industries. 

Representation to Ministry of Agriculture, Government 

of India 

Representation was submitted to Mr. Sharad Pawar, 

Union Agriculture Minister, Government of India 

regarding Proposal for Agribusiness Hub and Agri 

Produce Processing Hub by Mr. Uday Borawake, 

Chairman, Agribusiness Committee, at Vidya Pratishthan, 

Baramati. 

Representation to Chief Minister of Maharashtra 

Representation was submitted to Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, 

Honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra regarding 

Allocation of land in villages for strengthening the Agro 

Supportive Rural Centric, Socio-economic Development 

in Rural Maharashtra. Promoting Farm Produce Value 

Chain Infrastructure needs in order to establish and build 

Secondary Agriculture Infrastructure. 

Representation to Ministry of Rural Development, 


Representation was submitted to Mr. Jayant Patil, 

Minister of Rural Development, Government of 

Maharashtra regarding “Secondary Agriculture: A 

solution to stabilize rural /agriculture economic 

condition and economic distress of small and marginal 

farmers” – via – value addition supportive infrastructure. 

Representation to Ministry of Rural Development, 


Representation was submitted to Shri Satej allias Bunty 

D. Patil, Honorable Minister for State for Home and Rural 

Development and FDA, MoM regarding Allocation of land 

in villages for strengthening the Agro Supportive Rural 

Centric, Socio-economic Development in Rural 

Maharashtra.





Honorable Minister for Consumer Affairs, Government 

of India, New Delhi regarding Amendment in Legal 

Metrology (Packaged commodities) third amended rules 

2011 to include / allow non-standard packed 

commodities. 

Representation to Ministry of Commerce and Industry, 


Representation was submitted to Mr. Anand Sharma, 

Honorable Minister for Commerce and Industry, 

Government of India, New Delhi and Shri Sharad Pawar, 

Honorable Minister for Agriculture, Government of India, 

New Delhi to include Indian Grapes in Bilateral Trade 

Negotiations with Pakistan, in the interest of Grape 

Exporters of Maharashtra. 



Representation was submitted to the Director, Legal 

Metrology, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public 

Distribution, Government of India, regarding Legal 

Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Third Amendment 

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Rules 2011 – Notification No. G.S.R. 784(E) dated 24 

October 2011. 

Interaction with Government Officials : 

• Mr. Uday Borawake had a personal interaction with 

Honorable Mrs. Pratibhatai Patil, the then President of 

India at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Mr. Borawake 

represented the Farmers problems and offered practical 

solutions through Secondary Agriculture, Agribusiness 

Hub, Agri Produce Processing Centre and Farm to Fork 

model. 

• The Ministry of Finance invited Mr. Borawake as 

'Agriculture Sector Representative' to participate in 

Pre-budget Consultations meeting with the Honorable 

Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. Mr. 

Borawake submitted important suggestions and 

approach paper for allocation of funds for Agriculture 

Sector in Union Budget 2012-13. 

• Meeting with Honorable Mrs. Pratibhatai Patil, the then 

President of India, Mr. Sharad Pawar, Union Agriculture 

Minister, Mr. Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of 

Corporate affairs and Mr. Monteksingh Ahluwalia, Dy. 

Chairman, Planning Commission. Mr. Borawake 

presented papers on 'Policy initiatives for promoting 

partnership between stakeholders in Agriculture 

with particular reference to Rainfed / 

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Meeting with Mrs. Pratibhatai Patil, 

the then President of India, New Delhi 

Dryland Farming'. The conference was inaugurated by 

Honorable Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh 

at Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

Approach papers presented on behalf of MCCIA 

1) Draft 'Agro Industrial Policy' 

2) Approach paper on 'Farmer-Industry Partnership'. 

3) Approach paper on 'Integrated approach on Potential 

of Secondary Agriculture.' 

4) Approach paper on 'Reasons leading to Economic 

Plight of Farmers, Crisis of marginal and small land 

holding farmers'. 

5) Agri-business Facility and Agri Produce Processing 

Model. 

Participated in International Meetings : 

May 9 to 11, 2011 : Mr. Uday Borawake, Chairman – 

Agriculture and Agribusiness participated and presented 

an Approach Paper on 'Living Off the Land and Caring 

for Nature and Human Nutrition' in International 

Decision Makers Program on Agriculture in the 

Netherlands organized by Government of Netherlands 

and Embassy of Netherlands in India. 

Foreign delegations visit to the Chamber : 

Delegation from Ethiopia 

Sixteen delegates from Bank of Ethiopia visited MCCIA 

for an interactive meeting to explore business 

opportunities from India. 

This delegation was routed to the Chamber by NABARD. 

The delegation was interested in understanding the Agribusiness 

of the Pune Region and explore possibilities of 

future tie-ups.

MCCIA Ahmednagar 

Chairman : Mr. K. K. Shukla 

Officer : Mr. Vilas Kulkarni 

The Ahmednagar branch caters to the SMEs in their 

region. The committee frequently organizes training 

programs, issues certificate of origin and serves other 

business interests of its members. 

Meetings, Symposiums, and Workshops 

1. Training Program on a Perception on Surface on 

Engineering components and Metallurgy 

This training program was held under the guidance of 

Dr S. B. Singh, Scientist, Director DRDO / VRDE 

Ahmednagar in which more than 27 Engineers / 

Entrepreneurs participated. 

2. Training program on Management of Contract 

Management 

This program was organized on Management of 

Contract Management specifically for HR 

professionals. Adv. S. B. Inamati gave valuable inputs 

to 16 professionals from various industries. 

3. Tree Plantation Program for green environment 

practices 

Tree plantation programme for green environment practices 

We organized a tree plantation drive on the occasion 

of the World Environment day. Trees like the Banyan 

(Vad), Neem, Pimpal were planted. 40 members from 

various companies showed their enthusiasm in the 

plantation activity. 

4. Training program for use of Measuring Equipments 

The program gave practical insights into the use of 

various types of measuring instruments, gauges and 

other precision tools. Mr. Abhijit Kulkarni was the 

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faculty for this program. 

5. Blood Donation Camp 

MCCIA and Rotary Club of Industrial Town, 

Ahmednagar together organized a Blood Donation 

Camp at MCCIA. About 245 entrepreneurs, managers, 

laborers donated blood for a noble cause. 

6. Workshop on Excise and Export Documentation 

Mr. Balkrishana of Crompton Greaves Ltd. and Mr. 

Mohan Bhombe CA guided 22 participants during this 

workshop. 

7. Medical Camp 

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Under the initiative of encouraging the workforce to 

keep medically fit, MCCIA in partnership with the 

Medical Team of Larsen and Toubro Limited, had a 

free blood sugar and BP check up camp. 130 people 

benefitted from this medical drive. 

8. Employment camp/ Rojgar Melava 

This program was organized in association with Mr. 

Brijesh Nimgaonkar Asstant Director – Employment 

and Self Employment Department, Ahmednagar and 

Larsen and Toubro Limited. More than 90 candidates 

benefitted from the program. 

9. Skill of Communication with Top Management 

This program was specially designed for HR / IR 

Managers. Mr. Anthony Thomas of English Language 

Academy Pune gave valuable inputs to more than 28 

IR / HR officers/ managers from various Industries. 

10. HIV/ AIDS Awareness Program 

This program was organized in association with 

Averts Society Mumbai and John Paul Slum 

development Ahmednagar. Mr. Somnath Salve and 

Ms Swapna Salve of Civil Hospital spoke with a 

purpose of creating awareness on HIV / AIDS. 55 

people participated in the program. 

11. Time Management- Managing Time & Relationship 

Mr. Sharu Rangnekar conducted the workshop on 

Time Management wherein 38 senior officials 

participated in the workshop. 

12. Managing Anger at Workplace 

This training program was organized for Supervisors 

from industries. Mr. Jayesh Deolalikar – BE (Met ) and 

Lead Auditor, gave tips on controlling anger and 

stress. More than 42 supervisors from SMEs 

participated. 

13.Industrial Safety and prevention of Fires 

On the occasion of Industrial Safety week an


Industrial safety and prevention of Fires. Faculty : Mr. Bokil 

awareness program on Industrial safety and 

prevention of various types of Fires was organized 

under the guidance of Mr. Suresh Bokil wherein 30 

officials participated. 

Animation and Gaming Committee 

Chairperson: Mr. Ashish Kulkarni 

Officer: Ms. Medha Kulkarni 

1. Presentation on Tax and Regulatory perspective 

Gaming + IT Sector 

There was a presentation on Tax and Regulatory 

perspective for setting operations in STP vs SEZ. The 

pros and cons of indirect tax implications connected 

to the Animation-Gaming and IT industry were 

presented by Mr. Pramod Achuthan - Partner, Tax , Mr. 

Nikhil Sharma - Senior Manager, Business Advisory 

Services and Mr. Raghav Anand - Manager, Business 

Advisory Services from Ernst and Young. 40 

participants attended the program. 

2. Animation Day Celebration 

The program was organized by ASIFA India in 

November with support from MCCIA. Event 

highlights for the program were : 

• “Making of Despicable me” by Macguff Studios 

• Art of Animation behind Disneys' “Tangled” by 

Clay Kaytis 

• Presentation of “Tripura” by Chetan Sharma 

• Presentation by Chetan Deshmukh on his creative 

animation 

• Showcasing various animation/Vfx films. 

This program was attended by 200 students. 

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Story writing / telling competition - 

award distribution function 

3. Story Writing/Telling Competition 

The Chamber jointly with Vkorus Pvt. Ltd. a New Zealand 

based technology company organized a story writing / 

telling competition to encourage cross border creative 

collaboration. 

Three prizes were distributed based on maximum 

viewers' rating, script, sound and animation. The story 

'EVOLUTION' written by Equinox Software and Services 

Pvt. Ltd got first prize for maximun viewers rating. The 

second prize was given to DREAMLAND a story written by 

Mr. Ameya Sawadkar and Mr. Ashutosh Deshpande for 

innovativeness, sight and sound. The third prize was 

given to the story ESCAPE written by Mr. Anish Bhardwaj 

for an excellent script. 

Commodore Anand Khandekar, Immediate Past 

Chairman, Animation and Gaming Committee and Ex 

Chief Mentor, Nvidia Graphics Pvt. Ltd. was the chief 

guest for the prize distribution ceremony. 

Mr. Amit Agarwal, Co-founder Auryn Inc., USA was the 

Guest of Honour. He delivered a lecture on Story Telling 

in Modern Age. 30 participants attended the program. 

Biotechnology Committee 

Chairperson: Mr. Pramod Chaudhari 

Officer: Mr. D.V Shukla 

Meetings, Seminars and Workshops 

Seminar on Emerging Trends in Bio-based Materials and 

Products 

Seminar on Emerging Trends in Bio-based Materials and 

Products was organized jointly with Polymer Committee 

of MCCIA to understand the recent developments in Biobased 

materials and products. 35 participants attended 

the seminar.

Civil Aviation Committee 

Chairman : Mr. S. K. Jain 

Officer : Mr. S. H. Kopardekar 

This Committee, has been relentlessly working with the 

Ministries of Civil Aviation, Defense and Agriculture as 

well as the Government of Maharashtra for upgrading 

the facilities and enhancing connectivity of the present 

airport as well as to secure an Independent Airport for 

the Pune Region, so that it can serve as a hub for 

International air transport. 

Interaction with Officials from Hyderabad Airport 

Mr. S. K. Jain held discussions with Mr. Vikram Jaisinghani 

- Chief Executive Officer GMR, Hyderabad International 

Airport and Mr. Sunil Zephaniah K, General Manager – 

Destination Marketing - Rajiv Gandhi International 

Airport, Hyderabad on using Hyderabad as a possible 

alternative gateway for passenger and cargo movement. 

Meeting with Officials from SilkAir 

Mr. Atwil Yew, Country Manager-India, SilkAir and Mr. 

Jagdish Bhojwani – Manager, Coimbatore, SilkAir visited 

the Chamber to interact with MCCIA Office Bearers, 

Members of Executive Committee and select Industrial 

representatives about the proposed direct air 

connectivity between Pune and Singapore. The meeting 

was facilitated by Mr. Yogesh Dossa of Galaxy Travels, 

GSA for Singapore Airlines. 

Meeting with Air Commodore V. R. Chaudhari – Air 

Officer Commanding, Pune 

There was a meeting with Air Commodore V. R. Chaudhari 

– Air Officer Commanding, Pune to discuss various issues 

connected with Civil Aviation needs of Pune. 

Mr. Jain briefed Mr. Chaudhari about the initiatives of the 

Civil Aviation Committee of MCCIA and thanked the Air 

Force for accommodating Civil Aviation needs of Pune's 

business community and others. He also informed about 

the constant efforts of MCCIA for setting up an 

Independent International Airport for Pune Region and 

expressed the hope that the required process will start in 

the near future in the light of recent news items and 

interactions with the State Government. 

Interactive sessions with Government Officials 

Meeting with Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, Honorable Chief 

Minister, Maharashtra State and Mr. Ajitdada Pawar, 

Honorable Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra State 

The Office Bearers of MCCIA called on Mr. Prithviraj 

Chavan, Honorable Chief Minister, Maharashtra State 

and Mr. Ajitdada Pawar, Honorable Deputy Chief 

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Minister, Maharashtra State to request to speed up the 

decisions related to the New Independent International 

Airport, International Exhibition Centre, MVAT reclaim 

and other important matters. The State Government has 

decided to reserve alternate site for the same and has 

agreed to speed up the process of land acquisition and 

development of the airport. 

Meeting with Mr. Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil – Member of 

Parliament (Lok Sabha, Shirur Constituency) 

A high level MCCIA delegation discussed various issues 

relating to setting up of the Independent International 

Airport in Pune region with Mr. Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil, 

Member of Parliament – Loksabha (Shirur Constituency). 

MCCIA delegation included Dr. Abhay Firodia – President, 

Mr. Mukesh Malhotra - Immediate Past President, Mr. S.K. 

Jain-Vice President and Chairman of Civil Aviation 

Committee, Mr. Vikram Salunkhe – Vice President, MCCIA 

and Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh – Director General, MCCIA. 

Meeting of Airport Advisory Committee 

Mr. S. K. Jain - Vice President and Chairman of Civil 

Aviation Committee, stressed the need for taking up the 

work of extending the runway immediately along with 

critical equipment such as Instrument Landing System. 

Various other issues related to the Pune International 

Airport, direct connectivity to Singapore and present 

conditions of Pune airport were discussed. 

Interaction with Air Officer Commanding, Pune 

Air Commodore V. R. Chaudhari, V M Air Officer 

Commanding, Pune Air Force and Wing Commander 

Sudhir Babu visited MCCIA. Mr. S. K. Jain – Vice President 

and Chairman of Civil Aviation Committee, Mr. Anant 

Sardeshmukh- Director General and Commander Pankaj 

Joshi- Vice Chairman of Civil Aviation Committee of the 

Chamber held discussions with him about the MAFI 

Project – Modernisation of Airfield Infrastructure Project, 

issues relating to extension of the runway at the present 

airport and development of alternate road by Pune 

Municipal Corporation. 

Corporate Legislation Committee 

Chairperson : Mr. Suhas Tuljapurkar 

Officer : Mr. Ashok Budhkar 

World IPR Day Celebration 

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On the occasion of World IPR Day, “Intellectual Property 

Rights Awareness, Commercialization & Management” 

program was organized. Dr. Vasant Savagikat, Senior 

Associate in the Life Sciences and Chemical Department 

of 'Krishna and Saurashtry' and Mr. Ajit Raut, Patent


Agent gave presentations. The program was attended by 

40 participants. 

Sensitisation program on IPR in software for MSME 

This program was jointly organized with FICCI, New Delhi 

and the Department of Information Technology, Ministry 

of communication and Information Technology, 

Government of India. The seminar was mainly organised 

for MSMEs, to sensitize them on the relevance of IPR's in 

business growth and importance of Software Asset 

Management (SAM). The eminent faculty for the program 

were Mr. Keshav Dhakad, Chairman, Business Software 

Alliance India, New Delhi and Ms. Lizum Mishra, Director, 

B.S.A., New Delhi, Mr. R. Y. Deshpande, C-DAC. The 

program was well received by 80 participants. 

Intricacies of Contract 

The important contents covered in the course included 

process of making contract – negotiations, offer and 

acceptance, letter of intent, MOU, purchase order, 

invoice, proforma invoice, parties to contract, 

obligations, types of management, security for 

performance, consequences of breach and enforcement 

of contracts, etc. Mr. Vivek Sadhale, Company Secretary 

and Head – Legal and Investor Relations, Persistent 

Systems Ltd., and Ms. Nilima Bhadbhade, Senior Lecturer, 

ILS Law College, Pune conducted the course. There were 

11 participants for the same. 

FEMA, working Capital and Cross border transactions 

Program on “Knowledge Session on FEMA, 

Working Capital & Cross Border Transactions” 

The objective of the program was to create an awareness 

on regulations attached to FEMA, to know about the 

different aspects of liaisoning with RBI and related 

documentation, to understand different modes of 

financing viz. cash credit, WCDL, overdraft, 

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bank guarantee, letter of credit and buyer's credit. The 

faculty for this program were Mr. Pankaj Bhutani, Vice- 

President, HSBC, Mr. Saurabh Singh, Cluster Manager – 

Lending, HSBC and Mr. Aveek Saha, Trade-Head, HSBA. 

The program was sponsored by HSBC and 120 

participants attended this interactive session. 

Defence Committee 

Chairperson : Brig (Retd) SB Ghorpade 

Officer : Mr. Prashant V. Jogalekar 

Meetings, Symposiums and Workshops 

1. Seminar on Simulation systems in Defence : 

Opportunities for Indian Industry 

This program was organized jointly with NASSCOM. The 

main objective of this seminar was to increase 

awareness on the emerging trends and technologies for 

simulation systems for Defence projects. 

Representatives of the Army, Navy and Air Force 

participated and provided the roadmap for simulation 

requirements in Defence. Brig T.S.A. Narayanan, 

Commandant, Simulator Development Division, 

Secundrabad informed members that his division has 

been the pioneer in the country in the development of 

training simulators for the Army and has over two 

decades of knowledge in this domain. Other speakers 

included Captain B. R. Singh (IN) from the Naval HQ; Gp 

Capt Ashutosh Dixit, VM, VSM from the Air HQ , Dr. K. M. 

Rajan, Sc ‘G’ from ARDE, Pune and Mr. K.S.N. Murthy, 

Controller, CQA (Radars & Systems). Capt (IN) BK Kalra 

(Retd), Head - Production Centre, Strategic Systems 

Complex – Talegaon from Larsen & Toubro; Mr. Sagar 

Prasad, Regional Manager (W) from ANSYS Software Pvt. 

Ltd., Mr. P. K. Thukaram, Director-Heavy Engineering 

from Altair India and Mr. Manish Dhruv, District Sales 

Manager from National Instruments also spoke on the 

occasion. The event was sponsored by L & T Heavy 

Engineering, Altair HyperWorks, ANSYS Software Pvt. 

Ltd. and National Instruments, India. There were 60 

participants. 

2. Seminar and exhibition on Indigenisation- 

Opportunities for Industry with Indian Air Force 

The main objective of the seminar was to highlight the 

financial aspects and indigenisation procedure through 

presentations and display of systems/sub-systems at the 

concurrent exhibition by Base Repair Depots. The Chief 

Guest was Air Marshal Jagdish Chandra, AVSM, VSM, AOCin-C 

Maintenance Command, IAF. Mr Baghel, Group 

Director - Aircraft, CEMILLAC (DRDO) delivered the keynote 

address. There was a concurrent exhibition with

(L-R) Air Cmde Deepak Sood, Brig (Retd) S. B. Ghorpade, 

Dr. Abhay Firodia, Air Marshal J Chandra, AVM D. K. Pande, 

VSM Shri. S. P. Baghel, AVM (Retd) R. D. Limaye AVSM 

16 stalls displaying the components manufactured and 

fabricated by the industry as well as by the Base Repair 

Depot’s of the IAF. There were over 150 delegates 

comprising of industry representatives and Defence 

invitees. 

3. Presentation on “Innovation for Corporate 

Scalability & Sustainablity” by Maj Gen (Retd) T. N. 

Mhaisale VSM 

This presentation focused on how to optimize learning 

for maximum insight, how to turn insights into good 

ideas, and good ideas into great innovations. 

4. MCCIA partnered at the "MSME Defexpo 2012" an 

international MSME Sub-Contracting & Supply 

exhibition for Defence, Aerospace and Homeland 

security held at Bangalore 

5. A visit was organized to L&T Ltd., Talegaon to discuss 

‘Feeder Shop’ concept proposed by Mr. B. K. Kalra, Head 

- Production Centre, Strategic Systems Complex, L&T Ltd 

for MSME’s in Pune. 

6. During the past year Counseling and Guidance was 

given to around 20 member industries regarding 

supplying to the Defence Force by Brig (Retd) S. G. 

Ghorpade, Chairman, Defence Committee and AVM 

(Retd) R. D. Limaye, Co-Chairman, Defence Committee. 

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Direct Taxation Committee 

Chairperson : Mr. Chandrashekhar Chitale, C.A. 


The Direct Taxation Committee gives advice and 

conducts seminars from time to time for members to 

enlighten them on various tax related issues. 

Meetings, Seminars and Symposiums 

Tax Deducted at Source / Tax Collected at Source 

The week long course on Tax Deducted at Source / Tax 

Collected at Source ( TDS / TCS ) covered various aspects 

of TDS / TCS. Mr. Chandrashekhar Chitale, Mr. Sharad 

Vaze, Mr. Sudhir Paithankar, Mr. Bilwamangal Bhide and 

Ms. Rekha Dhamankar were the faculty. The course was 

attended by 29 participants. 

Law of TDS 

A week long course on TDS / TCS. 

L to R : Mr. Ashok Budhkar, Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, 

Mr. Vijaykant Kulkarni, Mr. C. V. Chitale 

During the seminar on Law of TDS Mr. Chandrashekhar 

Chitale highlighted on income tax provisions relating to 

TDS, procedural aspects of TDS / TCS, case laws relating 

to TDS / TCS, consequences of errors, mistakes and delay 

in payment of TDS and provisions related to deductions 

at source under other laws like MVAT, Profession Tax, 

service Tax, etc. The seminar received overwhelming 

response from 172 participants. 

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Important aspects of Salary TDS were presented by Mr. 

Chandrashekhar Chitale during the seminar. The seminar 

mainly focused on the various provisions related to the 

case laws relating to salary TDS. Consequences of 

delayed payment as well as non-payment were also 

covered in this seminar. 84 participants attended the 

program.


Live Budget Telecast 

Every year MCCIA arranges a live budget telecast of the 

Union Budget. This year also the event was held at the 

Chamber. Executive Committee Members of the 

Chamber along with the Members of MCCIA came 

together to view the live budget telecast presented by 

the Union finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee. It was a 

very lively session since it was followed by discussions 

and debate on various aspects of the economy. Media 

professionals who were present on the occasion ensured 

that the MCCIA perspective on the budget reached all 

Puneties through their newspapers and television 

channels. 

Pre-budget Memorandum 

The meeting of committee members was convened to 

consider the suggestions / recommendations for the 

preparation of Pre-budget memorandum for the 

Financial Year 2012-13. The committee also considered 

the problems faced by the Industries and business 

organisations. On the basis of these suggestions and 

recommendations the Pre-Budget Memorandum was 

submitted to Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister, 

GOI for consideration and implementation in the Union 

Budget 2012-13. 

Education 

Chairperson : Dr.(Mrs.) Vidya Yerawdekar 

Officer : Mr. S.H. Rairikar 

The education committee is working towards bridging 

the gap between the industry and the academia. Various 

deliberations have been held at the Chamber, in order to 

constantly train the faculty and understand the needs of 

the education system. Some programs that were 

organized during the year are as follows; 

1. There was a panel discussion and an open house 

session on Improvement of Quality Education 

through Faculty Development Program. The panelist 

were Dr. (Capt.) C. M. Chitale, Pune University and 

Prof. Hemant Abhyankar, Vice President Vishvakarma 

Group of Institutes along with other eminent 

educationists . 45 persons attended this program. 

2. There was a presentation and an interactive session 

on Innovative Integrated M.Tech+PhD program in 

Technology by Dr. Raghunath Shevgaonkar the then 

Vice-Chancellor, University of Pune. 25 persons 

attended this presentation. 

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L to R : Ms. Lakshmi Kumar, Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, 

Dr. S. M. Chitale 

3. Prof. C. K. Prahalad Memorial Lecture on India 

2020–Through Innovation was delivered by Prof. M.S. 

Krishnan, University of Michigan, USA. 80 persons 

attended this program. 

4. There was a group discussion and an open house 

session on Creating a Model Faculty Development 

Program by Dr.(Capt.) C. M. Chitale, PUMBA, Prof. 

(Ms.) Laxmi Kumar - Director, The Orchid School, Dr. 

Hemant Abhyankar, Vice President Vishvakarma 

Group of Institutes and others. 

5. There was a task force meeting on Faculty 

Development Program which was very well attended. 

6. There was a full day workshop on MCCIA’s Model of 

Faculty Development Program spearheaded by Dr. S. 

M. Chitale and other eminent faculty from different 

educational institutes. 34 participants attended this 

Workshop. 

Electronics Committee 

Chairperson: Mr. Ajay Bhagwat 

Officer: Mr. Prashant V. Jogalekar 

The electronics committee constantly explores new 

trends in the industry and organizes programs to bring 

forth current updates to its Members. 


1. There was a program on ‘Embedded Product 

Development for Automotive Applications’. Mr. 

Anup Sable, Senior Vice President (Electronics & 

Embedded), KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd 

spearheaded the session. 60 delegates participated 

in this event. 

2. There was a lecture on 'Intelligent Transport Systems 

- Towards Smarter and Safer Cars for the Future'. This 

program was organized jointly with Institution of 

Engineers, Pune. The speaker for the program was

Dr. Aniruddha Desai, Research Fellow at La Trobe 

University Centre for Technology Infusion, Australia. 

35 delegates participated in this event. 

3. There was a seminar on 'Wireless Product Testing & 

Compliance'. This was held jointly with TUV 

Rheinland. Mr. G. Kalyan Varma, Senior Manager- 

Product Certification Group at TÜV Rheinland (India) 

(L-R) Mr. Ajay Bhagwat – Chairman, 

Mr. Ajay Moghe, Mr. Girish Ranade 

Pvt. Ltd. was the faculty. 16 delegates participated in 

this event. 

4. There was a presentation on 'Industrial Design for 

Electronic Product's' by Mr. Girish Ranade, Director, 

Futura Apsol Pvt. Ltd., Pune. 42 delegates participated 

in this event. The presentation focused on Electronic 

Product Design with emphasis on Industrial Design of 

Electronic products along with experience sharing 

and case study . 

5. There was an interactive session on “The Next Trend 

In Design” by Dr.James Woudhuysen who is 

Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De 

Montfort University, Leicester. 

6. There was an awareness and capacity building 

program on “New Indian E-Waste Management 

Rules” jointly with TUV India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. V.K. Gupta- 

GM Lab operations, TUV and Mr. Aniket Shaligram, 

TUV. 40 delegates participated in this event. 

7. There was a case study presentation on ‘Kaizen In 

EMS’ by Mr. Rajeev Bapat, Quality In-Charge, Auto 

Electronics and Mr. C. K. Bulakh. 73 delegates 

participated in this event. 

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Energy Committee 

Officer : Mr. Shrikrishan Gadgil 

During the year we made a significant difference to a few 

companies by conducting Energy Audit, Power Quality 

Audit and Electrical Parameters Measurement Service 

assignments for our members. The Chamber has been 

very active in Policy and Regulatory issues by making 

frequent representations to Regulatory Authorities in 

the interest of our members. We also provide 

consultation to our members on power related issues 

like tariff, load shedding, regulatory issues etc. 

Energy Audits conducted during the year ; 

Detailed Energy Audits 

1. Cermet Resistronics Pvt. Ltd. ,Pune 

2. Wheels India Ltd. (Air Compressors' Energy Audit), 

Ranjangoan 

3. KEM Hospital, Pune 

Walk through type Energy Audits 

1. Liquid Gold Construction Pvt. Ltd., Pune 

Power Quality Audits 

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1. Vanaz Engineers Ltd., Pune 

2. SSV Engineers, Indapur, Solapur 

3. Binani Goa Glass Fibre Ltd., Goa 


Meeting on 'Operationalization of Open Access to 

Electricity’ 

Open Access to Electricity is a critical feature of power 

market development and competition. Despite the 

MERC's regulations, some of the members are facing 

problems in getting 'Open Access'. The meeting was 

addressed by Mr. Pradeep Bhargava, Mr. Anant 

Sardeshmukh and Mr. Jayant Deo. During the meeting, 

various roadblocks and their techno-legal solutions 

were discussed. 

Interactive meeting on 'Power Problems and Initiatives 

that need to be taken' with Mr. Ajoy Mehta – MD 

(MSEDCL) and Mr. Arvind Singh – MD (MSETCL) 

In continuation with the regular interaction with MSEDCL 

and MSETCL a meeting was organized in MCCIA to 

address the power related problems that industry faces. 

Mr. Ajoy Mehta – MD ( MSEDCL ) and Mr. Arvind Singh – 

MD (MSETCL) answered all queries raised by industrialist 

regarding power supply. Mr. Ajoy Mehta appraised the 

industries about their future plans, new schemes and 

policies in order to improve the power supply scenario 

in Maharashtra.


Policy / Regulations Related Issues 

Energy Committee has actively persuaded policy and 

regulation related issues to the regulatory authorities 

i.e. MERC. Also representations regarding power / 

electricity were made to the competent authorities. 

1. Single Point Supply to Commercial Buildings / 

Industrial Premises with Mixed Load 

MCCIA had filed a petition to Appellate Tribunal for 

Electricity ( APTEL ) to resolve the issue on 'Single Point 

Supply to commercial complexes with mixed load' 

through clarification in the order passed by MERC. After 

hearing the concerned parties, Honorable APTEL passed 

an order. Aggrieved by this order, the MCCIA preferred an 

appeal to Honorable Supreme Court of India. 

The legal proceedings are underway in the Hon'ble 

Supreme Court of India. 

2. Tariff Proposal of MSEDCL 

MCCIA submitted suggestions / comments on MSEDCL's 

Annual Revenue Requirement ( ARR ) and Tariff proposal 

to MERC for FY 11 – 12. MCCIA stressed on major points 

such as retaining demand charges to existing level, 

reduction in cross subsidy, verification of inter-state 

transmission loss, and erratic increase in tariff for HT and 

LT commercial consumers. Also MCCIA stressed for 

reclassification of consumers engaged in R & D, product 

testing, CAD CAM activities from commercial to 

industrial category of tariff. 

Excise Committee 

Chairperson : Mr. Sanjay Bhargave 



Recent Amendments to Service Tax 

Mr. Sanjay Bhargave, Chairman, Excise committee 

successfully conducted the workshop with an aim to 

create awareness on the amendments in Union Finance 

bill 2011. The program covered aspects on inclusion of 

new services covered under Service Tax. The workshop 

attracted 92 participants. 

Cost Audit Compliance 

This program was organised considering the orders 

issued by the Cost Audit Branch of Ministry of Corporate 

Affairs, Government of India. Mr. Dhananjay Joshi, Past 

President – ICWAI and Member – Quality Review 

Board, Mr. Amit Apre, Chairman, WIRC of ICWAI 

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18 Basic Training on Central Excise Law & Service Tax 

including procedures & documentation. 

Speaker : Mr. Charuchandra Bhide 

and Mr. Sanjay Bhargave, Central Council Member, ICWAI 

and Chairman, Excise Committee, MCCIA conducted the 

workshop. The workshop received overwhelming 

response wherein 89 participants attended the program. 

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18 Certificate Course in “Basic Training on Central 

Excise Law and Service Tax including procedures and 

documentation” 

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19 Certificate Course in “Basic Training on Central 

Excise Law and Service Tax including procedures and 

documentation” 

This course was attended by 64 participants and 35 

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participants respectively in the 18 and 19 Certificate 

training program. The course contents included theory 

of Central Excise and Service Tax. There were practical 

tips on how to fill up various forms and doing 

registrations, filing returns, etc. The faculty included 

experts, like Mr. Sanjay Bhargave, Mr. Deepak Naik, Mr. 

Charu Bhide, Mr. V. V. Umaranikar, Mr. C. S. Chavan, Ms. 

Nimmi, Mr. Rajesh Ingale, Mr. Manas Joshi Mr. Avadhoot 

Khadilkar, Mr. R. B. Budhkar, Mr. Amit Srivastava and Mr. 

Jai Kumar. 

Finance & Insurance Sector Committee 

Chairperson : Mr. Sudhir Mehta 


Extensive Business Reporting Language (XBRL) 

A workshop on 'Extensive Business Reporting Language' 

(XBRL), was organized to help create awareness and 

understanding about the technical terms commonly 

associated with XBRL. Mr. Vinod Kashyap, Chartered 

Accountant, Mr. Sanjay Mehta, CEO of MAIA Intelligence 

and Mr. Reggie Fernandes, Director, Sage Software were 

the faculty. The program was sponsored by Ambit

Software, Pune and 70 participants attended program. 

Defending the Board and Protecting your Organisation 

The seminar threw light on 'Legal Liabilities' of an 

organization. Mr. Praveen Gupta, M. D. and CEO, Raheja 

QBE General Insurance Company Limited and Mr. Kiran 

Kumar, Head, Liability Underwriting enlightened 68 

participants. 

Optimising Borrowing Costs through Credit Ratings 

Optimizing Borrowing Costs through Credit Ratings 

L to R : Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Mr. B.N. Bora, 

Mr. Chetan Paranjpe, Mr. Gaurav Dixit, Mr. R. Suryanarayan 

This program included sessions on ranking of an 

organisation based on detailed financial analysis by a 

credit bureau. Mr. R. Suryanarayanan – Head, MSME, 

Credit analysis and Research Ltd., Mr. Ankur Sachdeva, 

Head – Business Development, CARE and Mr. B. N. Bora, 

Chief manager, CPC Credit, State Bank of India gave the 

presentations. The program was sponsored by State 

Bank of India and Credit Analysis and Research Ltd. (CARE 

Ltd. ), wherein 55 participants attended the program. 

Knowledge session on working Capital Cycle 

Mr. Saurav Singh, Cluster Manager - Lending, HSBC gave 

the presentation on working capital needs of the 

business organization. This included details of different 

modes of financial support extended to the MSMEs. The 

program was attended by 60 participants. 


Chairperson: Mr. P. C. Nambiar 

Officer: Mr. S. H. Kopardekar 


1. Seminar on WTO and Doha Negotiations with Focus 

on issues regarding Tariff Reduction by India and 

Partner Countries 

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Fair Trade Practices and Compliances workshop 

Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Federation of 

Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Centre 

for WTO Studies and MCCIA, had jointly organised a 

seminar on WTO and Doha Negotiations to discuss 

the revised draft of negotiating text on Doha round. 

The discussions focused on issues regarding 

reduction and elimination of tariff (customs duty) by 

India and its partner countries. Mr. Ajay Srivastava, 

Director – Minstry of Commerce & Industry, 

Government of India and Mr. Tapan Mazumder – 

Director, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, 

Government of India, Mr. Abhijit DAS – Head, Centre 

for WTO Studies and Mr. Manab Majumdar – Assistant 

Secretary General, FICCI, addressed the participants 

on this occasion. 

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2. 26 Certificate Course in International Trade 

The Chamber has been conducting Certificate Course 

in International Trade for the past several years. The 

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received good response. 

3. Open House Meeting with the Commissioner, 

Customs – Pune & Joint Director General of Foreign 

Trade, Pune 

Customs open house meeting. Speaker : Ms. Arushi 

Vasudev, the then commissioner of customs, Pune


An open house session was organized with 

Commissioner–Customs, Pune and Joint Director 

General of Foreign Trade, Pune to discuss issues 

relating to Customs clearance at Inland Container 

Depots in Pune. Mr. P. C. Nambiar, Honorary Secretary 

and Chairman Foreign Trade Regulations Committee- 

MCCIA, Mr. A. K. Singh - Additional Commissioner, 

Customs and Mr. Rajdeepak Bhargava, Former 

President, Pune Custom House Agents Association 

addressed the participants. 

4. There was a meeting with Dr. S. K. Saxena, Director – 

Export Inspection Council-Ministry of Commerce 

and Industry, Government of India to discuss the 

Participants of certificate course on Basics in 

First Aid at work place. 

role and functioning of export Inspection Council 

and its offices. 

5. There was a seminar on Compliance and Fair Trade 

Practices to Survive and Grow in the Export Market in 

the Challenging Global Scenario and New IT 

Compliance Law in US. Mr. P. C. Nambiar, Chairman- 

Foreign Trade Regulations Committee- MCCIA, Mr. 

Keshav Dhakad, Director – IPR & Legal Compliance, 

Legal & Corporate Affairs - Microsoft Corporation 

(India) Pvt. Ltd., Adv. Sunil Singh, Saikrishna & 

Associates and Mr. Rajveer Singh, Apex Cluster 

Development addressed the participants. 

Healthcare 

Chairperson: Dr. Nitin Unkule 

Officer: Ms. Geeta Hosmane 

The Healthcare Committee has from time to time 

addressed health related issues of industrial workers, 

laborers and other health related problems of working 

professionals through various presentations and 

seminars. 


Sr. No Topic Faculty No of attendees 

1 Awareness Program on Dr. Mangesh Kulkarni 150 

Freedom from Joint Pains Dr. Nitin Unkule 

2 Awareness Program on Dr. Murtaza, 160 

Freedom from Joint Pains Dr. Nitin Unkule 

3 BMD Check Up Camp for In association with 77 

employees of MCCIA Sai Shree Hospital, Aundh 

4 Lecture on Osteoporosis & Dr. Neeraj Adkar 50 

It’s Management & Ergonomics Sai Shree Hospital 

5 Certificate Course on Basics In association with 42 

in First Aid at Workplace Indian Red Cross Society 

6 How to avoid Heart Attack Dr. Shirish Hiremath 122 

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Human Resoruce Development 

Chairperson : Dr. Santosh Bhave 

Officer: Mr. S.H. Rairikar 

The committee organised various programs throughout 

the year for betterment of Human Resource in 

organizations. Vast topics like motivation, skill 

development and good corporate practices have been 

covered. 


Panel discussion on ‘Strategic Unlearning Leading to 

Transformational Learning : Experience Transition’ by 

Mr. Vikas Shirodkar, V. P. (HR), General Motors Ltd., Mr. 

Sunil Deshpande Global Head, Capgemini (I)Ltd., Ms. 

Neeta Vaidya, Director-HR, Emerson Innovation Center. 

75 persons attended this meeting. 

Panel Discussion on ‘Wonders of Motivation’ by Mr. 

Sudhir Gogte, Executive Director, Kehin-Fie Ltd., Col. 

Lalit Rai, Director-HR, Emcure Pharma and Dr. Asha Naik, 

Consultant. 115 persons attended this meeting. 

Panel discussion on ‘Performance Management : A Tool 

for HR Development’ by Mr. Sharad Gangal, Executive 

V.P.- HR - Thermax Ltd., Ms. Sumedha Nashikkar - Head- 

Global HR, Cummins Infosystems Ltd. and Mr. Samir 

Kukade - G.M.- HR, SKF India Ltd. 130 persons attended 

the meeting. 

Panel Discussion on ‘Skill Development–Important 

Aspect of HR - A Case Study’ 

Panel discussion on ‘Skill Development–Important 

Aspect of HR - A Case Study’ by Mr. D. B. Nimbalkar - V. P. 

& Head- Corporate HR, Kirloskar Brothers, Mr. Prashant 

Ambulgekar - G.M. – HR, Fiat India Ltd. and Mr. Mukund 

Mavlankar - Director- Tech., Bharat Forge. 110 persons 

attended this meeting. 

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Panel Discussion on ‘Job Sculpting – Matching Job 

Profile to Life Interest’ by Prof. R. Ganeshan - Director, 

MCE Society’s Allana Institute of Management Sciences, 

Pune, Mr. Prashant Ahir - V. P. -HR, Tata Motors Ltd. and 

Mr. Bobby Kuriakose - G.M.-HR & Training , Forbes 

Marshall. 80 persons from various industries attended 

this discussion. 

Panel discussion on ‘Best Practices in Corporate 

Learning Centres’, by Mr. Arvind Navadikar, Chairman- 

ISTD, Mr. Sudhir Phatak - Head- Tata Motors Learning 

Center, Mr. Charudatta Bhave - Learning Centre ABO, 

Cummins India Ltd. and Mr. D. Maheshkumar - Head- L & T 

Switgears Learning Centre. 100 persons from different 

companies attended this program. 

Panel discussion on ‘Corporate Woman – Leadership 

Perspectives, Challenges and Road Map’ by Flt. Lt. 

Sheena Minhas - Director – HR, Honeywell Turbo India 

Pvt.Ltd., Ms. Aneeta Asawalikar - G. M. - HR, Sandvik Asia 

Ltd. and Mr. Shashikant Kurbetti - G. M. - H R, Tata Yazaki 

Auto Components. 40 persons attended the session. 

Panel discussion on ‘Can HR Contribute In Judicious 

Corporate Growth – A Scenario after Liberalization’, by 

Dr. Ashok Joshi - Dean – Management Faculty, Pune 

University and Mr. Vikram Khanolkar, Management 

Consultant. 100 persons attended this panel discussion. 

Panel discussion on ‘Required Attributes for HR Success 

–Experience Sharing’ by Mr. Sharad Joshi, Dean- 

Corporate Relations, Vishwakarma Institute of 

Management, Mr. Abhay Valsangkar - Chief-Admin. / HR, 

Avaya India Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Milind Jadhav - Co-Founder 

& CEO, Selectigence HR Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 100 persons 

attended this meeting. 

Panel discussion on ‘Intricacies of Finance that HR 

Professionals Should Know’ by Dr. Nachiket Vechalekar, 

Associate Dean – Post Graduate Program, INDSEARCH, 

Pune, Mr. Kishore Saletore, Group CFO, Bharat Forge Ltd; 

Pune, and Mr. Girish Ketkar - V. P.- Finance, Thyssenkrupp 

Industries, Pune. 80 persons attended this session. 

Panel discussion on ‘Integrating HR for Business 

Success’ by Mr. Sudhakar Panda, V. P. –HR, Fiat India Ltd, 

Pune, Mr. Mukund Jagirdar, Head – HR & Admin, Essar 

Steels Ltd. Pune and Mr. Ajay Vaidya, G. M. – HR, Thermax 

Ltd. Pune. 65 persons were present. 

Panel discussion on ‘HR Professional on a Treadmill’ by 

Mr. Shounak Deshmukh - Chief Executive Officer, Talent 

Networks, Mr. Raju Nageshkar, Senior G.M.-Personnel & 

HRD, Thyssenkrupp Industries Ltd., and Mr. D. R. Kurane, 

Senior President - Human Capital Management, Yes Bank 

Ltd. 100 persons attended the program.


Training Workshops 

Workshop on ‘Industrial Safety- Prevention of Fires & 

Occupational Illnesses’ was conducted by Prof. Suresh 

Bokil, Safety Professional. 56 persons from various 

Industries responded to this workshop. 

Training program on ‘Customer Relation Skills for 

Telephone Operators/Receptionists/ Front Office Staff’ 

was conducted by Ms. Veenu Shivdasani, Learning and 

Development Consultant. 38 participants attended this 

training program. 

Seminar on “Managing Expectations of Expats 

working and living in Pune” 

Workshop on ‘Explore the Genius Within’ was 

conducted by Mr. Dinesh Nathani - Change Energy 

Evangelist. 22 participants attended this program. 

Round Table Seminar on ‘Managing Expectations of 

Expats working and living in Pune’. Speakers from 

Crown Worldwide Movers and SIETAR India conducted 

the seminar. 40 persons attended this program. 

Workshop on ‘Time Management – Managing Time & 

Relationships’ was conducted by Mr. Sharu Rangnekar - 

Eminent Management Trainer. 28 participants attended 

this workshop. 

Workshop on ‘Smart Supervisor’ was conducted by Mr. 

Rajendra Bharate - CEO & MD, Concepts Clearance Co. 

Pvt. Ltd. 54 participants availed the opportunity of this 

program. 

Other Activities 

Best Human Response Award was jointly organised by 

MCCIA and Rotary Club of Poona West. The Winners were 

ThyssenKrupp Industries and Walchandnagar Industries. 

Mr. Kishor Chaukar, M. D., Tata Industries Ltd. was the 

Chief Guest for the occasion. 

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Safety Activity 

The main highlight of this activity was the Sale of Safety 

Awareness Material. This year, the sale created a record 

in the history of MCCIA, with the total sale crossed Rs.19 

Lakhs. More than 20 different items of safety awareness 

material were sold from three safety sale counters 

specially opened at MCCIA Offices at Tilak Road, Bhosari 

and Ahmednagar. This year material was sold not only in 

Maharashtra but also to companies in Madhya Pradesh 

and Haryana. 

Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General, MCCIA 

inaugurated the Safety counter at Tilak Road Office. 


Chairperson : Adv. S. B. Inamati 

Officer : Mr. S. H. Rairikar 


Panel discussion on ‘Industrial Relations – Prospects & 

Retrospects’ by Dr. Satish Koushik, Director, Deccan 

Management Consultants, Mr. Sudhir Phatak - Dy. G.M.- 

HR, Tata Motors Ltd., Mr. Raju Nageshkar, G. M.- Personal 

& HR, ThyssenKrupp Industries Ltd., Prof. Ajit Abhyankar, 

CITU, Mr. Maruti Jagadale, President, Sandvik Asia 

Employees Union. 90 people attended the meeting. 

Panel discussion on ‘Principles of Natural Justice’ by Mr. 

Vaibhav Ramtirthakar, Management Consultant and 

Trainer. Mr. Ramesh Patil - HR Director, Serum Institute, 

Mr. Ajit Abhyankar, Union Leader and CPI (M) Activist & 

Adv. Rajiv Joshi were the other panelists. 75 persons 

attended the discussion. 

Presentation on ‘Cummins India Ltd.- Country IR 

Strategy’, by Dr. Capt. Pramod Kand, Country Leader (IR), 

Cummins India. 85 persons attended this program. 

Presentations on the recently signed Wage Agreements 

of Sandvik Asia Ltd. and Bharat Forge Ltd. and

IR Forum Meeting. 

Speaker : Dr. (Capt) Pramod Kand, Country leader - 

Industrial Relations, Cummins India Ltd. 

presentation on the latest important judgements on 

Labour Laws were made. Mr. Sunil Kode, G. M. (HR), 

Sandvik Asia Ltd., Mr. Nageshkumar - V. P. (HR), Bharat 

Forge Ltd., Adv. S. B. Inamati - Chairman, IR Committee, 

MCCIA, made the presentations. 130 persons attended 

the meeting. 

Training, Workshops and Seminars 

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Two days workshop on ‘21 Century Union Leader – 

Leadership Challenges’ by Mr. S. G. Apte - Director, 

Gapset Consultancy and Adv. S. B. Inamati of Deccan 

Management Consultants. 25 participants attended this 

Workshop. 

Workshop on ‘Strategic Staffing’ by Mr. Kuldip Joshi - 

Eminent Management Trainer. 10 participants attended 

this workshop. 

Information Technology Committee 

Chairperson : Dr. Deepak Shikarpur 


Dewang Mehta Memorial Event 

As a mark of respect to the tremendous contribution of 

Legendary IT Evangelist Late Mr. Dewang Mehta, MCCIA 

has been organizing events in his memory in April every 

year. This year's event focused on Affordable 

Computing, IT for Academic Excellence and New 

Business Opportunities. Speakers at the event included 

Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh- Director General, MCCIA, Dr. 

Deepak Shikarpur, Chairman, Information Technology 

Committee-MCCIA, Dr. R. K. Shevgaonkar, the then Vice 

Chancellor and Mr. Najib Khan – CEO, Bharati Airtel Ltd. 

Presentation on Bangalore IT.Biz 2011 and various IT 

and e-Governance initiatives of Government of 

Karnataka 

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Audience at the Dewang Mehta Memorial lecture 

A presentation on one of the major IT events in India – 

Bangalore IT.Biz and informative address on e- 

Governance initiatives of Government of Karnataka was 

organized for the benefit of the IT community from Pune. 

Mr. M. N. Vidyashankar, I. A. S., Principal Secretary, 

Department of IT, BT S&T, DPAR (e-gov), Government of 

Karnataka, delivered the keynote address. 

Presentation on Current Economic Situation in USA and 

Implications for IT Industry 

Mr. Kenneth L. Coleman, Chairman of Accelrys, Inc. and 

MIPS Technology and Saama Technologies, Inc. 

addressed the participants about the current economic 

scenario in USA and the prospects for IT and ITES sector 

etc. 

Special program on Enterprise Cyber-Security 

Speakers for the program included Dr. Deepak Shikarpur, 

Chairman- IT Committee, MCCIA, Mr. Anshul Abhang, 

Director, Fluxonix Security Solutions, Mr. Mahesh 

Sonawane – Chief Information Security Officer, Sungard, 

Mr. Ashish Pradhan, Senior Director-Engineering, 

Symantec, Dr. Sanjay Shinde, DCP - Cybercrime and 

Economic Offences Wing, Pune. The event was organized 

jointly with Fluxonix Security Solutions. 

Workshop on drafting a Winning Bid Document 

The workshop was conducted by Mr. Waman Jawadekar. 

It helped the participants to understand the 

characteristics of a Winning Bid Document. 

Interactive session for SMEs on Protecting your 

Business from Cyber Thefts 

This workshop provided a good opportunity to the 

participants to learn about the legal, commercial and 

ethical issue involved in cyber security. Speakers for the 

session were Ms. Nina Godbole and Adv. Vaishali 

Bhagwat.


Amsterdam Mayor Event 

Special executive briefing session : Amsterdam 

Metropolitan Area, European Business Hub for ICT 

Companies 

A high level delegation from Amsterdam, led by 

Honorable Mr. Eberhard van der Laan, Mayor of 

Amsterdam came to Pune. The purpose of the event was 

to provide a more detailed insight into the advantages of 

the regulatory and business environment in Amsterdam 

and the Netherlands. This event was organised by 

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency and supported 

by Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and 

Agriculture. 

We organized a session to present prospective careers 

in ITES sector for the student community and their 

parents, to encourage them to choose ITES sector from a 

wide range of career options such as Banking, Finance, 

eGovernance, Telecom, Testing, healthcare etc. 

Program on Career opportunities for ITES Sector 

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Infrastructure Facility and Real Estate 

Committee 

Chairperson: Mr. Suhas Mantri 

Officer: Mr. D.V Shukla 


Presentation on Pune : Still the Best Investment 

Destination 

This presentation was organized jointly with Khed 

Economic Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. The seminar 

highlighted the huge investment opportunities for 

potential investors. 50 participants attended the 

program. 

Seminar on Opportunities and Challenges in Slum 

Rehabilitation Projects 

This seminar was organized to create awareness about 

the new Slum Rehabilitation Policy of the Government. 

Mr. Sachin Ahir, Minister of Housing, Government of 

Maharashtra, was the Chief Guest for the seminar 

wherein 79 people participated and interacted with the 

Minister and Slum Rehabilitation Authority officials. 

Representations made to the Government 

1. Representation was submitted to Mr. S. D. Landge, 

Director- Town Planning, Government of 

Maharashtra, Pune regarding Amendment in the MR. 

TP 1966. 

2. Representation was submitted to Shri Balasaheb 

Thorat, Honorable Minister for Revenue and Khar 

Land, Government of Maharashtra regarding B. T. and 

A. L. section 63 Restriction, Permission for purchase 

of land, Transfer of Industrial Land and Concessional 

Stamp Duty for Industrial Land. 

3. Representation was submitted to Shri Prithviraj 

Chavan, Honorable Chief Minister Government of 

Maharashtra regarding need of additional FSI for 

Industries in Agriculture Zone and in Municipal Limits. 

4. Representation was submitted to Shri Chagan 

Bhujbal, Honorable Minister for Public Works, 

Government of Maharashtra, regarding Need of Smart 

Card system at Toll Collection Centers / Toll Plazas on 

State and National Highways. 

5. Representation was submitted to Shri Hassan 

Mushrif, Honorable Minister for Labour and Special 

Assistance, Government of Maharashtra, regarding 

Need of Capacity Building and Training of Labour. 

6. Representation was submitted to Shri Mahesh 

Pathak, Commissioner – PMC and Shri. Asheesh

Sharma, Commissioner – PCMC regarding Need of 

detailed Map for City Infrastructure Facilities. 

7. Representation was submitted to Shri Pranab 

Mukherjee, Honorable Finance Minister, Government 

of India regarding Exemption of Excise Duty on Ready 

Mixed Concrete and exemption of Service Tax on 

Rent. 

8. Representation was submitted to Shri Prabhakar 

Deshmukh, Divisional Commissioner – Revenue, 

regarding need of simplified N.A. approval process of 

lands. 

Interactive sessions with Government Officials 

19-09-2011 : Meeting with Dr. Sanjay G. Kolte, Addl. 

Chief Executive Officer, Slum Rehabilitation Authority 

on opportunities under Slum Rehabilitation Authority. 

Seminar on Opportunity & challenges in 

slum rehabilitation projects 

International Business and Relations 

Committee 

Chairman : Mr. Ajay Mehta 



Individual Business Meetings with Mr. Jean-Guy 

Schattens, Trade and Investment Commissioner, 

Wallonia (Belgium) Economic Representation 

Mr. Jean-Guy Schattens, Trade Commissioner for AWEX 

in Mumbai visits Pune regularly. Interests are explored 

with those who are keen on importing from Wallonia- 

Belgium, forming joint ventures with companies, 

investing in the Wallonia region and even exporting to 

Wallonia. 

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Individual meetings with Official from Consulate 

General of the Netherlands in Mumbai 

Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and 

Agriculture and Consulate General of the Netherlands in 

Mumbai signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 

promoting business and institutional linkages aimed at 

promoting imports, technology, events etc. Mr. B. B. 

Bansal, Commercial Advisor at the Consulate General of 

the Netherlands visits Pune regularly for one to one 

meetings with representatives of companies from Pune 

region that are interested in exploring possibilities of 

cooperation. 

Pune Unplugged 2011 Events 

In order to make the expatriates in Pune feel at home the 

idea of Pune Unplugged was conceived in 2009. We 

have had two editions of PUNE UNPLUGGED in 2009 and 

2010. Going by the response from the expatriate 

community, we decided to make it an annual feature. 

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Pune Unplugged 3.0 was held from 7 -16 October 

2011. 

Volkswagen India Private Ltd. was the Platinum Sponsor 

for the event. Nirlep sponsored cooking demonstrations. 

Our Hospitality Partners were Marriott Hotel and 

Convention Centre, Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale, Four 

Points by Shereton, Ista, Vivanta by Taj Blue Diamond and 

Red Carpet Hotel Management and Culinary Academy 

and Hyatt Regency Pune. 

Pune Unplugged 3.0 included the following events: 

• Football matches & demonstration of some traditional 

Indian Sports 

• Indian and other cuisine demonstrations 

• Dutch evening hosted by the Consulate General of the 

Netherlands 

• Display of Decorative items and Traditional wear, Food 

and Dances featuring various facets of Deepavali 

celebrations in India 

This year, we combined Pune Unplugged with the 

following events: 

• Oktoberfest organized by Indo-German Chamber of 

Commerce 

• Telly Billy – A German Play on Handling TV (in English 

Language) by GRIPS -Theater Berlin, organized by Max 

Mueller Bhavan 

• Jazz Festival organized by Pune Jazz Club 

Meeting with a BOP Business Delegation from Japan 

We welcomed a delegation that was organized by Japan 

External Trade Organization on behalf of Ministry of


Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) – Government of 

Japan to promote industry and economic cooperation 

policies. Delegates from Government Offices, Trade 

Promotion Organisations and 15 Japanese companies 

participated in the mission. 

One-to-One Business meetings with Taiwan Trade 

Mission 

Individual meetings with Delegates of Trade Mission 

from Taiwan 

The Chamber and Taipei World Trade Center, Mumbai 

organized one-to-one meetings to meet members of a 

Multi-sector Trade Mission from Taiwan. The delegates 

from Taiwan were from sectors such as Machinery for 

Textiles sectors, LED Products, Bicycle Machinery, 

Electronic components, Household Electronics, Screws 

and Bearings, Turnkey Solutions, IT Peripherals, 

Automobile parts Machinery, Solar Technology, 

Healthcare, Sporting Products and Kitchen Hardware 

sector. 

Meetings with Italian Companies from Automotive 

sector 

The Chamber and Italian Trade Commission in Mumbai 

organized an interactive session and individual business 

meetings with representatives of over 25 companies 

from the automotive sector from Italy to Pune. H.E. Mr. 

Giacomo Sanfelice di Monteforte, Ambassador for Italy 

to India, Mr. Giampaulo Cutillo-Consul General for Italy in 

Mumbai, Mr. Augusto D Giacinto, Trade Commissioner for 

Italy in Mumbai and visiting delegates expressed sincere 

thanks to MCCIA and participants from Pune for an 

extremely useful interactive session and individual 

meetings. 

Seminar on Investment and Business Opportunities in 

the Piemonte Region, Italy 

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visited Pune to present the regional drivers to attract 

Foreign Direct Investment in the Piemonte Region and 

financial assistance to foreign investors. The Italian 

Trade Commission (I.C.E.) in collaboration with the 

Piemonte Region (Northern Italy) and the Chamber 

organised a seminar on this occasion. 

Special interactive session on Doing Business with 

Ethiopia 

Mr. Genet Teshime, Consul General for Ethiopia in 

Mumbai addressing the Business Community 

MCCIA organized an interactive session with Mr. Genet 

Teshime, Consul General for the Federal Republic of 

Ethiopia. He addressed the participants from Pune about 

the opportunities for trade and investment in Ethiopia 

particularly in Agro-processing, food and beverages, 

Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Mining, and energy 

sectors, Textile and apparel industry , Leather products, 

Packaging, Construction materials, Education and health 

and other sectors. 

Interactive session on role of an International Chamber 

of Commerce in Pune in Today's Interconnected world 

and Celebration of Belgian National Day 

The interactive session included presentations by Mr. 

Jean-Joël Schittecatte, the then Consul General for 

Belgium, Mr. Ajay Mehta – Vice President and Chairman, 

International Business and Relations Committee, MCCIA, 

Mr. Sven De Wachter-Co-ordinator for IBLCCI, Pune 

Chapter, Ms. Vandana Saxena Poria-Chairperson of 

British Business Group, Mr. Zubin Kabraji-Regional 

Director, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce and Mr. 

Xerxes Master, Vice-President, IBLCCI. This was followed 

by celebrations of the Belgian national day and 

networking. 

Special session to explore the business opportunities in 

Life Sciences in the UK: Innovation through Industry, 

Academia, Research and Healthcare 

We organised a special session to explore business 

opportunities in Life Sciences sector in the United

Kingdom jointly with British Trade Office, Pune. 

Interactive session with Mr. Chris Wiseman- Sector 

Manager, TWI- United Kingdom 

Mr. Chris Wiseman, Sector Manager, TWI-United 

Kingdom held an interactive session with MCCIA 

Members from engineering and allied sectors who are 

looking for assistance in their R & D initiatives. 

Interactive session with H. E. Prof. Piotr Klodkowski, 

Ambassador of Poland to India 

H. E. Prof. Piotr Klodkowski, Ambassador for Poland 

to India addressing Business Community 

The session focused on prospects of imports, exports, 

joint ventures, investing in Poland, expanding reach in 

EU through Poland for sectors such as Energy 

(Conventional and Green), Metallurgy, Coal, Mineral 

extraction, Machine-building, Electronics, Electrical, 

Automotive, Information Technology, Machine Tools, 

Food processing and allied sectors. 

An interactive session on Perception of India in 

Germany and International Community and prospects 

for Indo-German cooperation 

The Chamber jointly with Indo-German Chamber of 

Commerce, Pune and Germany-India Round Table 

organized an interactive session on Perception of India 

in Germany and international community, as well as 

prospects for Indo-German cooperation in select sectors 

such as Automotive, Engineering, Engineering Design 

Food Processing, Renewable Energy, Information 

Technology among other sectors. Mr. Ajit Gupte, Deputy 

Chief of Mission-Embassy of India in Berlin – Germany 

addressed the participants on the occasion. 

Interactive session with Members of Northwest 

Automotive Alliance, United Kingdom 

The session included information about UNIDO 

initiatives for auto components sector in Pune region viz 

Supplier Development Program, Sub-Contracting 

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Exchange, Investment and Technology Partnership 

Program etc. Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh – Director General, 

MCCIA, Mr. Ajay Mehta –Vice President and Chairman of 

International Business and Relations Committee, MCCIA, 

Mr. S. K. Jain and Mr. Vikram Salunke – Vice Presidents of 

MCCIA, Ms. Shilpa Kotwal, UNIDO Representative in 

charge of Supplier Development Program, Ms. Barbara 

Singleton, UKTI Northwest, Advanced Engineering 

Sector Lead, Ms. Carol Holden, CEO – Northwest 

Automotive Alliance addressed the participants. 

Meeting with a Business Delegation from Markham – 

Canada 

A delegation from Markham- Canada led by Mr. Frank 

Scarpitti, Mayor, Town of Markham visited the Chamber. 

There was an interactive session with the visiting 

delegates to discuss scope of business potential 

between the Pune region and Markham, Canada. The 

event included speeches by Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, 

Director General, MCCIA, Mr. S K Jain-Vice President, 

MCCIA, Mr. Frank Scarpitti, Mayor – Town of Markham. On 

this occasion an MoU was signed between MCCIA and 

The Town of Markham. 

The delegation comprised of Councillors from the Town 

of Markham, officials from the Economic Development 

Department of Town of Markham and representatives of 

select companies from Canada. 

Workshop on Global Trade Operations 

The workshop focused on Logistics Process, Incoterms 

2010 and choosing the best possible incoterms, product 

pricing based on incoterms, minimizing cargo damages 

in transit, understanding letters of credit, new payment 

terms, important shipping documents, criteria for 

choosing shipping lines, choosing the best option for 

imports, reasons for delays in customs clearances etc. 

The workshop was conducted by Mr. Rajiv Sathe. 

Interactive session with Members of a Delegation from 

Karlsruhe-Germany 

A business delegation from Karlsruhe-Germany visited 

Pune to explore business and institutional links between 

Pune and Karlsruhe. The delegates included Mr. Ralf 

Eichhorn - City Government of Karlsruhe - Economic 

Development Department, Mrs. Nicole Walther - City 

Government of Karlsruhe - Economic Development 

Department-International Cooperation, Mr. Klaus 

Hoffmann : CEO of Karlsruhe Messe- und Kongress- 

GmbH , Mr. Martin Wacker : Divisional head of Karlsruhe 

Messe, Mr. J. Wagner, freelance journalist , Mr. Bharadwaj 

Dave – Ratna Beratung, official representatives of the 

City of Karlsruhe and Messe Karlsruhe and 

representatives of companies from Karlsruhe.


Seminar on Doing Business with Canada & Presentation 

on India Show in Toronto- Canada 

Seminar on “Doing Business with Canada” and 

Presentation on Indian Show, Toronto 

The Chamber jointly with EEPC India, Consulate General 

of Canada in Mumbai and Indo-Canadian Business 

Chamber organized a seminar on Doing Business with 

Canada and a presentation on India Show, Toronto- 

Canada to enable companies from our region to explore 

possibilities of Doing Business with Canada. 

Round Table on Italian Innovation for Indian Agro and 

Food Processing Sectors and one-to-one meetings with 

delegates from various sectors in Italy 

Italian Innovation for Indian Agro and Food Processing. 

Speaker : Mr. Sergio Sgambato, Secretary General, 

The Indio-Italian Chamber of Commerce 

A business delegation comprising of representatives 

from agriculture, food processing, energy, environment, 

plastics and cold storage segments in Italy visited MCCIA 

for an interactive session and individual business 

meetings with representatives of companies from the 

Pune region. 

Presentation on Auto 21 and Canadian 

Automotive Industry Research and 

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Development Work in Canada and Prospects for 

accessing the same by Indian Automotive Industry 

This session was jointly organized by MCCIA, Consulate 

General of Canada in Mumbai and ARAI. Speaker for the 

session was Dr. Peter Frise, CEO and Scientific Director 

of Auto21- Canada's National Automotive R & D program. 

Interactive session with Mr. Simon Devlin, Managing 

Director of Full Circle Management Solutions 

MCCIA and British Trade Office Pune had organized an 

interactive session with Mr. Simon Devlin, UK to explore 

equity buying options overseas and for those who would 

like to enter Europe for Business Development. 

Presentation on India Engineering Sourcing Show and 

Seminar on Export Potential and Incentives for 

Engineering Exports 

The Chamber jointly with EEPC India had organized an 

event for the benefit of companies from the engineering 

sector. The speakers included Mr. Rajat Srivastava – 

Regional Director – EEC India (Western Region) and Mr. 

Vaibhav Nagarkar-Expert on Foreign Trade Policy and 

Procedures. 

A presentation on Indo – Swiss Social Security 

Agreement and Immigration Laws for Expatriates : 

Implications for Swiss Nationals working in India and 

Indian nationals working in Switzerland 

MCCIA, Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC) and 

Swiss Business Hub India organized the event. Speakers 

at the event included Mr. Ajay Mehta – Vice President and 

Chairman – International Business and Relations 

Committee, Mr. Surendra Pareek, Director, KPMG Tax 

practice, and Mr. Michael Enderle, Chairman and 

Managing Director, Rieter India Pvt Ltd., Pune. 

Interactive sessions for Agriculture and Food 

Processing and Automotive Sectors 

The event was very useful for companies which would 

like to : 

• Access Technology / Equipment from Canada 

• Importing Parts/Systems from Canada 

• Exports and Investment in Canada 

• Representing a Canadian Company in India 

Interactive session with Mr. Barry Buffier, Deputy 

Director General- Department of Trade and Investment 

- NSW Government, Australia 

New South Wales Government (NSW), Australia in 

partnership with the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, 

Industries and Agriculture organized an exclusive 

interactive session with Mr. Barry Buffier, Deputy 

Director General, Department of Trade and Investment -

NSW Government to explore greater business potential 

between Pune and New South Wales based companies 

and opportunities for increased trade and investment. 

Workshop on developing your Cultural Intelligence : 

The Key to Global Success 

The workshop was conducted by Ms Jill Sheldekar, 

Intercultural Trainer and Director of Ethnosynth 

Consulting. The workshop included a panel discussion in 

which the panel members shared their experiences 

about dealing with citizens of other countries and inputs 

about the cultural aspects in global business context. Mr. 

Ajay Mehta-Vice President, MCCIA, Mr. Anant 

Sardeshmukh-Director General, MCCIA, Mr. Bart 

Vanoverbecke, Managing Director of TCR-GIVI India, Ms. 

Barbara Pauels, and Ms. Jill Sheldekar were the panelist. 

E v a l u a t i n g a n d E x p l o i t i n g G l o b a l B u s i n e s s 

Opportunities in Current Scenario 

Mr. Arun Sehgal, Chairman-Chempro Group made a 

presentation on this topic and urged the business 

community to explore non traditional markets for 

business promotion in addition to the present ones. His 

presentation was a part of the event to promote 

International Business Development Form INDIALLIA 

2012. 

Interactive session with officials from National 

Petrochemical Company of Iran 

A delegation from the National Petrochemical Company 

of Iran visited MCCIA to understand the strengths of our 

region and explore possibilities of promoting business 

exchanges in selected areas dependent on Petrochem 

(such as Engineering, Polymers and other areas). This 

visit was part of the UNIDO initiative to promote 

business exchanges for various sectors. Delegation from 

Iran National Petrochemical Co. (NPC) included Mr. 

Mohammad Ziar- DG of Petrochemical Down-Stream 

Industries, Mr. Hamid Ajami - Advisor of Development 

and Planning of NPC and Mr. Vahid Kiani - Manager of 

Infrastructure Affairs and Iran Plast Fair. 

Seminar on Doing Business and Investing in Australia - 

Focus Sectors Automotive and Education 

The Australian Trade Commission in partnership with 

Gujarat NRE, University of Wollongong's Innovation 

Campus with the support of MCCIA organized this 

seminar. The seminar provided an overview of the 

business and investment climate in Australia, showcased 

Australia as a leader in innovation and featured 

participation of a successful Indian investor in Australia. 

Mr. Patrick Kearins, Trade Commissioner for Australia in 

Mumbai and Mr. Creig Peden, Director-International 

Affairs, University of Wollongong – Innovation Campus 

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addressed the participants on the occasion. 

A panel discussion on Challenges involved in 

Identifying Senior Management Talent in Germany and 

India 

Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and 

Agriculture in association with Steinbach and Partner, 

Germany and its recently launched Indian subsidiary, 

Steinbach and Partner Executive Consultants India Pvt. 

Ltd. organized a panel discussion. Mr. Ajay Mehta, Mr. T. 

C. A. Rangachari, Former Indian Ambassador to Germany 

and Mr. Sebastian Steinbach of Steinbach and Partner, 

Germany, were the panelist. 

Interactive session with Mr. Frank Wisner, Former 

Ambassador for USA to India on US - India Relations 

Meeting with Mr. Frank Wisner 

Mr. Frank G. Wisner, Former Ambassador for USA to India 

visited MCCIA for an Interactive session on US-India 

Relations, the Challenges Ahead and their Impact on 

Bilateral Trade. This session provided an useful insight 

into the prospects and challenges ahead for Indo-US 

trade and economic relations. 

Special seminar on How the German PE Investors are 

looking to Internationalise their Portfolio Companies 

This seminar provided a deep insight to the participants, 

about the perspective of German Investors in supporting 

international business of German companies. Mr. Marko 

Maschek from Pinova Capita and Mr. Ajay Mehta–Vice 

President and Chairman-International Business and 

Relations Committee, MCCIA addressed the participants 

on the occasion. 

Interactive session with Consul General for South Africa 

in Mumbai 

Mr. Pule Malefane, Consul General for South Africa in 

Mumbai visited MCCIA for an interactive session with the 

Business Community from the Pune region. He said that


there is a lot of scope in Engineering, Auto components, 

Steel, Machinery, Infrastructure development, Mining 

Equipment, Information Technology, Education and 

Training. 

Workshop on Getting Started with Exports 

The workshop focused on Foreign Trade Policy and 

Procedures, Incentives for Exports, Customs Law and 

Procedures, SEZ Regulatory framework, Excise 

Procedures for Exports and Imports, Logistics 

Management, Incoterms and UCPDC, Shipping 

Documents in International Trade and Financing exports. 

The speakers at the workshop included Mr. P. C. Nambiar 

– Chairman – Foreign Trade Regulations, Committee, Mr. 

Vaibhav Nagarkar, Mr. Anil Bijur, Mr. Rajiv Sathe and Mr. 

Rajdeepak Bhargava. 

Concluding event of UNIDO-MCCIA Supplier 

Development Program under UNIDO SPX initiative 

The companies which participated in the Supplier 

Development Program were : Panse Autocomps Pvt. Ltd., 

MGI Coutier Exotech Industries Pvt. Ltd., Dali and Samir 

Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Micro Supreme Auto Industries (I) 

Pvt. Ltd., Renata Precision Components Pvt. Ltd., United 

Gaskets and Components Pvt. Ltd., Indo Schöttle Auto 

Parts Pvt. Ltd., Nirmiti Auto Components Pvt. Ltd., RICO 

and PreciForge and Gears. 

The program included speeches by Mr. Alejandro Vera, 

Chief Advisor of Investment and Trade Promotion Unit of 

UNIDO, Mr. Ahmet Yilmaz Senior International Expert of 

SDP, Mr. Ajay Mehta- Vice President and Chairman of 

International Business and Relations Committee- MCCIA 

and Mr. Vikram Salunke, Vice President –MCCIA and Ms. 

Shilpa Kotwal-National Expert for UNIDO - Supplier 

Development Program, Mr. Sandeep Balooja, Chairman 

ACMA (Western Region) and Mr. Ashok Havanurkar, 

A.G.M. (Q.A.) Tata Motors. While outlining the 

expectations of OEMs and global players from the Auto 

components industry, speakers appreciated the efforts 

of UNIDO and MCCIA for developing this program and 

expressed keen interest in its future activities. 

Interaction with experts in Automotive Sector from 

Fraunhofer, Germany 

A delegation of experts from various Fraunhofer 

Research Institutes visited Pune. The discussions 

focused on the scope for accessing cutting edge research 

from Fraunhofer Institutes for the benefit of Indian 

Manufacturing Companies. 

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Interactive session with H. E. Mr. Mohammed –Hacéne 

Echarif, Ambassador for Algeria to India 

H. E. Mr. Mohammed –Hacene Echarif, Ambassador for 

Algeria to India visited for an interactive session explore 

possibilities of imports and exports, joint ventures, 

investment in Algeria and participation in Government 

Projects apart from other forms of business and 

institutional co-operation. 

Meeting with a Business Delegation from Estonia 

A high level delegation from Estonia visited MCCIA for 

an interactive session to explore business and 

institutional links between Pune region and Estonia. 

The delegates from Estonia were Ms Kitty Kubo, Head of 

Foresight- Estonian Development Fund, Mr. Margus 

Sarglepp, Charge de Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of 

Estonia in India, Mr. Raul Allikivi, Deputy Director 

General of Economic Policy Department -Estonian 

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Mrs. 

Maria Alajõe, Member of the Board-Enterprise Estonia, 

Mr. Urmas Silman , Director-Estonian Trade and 

Investment Agency and Mr. Nadim Taoubi, Investment 

Project Manager- Estonian Trade and Investment 

Agency, 

Seminar on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies 

–Machine Tools sector in the Basque Country- Spain 

The delegation from Spain included Mr. Bernabé Unda, 

Minister of Industry, Innovation; Commerce and Tourism 

of the Basque Government, Mr. Pedro Esnaola, President 

of the Gipuzkoa Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Gregório 

Rojo, President of the Alava Chamber of Commerce, Mr. 

José Angel Corres, President of the Bilbao Chamber of 

Commerce, Ms. Amaia Ferro, Internationalisation 

Director Gipuzkoa Chamber of Commerce , Mr. Eduardo 

Mozo, Managing Director Alava Chamber of Commerce 

and Ms. Nuria Lopez de Gereñu, General Director of 

CONFEBASK as well as business delegates representing 

several machine tools and accesories manufacturing 

companies. This was done with a purpose of networking 

and to promote the Basque Country region as a hub of 

high end machine tools manufacturers. Information on 

the International Machine tools trade fair, Bilbao was 

also shared.

Janwani 

Chairperson : Dr. Vijay Kelkar 

Established in the year 2006, as an initiative of MCCIA, 

Janwani is striving to make Pune the best place to live 

and work in. The committee has been concerned about 

the city's development and is taking steps to provide 

tangible solutions to complex urban problems. 

Current Updates in Janwani Focus Areas: 

Environment: 

• Project “Nirmal Katraj Dekhane Katraj” bagged the 

i n t e r n a t i o n a l a w a r d t i t l e d “ O u t s t a n d i n g 

Environmental Impact Project Award” at Cummins 

Global Competition: This USD 1000 award for the 

project speaks volumes about the success of this 

project. 

• This project received ISO Standards Certification 

which vouches for the creation of sustainable system 

for waste segregation, collection at source and 

disposal within the ward. 

• Janwani is designing a waste management system for 

Hinjewadi, Maan and Marunje and IT Park. 

• The committee organized a completion on “Clean 

Neighborhood” in Katraj Ward for motivating the 

citizens to segregate waste at source. 

• Initiated a new focus area “Viraasat Pune” for 

addressing the city's need for conserving and 

promoting its heritage. 

City Structure: 

• The City Structure Group gave suggestions to the city 

engineer to include measurable performance 

indicators in the revised Development Plan. 

• The committee also gave suggestions to the State 

Housing Department, Government of Maharashtra on 

its new circular on affordable housing. 

Governance: 

• Budget Booklet “My City, My Money” was published in 

May 2011 which presents PMCs annual budget in a 

simple and people friendly format. 

• Janwani organized workshops on Citizen 

Empowerment and Training of Trainers to encourage 

citizen's participation in city governance. 

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Traffic and Transportation: 

• Along with HIA and MCCIA the committee created a Bus 

Demand Model which addressed the need for buses 

for IT companies for PMC. 

• Conducted Traffic Vision Workshop involving various 

stakeholders with an objective to focus on facilitating 

mobility on to accessibility, public safety and public 

transport. 

• L a u n c h e d T r a f f i c I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m f o r 

Pune Traffic Police which is available at 

www.punetrafficpolice.gov.in 

Chairperson: Mr. Anil Ganu 

Officer: Ms. Geeta Hosmane 

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Pimpri Chinchwad Bhosari Committee 

Pimpri Chinchwad Bhosari Committee made significant 

efforts during the year to make a positive impact on 

various issues related to the MIDC and infrastructure 

facilities for the industries. 

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• 13 April 2011, Octroi meeting was organized at Force 

Motors to discuss Octroi issues-primarily the increase 

in Octroi rate and proposal of rationalization. 30 

delegates from various industries like Finolex, 

ThyssenKrupp, Tata Motors, Garware Wall Ropes, and 

Praditipress etc from in and around Bhosari area were 

present.


Workshops held at MCCIA Bhosari Office 

Sr. 

No 

Title of Event Facilitator / Faculty No. Of 

Attendees 

1. Balance Score Card 

To provide the participants an opportunity 

to look at their performance from all angles. 

2. 

Win Before you Begin 

Strengthening the CEO Customer Relationship 

to successfully grow their business and achieve 

amazing results. 

3. Work Improvement in Small Enterprises jointly 

in association with Directorate of Industrial 

Safety and Health along with International 

Labor Organization. 

4. Employee-ship'- Being a smart Worker' 

Developing commitment to achieve the 

organizational goals, productivity, quality, 

relations through key elements and values such 

as responsibility, loyalty and initiatives. 

5. Become a Successful Leader 

This program guided participants on aquiring 

leadership qualities and becoming an efficient leader. 

6. Yoga a Stress Buster 

A useful session on the benefits of practicing yoga. 

7. Achieve Leadership Success by Using The Power of 

Ownership Success 

Mr. Shrirang Gokhale 48 

Mr. Michelangelo Celli 

Mr.Ingrid Phristensen 

Mr.Vittorio Dimartino 

(ILO) 

Mr. D.K. Saxena 

Mr.Subhash 

Vaishampayan 

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25 

61 

Mr. Amitabh Chandra 31 

Dr. Nitin Unkule 25 

Mr. Mark Fritz 34 

8. Communication Skills Ms. Janaki Narkar Waldoff 39 

9. Seven Greatest Challenges Pertaining to 

Strategy Execution 

10. Changing Mindset for Success 

Success is no mystery but simply the result of 

consistently applying some basic principles. 

11. Benefits of Cloud ERP for SME 

12. Workshop on Mind Map 

A Mind Map is a revolutionary thinking tool that 

can help you do WHATEVER you want to do, in a 

better way. 


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Mr. Advait Kurlekar-CEO , 

Upohan Management Consultant 

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Mr. Jayprakash Zende 31 

Mr. Shaym Sunder 

Chief Knowledge Officer -RAMCO 

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Mr. Dharmendra Rai 30 

13. Certificate Course on Basics of Welding Technology Mr. Vinit Marathe 

Mr. M. S. Subramanian 

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100

Sr. 

No 

Title of Event Facilitator / Faculty No. Of 

Attendees 

14. Unleashing Creativity & Innovation : Proven Path to 

Revenue and Profit Growth 

15. MDP : Telecom from Market Development to 

Operations & Management 

16. 

Filling of Annual Returns Under Factory's Act'1948 

To give elaborate information regarding various 

returns to be filed under the Factory Act, 

17. New Business Horizons : to Explore Business 

Opportunities for Indian Entrepreneurs in India 

& aboard by ICT Oman 

18. 

Unleash the Potential Within 

Importance of motivation, self motivation. 

Importance of self confidence and happy attitude. 

19. Competitive Intelligence 

This program covered what is competitive 

intelligence and how to achieve it. 

20. 

The Talent Reboot 

This program covered aspects on how management 

can mobilize energy, passion and intelligence of 

their teams. 

Mr. Madan Birla 8 

Dr. Suresh Borkar 

Jointly in association with MITSOT 

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Mr. V. H . Deshmukh 156 

Sponsored By ICT 

Oman 

175 

Mr. Minocher Patel 25 

Ms. Varsha Chitale 

Director , Value Notes 

Mr. Dean Van Leuven 

CEO Dinner with ICT-OMAN 

(L to R) Mr. Pankaj Khimji, Mr. Shirish Gupte, Mr. Salim Taman Al Mashani, Mr. Ajay Mehta 

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Polymer & Rubber Committee 

Chairperson : Mr. J. K. Saraf 



Interactive experience sharing session on 'Emerging 

Trends in Bio Based Materials & Products'. 

Dr. Bhima Vijayendran, Senior Research Leader and Vice 

President Business Development at Battelle US 

enlightened 53 delegates during this event 

One day conference on 'Automotive Plastics for Safe 

and Innovative Mobility' at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. 

MCCIA was a conceptual sponsor along with SIAM, ACMA, 

ARAI & AIPMA for the conference. Speakers included 

representatives from Tata Sons Ltd., Suzuki India, VW, 

M&M, Eaton, Reliance Industries Ltd., Sumitomo, Renault 

Nissan, BASF 

Representation in the City level Committee 

This meeting was called by PMC of the City level 

Committee for Plastic Waste Management in Pune. Mr. 

Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General and Mr. J. K. Saraf 

Chairman, Polymer & Rubber Committee represented 

the Chamber. This meeting was held for deciding the 

price of carry bags to be given by retailers as per the 

notification issued by MOEF, New Delhi, and Supreme 

Court order that no carry bags are to be given free. 

Quality and Productivity Excellence 

Chairperson : Mr. A. M. Kolah 

Officer : Mr. S. H. Rairikar 

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MCCIA – Quality Forum Meetings 

1. Lecture Presentation on 'World Class Manufacturing' 

by Dr. W. N. Khatavkar - Sr. Quality Consultant. 40 

people attended this lecture-presentation. 

2. A talk on 'Poor Quality Costs' by Mr. A. M. Kolah, 

Director, Q and S Implementation, Forbes Marshall 

Ltd. Pune. 35 persons attended this program. 

(L-R) Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Dr. Bhima Vijayendran, 

Mr. Pramod Chaudhari, Mr. J. K. Saraf (L to R) – Mr. A. M. Kolah, Mr. C. K. Bulakh and 

Mr. S. H. Rairikar 

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5-S Implementation at Shop Floor and Office Areas 

Workshop on '5-S Implementation at Shop Floor and 

Office Areas' by Mr. C. K. Bulakh, Certified Quality 

Engineer and Auditor. 26 participants attended this 

Workshop. 

‘Marching Towards Excellence through participation in 

QCI-DL Shah Award' 

Workshop on 'Marching Towards Excellence through 

participation in QCI-DL Shah Award' by Mr. Avik Mitra - 

Advisor- NBQP, Quality Council of India, New Delhi. 23 

participants attended this workshop. 

Railway, Road, Traffic Committee 

Chairperson: Mr. Chandmal Parmar 

Officer : Mr. Parag Kulkarni 

The committee regularly identifies critical issues and 

takes them up with concerned Ministers, Departments 

and Authorities at Central, State and Local level. 

Matters concerning Railway Commuters 

Representations on following matters were sent to the 

concerned authorities viz. the Hon. Railway Minister, 

Railway Board Chairman, Members of Railway Board, 

General Manager (CR) and Divisional Railway Manager

(Pune). The Committee also represented important 

matters with the Central Ministers from Maharashtra and 

MPs from Pune region to garner support and follow up. 

• In view congestion of Pune Railway Station due to 

movement of over 175 trains, MCCIA demanded 

- A separate terminal for Pune-Lonavla local trains; 

-Two new terminals for long distance trains originating 

from Pune viz. at Manjari/Hadapsar for Mumbai and 

North bound trains plying via Kalyan and at Khadki for 

South, East and North bound trains plying via Daund. 

• Speeding up of trains plying between Pune and 

Mumbai to reduce journey time. 

• Declaration of Lonavla-Pune-Daund-Jejuri as 

'Suburban Zone' to facilitate starting of EMU/DMU 

service in this section considering growing population 

in this region. 

• Merger of Lonavla & Daund Stations as also Daund- 

Manmad Railway Line under Pune Division enabling it 

to make necessary commuter friendly improvements. 

• Speedy completion of electrification of Pune - Daund 

Section. 

• Double line with Electrification of Pune-Miraj- 

Kolhapur section and Daund - Manmad section. 

• Restarting issuing Ordinary Return Ticket system for 

the convenience of the commuters especially children, 

ladies and senior citizens. 

• Restarting allotment of Passenger Reservation System 

Terminals – RTSA (Ticketing Agents). This system was 

convenient for general commuters who could make 

railway reservations through nearby agents. 

• Review of security aspect on the Pune Railway Station 

in view the menace of the terrorist attack at places 

having higher turnout. 

• Vigilance by CCTV cameras at Reservation Centers and 

platforms on the A & B class station in our country. 

Request for budgetary provision for installation as 

well as for regular maintenance and monitoring. 

• Reduction in running time of Kolhapur-Mumbai- 

Sahyadri Express between Pune and Mumbai to 

provide better alternative for the working class of 

people commuting between Pune and Mumbai. 

• Allow Senior Citizens Concession for Tatkal Bookings. 

• Improvement in food quality and services rendered to 

the commuters in the long distance trains and periodic 

third party surprise audits. 

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Pre Railway Budget Memorandum 

The committee had appealed MCCIA members and 

general citizens of Pune, through leading newspapers, to 

send their expectations and suggestions for the Prebudget 

Railway Memorandum. The suggestions received 

from the members, citizens and railway core group 

members were compiled in the form of MCCIA's pre 

Railway Budget Memorandum for 2012-13. The salient 

features were: 

• Two separate memoranda for Railway Ministry and 

Pune Division. 

• Proposals in the memorandum sent to the Railway 

Ministry included broad chapters viz. new train 

requirements, increase in frequency of existing trains, 

Erection of new tracks, infrastructural facilities and 

improvement in other services. 

• Proposals in the memorandum sent to the Pune 

Division included broad chapters viz. Pune Station 

and Pune Division. 

Effective Use of ZRUCC Platform 

The Chairman of the committee has been a member of 

the Zonal Railway Users' Consultative Committee 

(ZRUCC). The committee chairman attended the ZRUCC 

meetings and raised various matters with respect to the 

Pune Division. Major issues included starting of 

additional trains for Mumbai, separate terminal for Local 

Trains, two new terminals at Khadki and Manjari, speedy 

completion of electrification of Pune-Daund section, 

third track between Pune and Lonavla and signalling 

system improvement. 

Matters concerning Road Commuters 

The Committee made representations to Hon. Chief 

Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, Home Minister, PWD 

Minister, respective Secretaries and Departments on the 

following; 

• Strengthening of Public Transport System (PMPML) 

• Safety on Pune Mumbai Expressway 

All Party Conference on PMPML 

On the backdrop of the elections for Pune Municipal 

Corporations, an all party conference was convened with 

a purpose to understand the views of the political parties 

on the pathetic condition of Public Transport System in 

the city and their plans for improving the same. The 

meeting was also attended by the members of the Road 

Core Group. 

Live Telecast of Railway Budget and Interaction with 

the Press 

The committee had organized live telecast of union


railway budget in association with Pune Association of 

Working Journalists at Patrakar Bhavan. The chairman of 

the committee, all members of the railway core group, 

office bearers of Patrakar Sangh and main stream media 

attended the program. 

Chairperson: Mr. Deepak Karandikar 

Officer : Mr. Parag Kulkarni 

Railway Core Group Meeting 

Railway Budget Live Telecast 

Small and Medium Enterprise 

Lean Manufacturing Cluster Activities 

The committee has so far formed four manufacturing 

Clusters under the National Manufacturing 

Competitiveness Program (NMCP), launched by the 

Ministry of MSME, Government of India. 

The two clusters viz. Auto Component Cluster and White 

Goods Cluster successfully completed the project 

activities. Members of the Auto Components Cluster are 

into the second year (advanced lean). The third 

cluster 'Machining and Press Parts Cluster' is into 

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the fourth phase of implementation. The fourth cluster, 

'Light Engineering Cluster' is in its second phase. 

MCCIA has facilitated 40 small scale manufacturing 

companies to start a journey towards achieving 

manufacturing excellence. The participating companies 

have benefitted by way of improvement in productivity, 

material movement, plant layout, reduction in inventory 

levels, reduction machine breakdown, enhanced 

workers participation, positive work culture and last but 

not the least, enhanced customer confidence. 

Common training programs and review meetings have 

been organized for each cluster. 27 for Auto Component 

Cluster (Year II), 13 for White Goods Cluster and 14 for 

Machining and Press Parts Cluster. 

Industrial Study Tour 

A delegation comprising of 30 CEOs and Coordinators of 

the Lean Manufacturing Clusters companies visited 

Polyhydron Pvt. Ltd. situated at Belgaum. The members 

of the delegation visited the production facilities of the 

company and gained first hand experience and 

information on various lean initiatives deployed by the 

company. The members also had an opportunity to 

interact with the CEO of the Company and get valuable 

inputs. 


In order to strengthen the computer skills of small scale 

entrepreneurs various workshops were held in which we 

saw good participation from the SMEs. 

The workshops that were held for improving the working 

knowledge of computers are as follows; 

Workshop on “Advanced features of MS-Excel” 

• Enhance Office Productivity by Effectively using MS 

Office 

• Multiply Your Skills under MS Excel (Two Day 

workshop) 

• Advance Features of MS Word

• Add Power to Power Point Presentation 

• Mastering MS Outlook for Effective Time Management 

Smart Worker – An Organizational Strength 

This specially designed motivational program for 

workers was presented in an easy to understand 

language. Program focused on work culture, 

productivity, efficiency and other personal skills 

development. This program was attended by 68 

participants. 

Transforming SMEs through Lean Manufacturing 

Practices 

After successful implementation of a year-long three 

lean cluster projects, SME Committee presented this 

special program for the benefit of Owners, CEOs, Plant 

Heads, In charge of Production / Shop Floor / Inventory 

Management / Machine Maintenance, etc. from Small 

and Medium sector manufacturing companies. The 

program provided valuable insights in each and every 

aspect of adoption of Lean Manufacturing techniques in 

the manufacturing units. 26 participants attended the 

program. 

Awareness Programs 

Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General, MCCIA 

distributing appreciation certificate to cluster-3 members 

Lean Cluster Awareness Programs at Pune and Satara 

In order to sensitize small scale manufacturing 

companies, two awareness programs were organised in 

Pune and Satara. Mr. Subrata Pal, Director & Group Head, 

National Productivity Council, New Delhi and Dr. Sumit 

Roy, Lean Councilor, presented the salient features of 

the scheme. Members of the existing clusters also shared 

their experiences with the prospective members. 

Benchmarking program for cluster members 

Two programs were organised for the members of Auto 

Component Cluster and White Goods Cluster. Mr. 

Douglas Comrie, Managing Director, B & M Analyst, South 

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Africa presented the world wide scenario on SME 

Benchmarking and position of the cluster member 

companies vis-a-vis their counterparts around the globe. 

An awareness program on the services offered by PUM 

Netherland as consultancy services to SMEs was 

organized; which saw a good and an interactive 

participation. 

Interaction with Prof. Nomura 

Prof. Nomura, a Japanese Lean expert, visited two 

companies from the Auto Component Cluster. His 

feedback about the visit and subsequent interactions 

provided valuable inputs to the participating members 

on several topics involved in the process of Lean 

implementation. 

Basics of Benchmarking and its benefits to 

Manufacturing SMEs 

This awareness program was jointly organised with B & M 

Analyst, South Africa for the benefits of owners and CEOs 

of SMEs. 

e-Tendering System and its benefit to SMEs 

Electronic Tendering / Common purchase program is one 

of the best ways to reduce the procurement cost of raw 

material. The participants got exposure to the features of 

the e-tendering software developed by MKCL. 

Chairperson : Mr. Y.H. Gharpure 

Officer : Mr. Lalit Waykole 

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This activity is in collaboration with Voluntary 

Executives Forum of India (VEFI), Pune since May 1999. 

The main purpose is to provide consultancy /advisory 

services of the registered SEF Associates to needy small 

and medium scale industries at a reasonable price and 

simultaneously also to help Senior Retired Executives 

from industries and various other fields to get 

consultancy / advisory assignments. Upto March 2012, 

we had 250 consultants registered as members under 

SEF. The sub-committee conducted regular monthly 

lecture meetings for its members. During this year 25 

lecture - meetings of SEF were organized under the 

Chairmanship of Shri.Y.H.Gharpure & Shri.R.M.Shah, 

Vice-Chairman of SEF. 

Meeting, Symposium & Workshops : 

Lecture on “Jain's Principle of Anekantwad & Peace of 

Mind” was delivered by Late Shri Shantilal Shah, Eminent 

Income Tax and Sales Tax Consultant of Pune. Over 30 

people attended the lecture.


Lecture presentation on “Social Gerontology – No Cage 

is Gold and No age is Old” was delivered by Shri Avinash 

Lakare. 21 people attended the presentation. 

A presentation on 'Bhutan on Bikes' was made by Shri 

Saket Shah and his team. Over 31 people attended the 

same. 

Lecture - (in Marathi) on Silicon Valley – 'Ek Ajab 

Rasayan' - (funny chemistry) was delivered by Mr. Ulhas 

Joshi. 20 SEF members attended this presentation. 

Lecture - was delivered by Prof. Datta Limaye on 

Vridhatvatil Virangula – Mazhya Vyavsayik Natakatil 

Gamti Jamti. Over 23 SEF members attended the 

program. 

Lecture - by Shri J.K. Saraf on “Drive to Kashmir-Leh- 

Ladakh from Pune”. 21 people attended the program. 

A workshop on “Ultimate Health & Happiness” was 

organized by SEF. Dr. Shirish Patwardhan, Dr. Nitin 

Unkule, and Dr. Dilip Sarda guided the participants. Over 

30 people attended the workshop. 

A presentation on “Problems of Elderly in Orthopedic & 

Diabetic Area” by Dr. Abhijit Joshi, M.B.B.S., D. Ortho, 

Fellow NUH (Singapore) was organized. 23 SEF members 

attended the presentation. 

Presentation by Shri Bhagwan Harani, BE (Mech) on 

"Physics Applied to Human Psychology (Manas Shastra) 

- Do you want to be Happy, a Scientific Approach" was 

organized. 15 SEF members attended the same. 

Lecture - on “Janandolane – Swatantrya Purvichi ani 

Janandolane - Swatantrya Nantarchi” by Adv. Nitin M. 

Apte, B.Com and L.L.B. was organized. 19 people 


SEF jointly with Defence Committee of MCCIA had 

organized a presentation on “Self Reliance in Defence 

Equipment through Indigenisation with Public-Private 

Partnership”. The presentation was made by Air Vice 

Marshal (Retd) RD Limaye, AVSM (MSc, FAeSI). 20 people 


A lecture - by Shri. Arvind Karmarkar, SEF Associate & 

Demand Management Expert on "Increasing 

SIGNIFICANCE of University-Industry Joint R&D for 

Developed Nations and vis-a-vis to us, India"! was 

organized. 19 SEF members attended the same. 

A presentation by Shri Rajesh Kumar on "Sustainability 

Reporting" was organized. 22 SEF members attended 

the presentation. 

A presentation on “Solid Waste Management, 

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Water Purification and other social welfare issues” by 

Shri. Jayprakash Sahadeo Paradkar, NGO Activist was 

organized. 20 people attended the same. 

A presentation on ”Diet and Lifestyle for Health in the 

21st Century – A Self-Empowerment Guide” by Dr. S.G. 

Kane, Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering & 

Independent Researcher was organized. 25 SEF 

members attended the presentation. 

Lecture - by Shri Sarang Yadwadkar, B.Arch., F.I.I.A. on SIS 

of the river navigation/restoration project was 

organised. 16 people attended the same. 

A presentation on "Various Issues in Lok Pal Debate" by 

Shri Y.H. Gharpure, Chairman, SEF was organized. Over 

30 people attended the presentation. 

A presentation in Marathi on "Aaplya Purvajaani 

Swikarleli Samaj Vyavashta Aani Tyat Jyeshta 

Nagarikaanche Sthaan" by Lt. Col. (Retd.) Shri M.G. 

Athavle, MIE(I), DBM, Past President ASCOP was 

organized. 36 people from all walks of life attended the 

program. 

A lecture - in Marathi on the concept of "Senior Citizen 

Katta – Ek Virangula Kendra” by Adv. Madhavi Gokhale, 

was organized. 20 SEF members attended the lecture. 

A joint seminar by SEF and Pune Housing Federation and 

Navi Mumbai Housing Federation on “Housing 

Cooperatives & the Legal Issues” was organized. 

Chairmen and Representatives of Pune Housing 

Federation and Navi Mumbai Housing Federation guided 

the participants about various issues of Housing 

Cooperatives. Over 22 people attended the seminar. 

A presentation on "Marketing-Industrial-SEF" by Shri 

Bhagwan Harani, BE (Mech) was organized. 16 SEF 

members attended the lecture presentation. 

A presentation (In Marathi) on "Therapeutic counselling 

and self-healing devices” by Mrs. Lata Chaudhari, BA, 

MSW, was organized. 15 participants attended the 

session. 

A presentation on “Urban Regeneration and Creative 

Economy” By Prof. Akashi Yoshihiko, Osaka City was 

organized. This lecture was co-sponsored by Indo-Japan 

Business Council. 18 participants were present .

State Level Taxation Committee 

Chairperson : Adv. Govind Patwardhan 



MVAT Seminar 

The prime objective of the MVAT seminar was to educate 

tax payers regarding registration, refund, returns, rate of 

tax, etc. The panelist comprised of Adv. Govind 

Patwardhan, Chairman, State Level Taxation Committee, 

MCCIA and Mr. Suhas Padhye, Consultant and Member of 

the State level Taxation committee, MCCIA. The seminar 

was attended by 121 participants. 

Celebration of the Tax Freedom Day 

This was the third year of the event. "Tax Freedom Day" is 

the first day of the year in which a nation as a whole has 

theoretically earned enough income to fund its annual 

tax burden. It is the cost the citizens including 

individuals, corporate and other legal entities pay to 

government for governance. Considering all the taxes 

which we pay , the average tax burden on citizens in India 

is estimated at about 33%. This translates into about 

first four months of the financial year. Thus in a financial 

st 

year commencing on 1 of April, an average citizen works 

till about the last day of July for paying taxes to the 

Government and achieves his freedom from payment of 

taxes in August and that is celebrated as "Tax Freedom 

Day" The citizens neither have mechanism to air their 

grievances nor the efficient redressal system. There are 

sporadic attempts to air grievances. This was an attempt 

to create tax awareness. Mr. Yamaji Malkar, editor – 

Arthapurna, Monthly Magazine and Advisor / Editor – 

"Divya – Marathi" gave the presentation on "Eradication 

of black money" and Mr. Abhay Tilak of Arthabodh gave 

lecture presentation on "Black Money with Middle Class 

Population and it's Effects". The program was attended 

by 55 participants. 

Certificate course in " MVAT and CST 

The certificate course in " MVAT and CST with reference 

to preparation for Sales Tax Audit " was organised which 

saw an inclusion of 64 participants. The faculty for the 

course was Adv. G. Y. Patwardhan, Mr. Anil Vakharia, Mr. 

Hemant Patki, Mr. Amit Sheode, Mr. Milind Bhonde and 

Adv. Mahesh Bhagwat. Various aspects of MVAT and CST 

were covered in the course. 

Workshop on " Issues under VAT Audit ( Form No. 704 ) 

This workshop focused on various issues related to VAT 

Audit and contents of Form No. 704 of MVAT. The faculty 

for the workshop were Adv. G. Y. Patwardhan, CA M. B. 

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Abhyankar and Mr. Suhas Padhye. The workshop was 

attended by 89 participants. 

Tourism Committee 

Chairperson : Mrs. Zelam Chaubal 

Officer: Mr. D. V. Shukla 

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Half-Day Seminar on MVAT. L to R : Mr. G. Y. Patwardhan, 

Mr. Ashok Budhkar, Mr. Suhas Padhye 

Meetings, Seminars and Workshops: 

Presentation on Switzerland 

Presentation on Switzerland : The Best Tourist and 

MICE Destination. 

Presentation on Switzerland : The Best Tourist and MICE 

destination was organized for the corporate sector for 

conducting their Business and Incentive meetings at an 

attractive destination in Switzerland. 65 participants 

attended. 

Representations submitted to Government: 

Representation was submitted to Mr. Mahesh Pathak, 

Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation to make 

Yellow Fever vaccination facility at Pune for tourists who 

visit African and South African countries.


• Interactive session with Government Officials 

We had an interaction with Mrs. Nayana Gurav Bondarde, 

Regional Officer, Maharashtra Tourism Development 

Corporation, to develop Pune, as Attractive Tourist 

Destination. 

Women Entrepreneur Committee 

Chairperson : Prof. Dr. Sayalee Gankar 

Officer : Ms. Medha Kulkarni 

WE-BIZPAD Forum for women entrepreneurs launched 

This is a launch pad for business women to showcase 

their products and services. Women entrepreneurs meet 

regularly to interact and network and broaden their 

horizons via this forum. 

From time to time experts are invited to resolve/guide 

women entrepreneurs on various issues pertaining to 

business. 

Industrial visit for Budding Businesswomen 

An industrial visit was organized for a group of 20 

women entrepreneurs. The two industries that were 

visited were Vishwadeep Press parts Pvt. Ltd, run by Ms. 

Anjali Sahasrabudhe, Director and Unitech Texmech Pvt. 

Ltd run by Ms. Vrinda Bapat, Director. 

Case Study Presentations by Businesswomen 

Women Entrepreneurs’ Group for Industrial Visit 

to Food Industry 

Three women entrepreneurs from different fields were 

invited. Ms. Zelam Chaubal Director, Kesari Tours Pvt. 

Ltd., Ms. Priti Rao, Director, Pumpkin Patch School and 

Child Day Care and Ms. Kamartaj Pathan, Owner, Fashion 

Designing Institute shared their experience as 

successful women entrepreneurs. 

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Seminar on 'Product Packaging with a Businesswomen's 

Perspective 

Mr. R. B. Soundalgekar, a mechanical engineer with 38 

years of experience and expertise in plastics, packaging 

and printing trained 12 women entrepreneurs on the 

importance and ways of product packaging. 

Meeting with Mr. M V Bhagat, Jt. Director of Industries, 

District Industries Centre (DIC) 

Mr. Bhagat interacted with women entrepreneurs on 

various Government schemes available for MSMEs as 

well as schemes enabling women entrepreneurs to 

participate in international exhibitions at a concessional 

rate. He highlighted procedures and rules for subsidy 

applications. 50 women entrepreneurs attended the 

meeting. 

Industrial Visit to Food Industry viz. Desai Brothers 

Limited (Mother's recipes) and Sohum Udhyog 

The visit was organized for women entrepreneurs to look 

at the operational and organizational set up of food 

industry. 18 women entrepreneurs participated in this 

industrial visit. 

International Women Day Celebration 

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International women's day was celebrated on 7 March. 

Smt. Sindhutai Sapkal was guest speaker for this 

function. Mrs. Manisha Dugad, proprietor, Lotus Khakra 

and Dr. Swati Vitonde, Nectar Technologies presented 

case study of their companies. 150 women attended this 

program. 20 women entrepreneurs exhibited their 

products/ services at the exhibition on the occasion. 

Membership Department 


Membership Division 

• A Membership Development Committee was 

appointed for the year 2011-2012 under the 

Chairmanship of Dr. Abhay Firodia, President, MCCIA. 

Other Members included Mr. Mukesh Malhotra, Mr. S. 

K. Jain, Mr. Pramod Chaudhari, Mr. Vikram Salunke, Mr. 

Satish Magar, Mr. Deepak Karandikar, Mr. Arun Kudale 

and Mr. C. V. Chitale. 

• During the year 2011-2012, 42 Members, 528 

Associates and 4 Members of the Committees (Total: 

574) were added. 11 members & 35 Associates (Total 

46 #'s) were also re-associated during the year.

2011-2012 

Classification 

The classification of Membership, Associationship and Membership of the Committees as on 

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31 March 2012 is as follows: 

Members Associates Total 

A. Patrons 27 -- 27 

B. Benefactors 28 -- 28 

C. Life Members 9 -- 9 

D. General Ordinary Members : 

i 

ii 

iii 

iv 

v 

vi 

Company (Without Share Capital) 8 -- 8 

Company (With Share Capital) 483 797 1280 

Proprietorship & Partnership 90 966 1056 

Educational /Social Institutes 10 134 144 

Government & Semi- 5 -- 5 

Government Bodies 

Agricultural Members -- 90 90 

Members of the Committee ** -- 29 29 

TOTAL 660 2016 2676 

MCCIA Team 

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** Classification of Members of the Committee 

Agriculture & Agribusiness Committee 08 

Finance Sector Committee 03 

Intl. Business & Relations Committee 03 

IT Committee 01 

Pimpri-Chinchwad Committee 02 

QPE Committee 01 

SME Committee 04 

Women Entrepreneurs Committee 07 

TOTAL 29

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Sector-wise Distribution of Members & Associates 

Categories #'s 

Automobile & Ancillary 298 

Machinery & Machine Tools 288 

IT / ITLS 259 

Agri & Agri Business 200 

Electronics 182 

Metallic Products & Fabrication 175 

Chemical & Pharmaceutical 163 

Education/Training Institutes/ 

Social Orgn. 144 

Others 142 

Professionals / Individuals 139 

Construction 135 

Electrical 123 

Plastic / Polymer 83 

Metallurgical 40 

Packaging 39 

Paper, printing 38 

Travel & Tourism 33 

Rubber 30 

Telecommunications 30 

Textile 30 

Trade & Industry Association 25 

Mineral Products 23 

Banks & Insurance Companies 18 

Transport Eqpt. 16 

Glass 12 

Wooden 6 

12 

16 18 23 

25 

30 33 38 

39 40 

83 

123 

48 

135 

144 

142 

139 

163 

175 

182 

200 

259 

288 

298


Sr. 

No 

Event name Remarks No. Of 

participants 

1. “AFTER 6” – Business Mixer Presentation on Outsourcing Policies and 

– Satara Edition 

Practices Followed at Fiat India, by Mr. Samir 

Deshmukh, Divisional Manager-Outsourcing, 

Fiat India Auto Ltd. 

There were 9 display tables (3 from Pune & 

6 from Satara) where members displayed their 

services / products. There were also visits 

to two manufacturing units in MIDC Satara. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

6. 

“AFTER 6” – Knowledge 

Gain Series 

Presentation on “Productivity Improvement 

through Vibration Insulation” by Mr. Uwe 

Steudel of Bilz Vibration Technology AG 

Germany. 

“AFTER 6” Business Mixer – Presentations on “Employability” & 

December Mega Edition 

“Computers: How safe are we in the Internet 

Age” by Service Net & Kaspersky Labs. This was 

followed by cocktails & dinner. 

There were 8 display tables where members 

displayed their products / services. 

“AFTER 6” Business Mixer- Mr. Biswas Nair, MD, Proquest Solutions Pvt. 

November Edition 

Ltd. gave a presentation on Cloud Computing. 

Catering Partner: 


Hotel Elite Ambience, 

Kalewadi 


5. “AFTER 6” Business Mixer – Presentation on Vendor department Policies and 

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September Edition 

Practices followed at Tata Motors Ltd. by 

Mr. Shashi Lagwankar, Dy. GM (Materials) , 

Venue Partner: 

Tata Motors Ltd, Pune. 

Hotel St. Laurn, Hinjewadi 



“AFTER 6” Business Mixer – Presentation on Outsourcing policies and 

August Edition 

practices followed at Fiat India by Mr. Sudhir 

Chikhale, GM, Outsourcing, Fiat India Auto 


Ltd, Pune. 

Hotel St. Laurn, Hinjewadi 



7. “AFTER 6” Business Mixer- VP, & Mr. Milind Panditrao, GM, Sourcing 

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June Edition 

Department from Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd gave a 

presentation on Vendor development process 


at KOEL. 

Hotel VITS, Balewadi 



Orientation meeting of New Members 

27.07.11 Orientation meeting of New Members was held at the Chamber. Mr. S. K. Jain, Vice President, Mr. P. C. Nambiar 

Honorary Secretary interacted with the delegates. Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General gave information about 

MCCIA and its activities to about 50 new members 

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60 

80 

90 

65 

65


MCCIA Publications 

“Understanding the IT Capabilities of Pune SMEs 

MCCIA published its survey report on “Understanding 

the IT Capabilities of Pune SMEs”. It was a joint study by 

MCCIA, MITCOM and Persistent Systems. 

There are number of SMEs in and around Pune, mainly 

across the auto and auto component and engineering 

sector. But as far as the IT adoption concerned, it is still a 

thorn issue among these SMEs. They cannot lie low and 

turn a blind eye to the technological developments that 

are taking place at a rapid rate. Keeping all this in mind, 

the study attempted to explore the extent of IT 

penetration among Pune SMEs. 

World of Business : (2011-12)The weekly bulletin of 

World of Business completed forty years of it's 

publication. This 

publication is circulated 

amongst MCCIA members 

and its subscribers. This 

publication includes the 

Amendments to the Acts 

and Rules, Systems and 

Procedures and the 

Bulletins, Notifications 

and Circulars issued by 

the Central Government 

as well as the State 

Government related to 

Direct Taxation, State 

Level Taxation, 

International Trade, 

Banking and Finance etc. 

SAMPADA : ( 2011-12 ) 

Sampada “has completed sixty-seven years of 

publication. 2011-12 saw a revamp of the magazine. 

Articles from cross sections of current interest and issues 

on Finance, Management, Taxation, Human Resources 

etc. are covered regularly through Sampada. 

The high-lights of Sampada for the year 2011-12 are as 

follows : 

April 2011 : 

The articles focused on ”Outlook of the Indian Economy”, 

“Insider Trading”, “IFRS – Financial Reporting System”, 

“Tuk-Tuk meter- mobile auto riksha meter,” “Will the 

tremors of Japan hit world Economy?” and also 

regular series i.e. Athato Arth Jidnyasa, Book 

review, etc. 

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May 2011 : 

The articles focused on “Mumbai cha Dabevala”, “Food 

Safety Act“, “War for Talent,” Sugar co-opertives in 

Maharashtra : A Political Perspective” , Wine Industry in 

Maharashtra: An Introduction”, Globalisation of R&D 

activities”, Importance of Training in Cross Culture Know 

- How”, “A compelling Brand Culture” etc. 

June 2011 : 

The articles focused on “SMEs in India : The Challenges 

Ahead”, “ Energy Audit”, “Inflation Hitting Growth”, R & D 

is the key for Pharma Companies in Maharashtra”, 

Innovation : Prosperity Mantra ”, “Packaging – Unpacking 

The hidden Savings”. 

July 2011 : 

This issue focused on 

“Green brands, India 

Insights 2011”, 

“Punyanagari – is the 

sustainable”, “Finding a 

purpose in Life”, ”Soya 

bean related industry”, 

NCL's Contribution to 

Green energy”, “Indian 

decade of innovation”. 

“Sportingly Refreshing” 

were published in this 

issue. 

August 2011 : 

The articles focused on 'Boom in Engineering Institute“. 

“Pune the Hub for Engineering Students”, Best HR 

practices' , “Corrosion : The Silent Killer”, “Write in Air”, 

”Super power”, Enlisting of agents of foreign 

companies, “Commerce and Management Education in 

Globalised Scenario”, “Akio Morita founder of Sony 

Corporatin”. 

September 2011 : 

This issue theme was - 

New Paradigms of 

People Development 

“,The articles were on 

“Why you Never Wash a 

rental Car…. And how it 

can help you to become 

a better leader“, People 

Development – The 

Bharat Forge Way“, 

“Transforming SMEs

through Lean Clusters“, “Micro and Small enterprises in 

India : Policy framework and Contribution to National 

Economy”. “150 years of Income Tax” Latin America 

Beckons Indian Industry”. 

October - November 2011 Diwali Special Issue : 

“This was a Diwali special 

issue and the theme was 

India's Hospitality and 

Tourism Industry. ” The 

special issue included 

articles on various 

subjects i.e. “Sociobiological 

basis of 

corruption-relevance 

to the corporate 

world”, ”Solar energy, 

Techno savvy young 

generation“ “Greet 

and Glory – An MSME 

Story”, Mind Maps for Business“, Unlocking 

Entrepreneurial Potential – A Corporate Responsibility” 

“ Defending the Board with Directors and Officers ( D 

and O ) Liability Insurance”, “5 S”, etc. 

December 2011 : 

The theme for 

December issue was 

– Footfall of the 

Foreigner – 

Collaborations and 

Expatriate 

Experiences – An 

Insight“, The articles 

were on “Have 

Reforms Lost 

Legitimacy?“,Emerging 

Tendencies in Rural 

Non – Farm Enterprise Sector : Role of 

Policy”, Nation as an Innovation Laboratory”, What 

SME's can Learn from Mittelstand of Germany”, “Atha 

To Arth Jidnyasa” etc. 

January 2012 : 

The articles were on “ Hannover Messe – 2012. 

“Agritech Israel 2012- Advance salutations from Farm 

to Factory”. The issue also included articles on various 

subjects viz. “Challenges for Export Oriented Indian 

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Information technology 

(IT) Industry”, “Are China 

and india poised to 

become economic 

Superpower soon? ”, 

“The Food safety and 

standads Act 2006 – An 

overview” 

February 2012 : 

The theme for this issue 

was “Agriculture and 

Industry – 

strengthening 

Sectoral Synergies”, 

The articles were on 

“Agriculture can boost 

India's GDP : Gujarat 

shows the way”, Krushi 

vyavsayatil sandhi”, 

Laws of time 

Management”, Why 

Bribery Thrives in India”, 

Strategic Staffing”, 

competitive intelligence 

– A Growing Discipline in India” and 

“Recent Apex Court 

Judgements”. 

March 2012 : 

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The theme for this issue 

was “The 

Entrepreneurship 

Impluse“, The articles 

were on “The Dynamics 

of Entrepreneurship”, 

Journey from E to I, 

”Managing Virtual 

Distance”, ”Anatomy of 

the 'Euro' Crisis”, “Ocean 

Science”, “The 

Management 

Calibrations”, “Industrial Safety” and “Supply Chain 

Management.“


IMPORTANT MEETINGS : 

Meeting with Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Managing Director, 

National Skills Development Corporation 

Meeting with Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Managing Director, 

National Skills Development Corporation was held at 

the Chamber. Dr. Abhay Firodia, President, MCCIA briefly 

presented the multifaceted features of Pune region. Mr. 

Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General, MCCIA made a 

presentation on MCCIA and its activities and expressed 

the Chamber's desire to establish skill development 

training facility at the Chamber. Mr. Dilip Chenoy 

presented some statistics on the current skill 

development and training scenario in the country and 

the long term objectives and targets to be achieved. He 

informed the funding schemes of NSDC for various skill 

development activities. He also pointed out the 

problems and the low employability of current 

graduates from different disciplines. He further 

presented the UDAN scheme. 

A meeting was held at the Chamber regarding 

Meeting with Mr. Mahesh Pathak, Municipal Commissioner, 

PMC on Zero Garbage Project 

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involvement / Participation of Corporates in replication 

of Zero Garbage project and also to come out with 

possible solution for the implementation of this project 

in the entire Pune region. Meeting was Chaired by Mr. 

Mahesh Pathak, Municipal Commissioner, PMC and was 

attended by Office Bearers and Past Presidents of the 

Chamber and CSR Heads, senior officials of Companies 

and representatives of NGOs. 

Meeting with Mr. Ajoy Mehta, Managing Director, MSEDCL & 

Mr. Arvind Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, MSETCL 

An interactive meeting with Mr. Ajoy Mehta, Managing 

Director, MSEDCL and Mr. Arvind Singh, Chairman and 

Managing Director, MSETCL was held at the Chamber 

regarding the various problems faced by our members 

with regards to generation as well as distribution and 

supply of power. The interaction was very fruitful. The 

meeting was attended by President, Past Presidents, 

Office Bearers, EC members, Government officers and 

industry representatives. 

Meetings of the Executive Committee of the Chamber 

were held during 2011-12 on the following dates : 

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30 May 2011 

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26 August 2011 

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18 October 2011 

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27 January 2012 

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5 April 2012 

Government Representations : 

1. Representations made on the issue of Amendment to 

Mathadi Act to : 

• Honorable Shri Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture, 


• Honorable Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of 

Maharashtra

• Honorable Shri Ajitdada Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister 

of Maharashtra 

• Honorable Shri Hassan Mushriff, Minsiter for Labour, 


• Ms. Kavita Gupta, Principal Secretary – Labour, 


• Shri Vijay Achaliya, Principal Secretary, Law and 

Judiciary Dept., Government of Maharashtra 

• Shri H. B. Patel, Secretary, Law and Judiciary Dept., 


2. Representation made on the issue of International 

Airport at Chakan to: 

• Honorable Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister, 

Maharashtra 

3. Representation made on the issue of International 

Industrial Exhibition Centre at Moshi, Pune to : 


Maharashtra 

• Honorable Shri Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture, 


4. Representation made on the issue of Recent 

Amendment to the Section 52A of the MVAT Act to : 


Maharashtra 

5. Representations made on the issue of Steep Hike in 

PCMC Octroi Tariff to : 


Maharashtra 


of Maharashtra Shri Ashish Sharma, Municipal 

Commissioner, PCMC 

6. Representation made on the issue of FSI for 

Industries to : Honorable Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Chief 

Minister, Maharashtra 

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7. Representation made on the issue of Enlistment with 

DGS and D as an Indian Agent of Foreign Principals 

under the 'Compulsory Enlistment Scheme' of the 

department of Expenditure of Ministry of Finance – 

problems faced by Indian Agents of Foreign 

Principals to: 

• Honorable Shri Anant Sharma, Minister for Commerce 

and Industry, Government of India 

• Director General of Supplies and Disposal, New Delhi 

8. Representation made regarding a proposal for 

permission to set up Industrial Parks at sites 

earmarked for various SEZ projects in the State to: 

• Honorable Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of 

Maharashtra 


of Maharashtra 

• Honorable Shri Narayanrao Rane, Minister for 

Industries, Government of Maharashtra 

9. Representation made regarding New Industrial 

Policy, Government of Maharashtra – some 

suggestions on Integrated Industrial Parks to: 

• Mr. Vikas Jain, Officer on special Duty – Industries, 


• Mr. Sanjay Sethi, Development Commissioner – 

Industries, Government of Maharashtra 

• Mr. Aziz Khan, Principal Secretary – Industries, 


10.R e p r e s e n t a t i o n m a d e r e g a r d i n g T a r i f f 

categorization of standalone In-house Research and 

Development centres registered with DSIR/CSIR to: 

• Honorable Shri Ajitdada Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister, 

Government of Maharashtra

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77 Annual General Meeting of MCCIA, 18 September 2011 

Key Note Address 

Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi 

On 'Have Reforms Lost Legitimacy?’ 

Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture had invited Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President of Centre 

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for Policy Research, New Delhi as its chief Guest for its 77 Annual General Meeting held on 18 September, 2011. He is 

one of India's most distinguished think tanks. Earlier he was Professor at Harvard University and Jawaharlal Nehru 

University, New Delhi. 

Dr. Abhay Firodia, President welcomed the Chief Guest, Members and Invitees of the Chamber. He praised the Pune 

growth phenomena citing it better than that of Mumbai and other Indian cities. He said he was concerned about the 

overall world economic scenario. He expressed his worry about the European economy being under heavy debt and the 

stagnating situation in Japan. He added that India and China too are showing signs of an economic slow down. On 

account of the overall slowdown the economic situation, of Western and Southern Maharashtra are of real concern. He 

was happy to note that the Pune region, has seen a significant growth in the automotive sector. Also there is a boom in 

the Indigenous industries. He further said that the IT industry is doing well and education is playing a very powerful 

role in the developmental growth of Pune. 

Dr. Firodia briefly summarized the efforts made by the Chamber. He said that MCCIA being a very active Chamber is 

doing its best to address local and other civic issues. He also briefed all present about the ongoing projects – The 

International Exhibition Centre at Moshi, International Airport at Pune, Metro and other infrastructure projects, which 

are yet to take off. He emphasised that lack of consensus on major reforms has hampered the infrastructural growth of 

the country. He pointed out that this has happened not because of lack of effort by the Chamber, but because of lack of 

political consensus which has led to a lag in infrastructural development. He assured the audience that the Chamber is 

vigorously working on this and is also trying to resolve the issues of value added tax being encountered by mega 

investors in the Western Maharashtra. Last but not the least, Dr. Firodia said that events that have unfolded in the the 

last few months have shown that social and political changes need to be brought about urgently . Transparency in the 

political arena must be committed. He concluded that the socio political reform would ultimately generate support for 

economic reforms. 

Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, addressed the gathering on the relevance of economic reforms in the economy . The summary 

of his speech is as follows. He said that Pune has extraordinary social and cultural heritage and that MCCIA has a 

unique and a special broad based membership of high-tech industries, trade and agriculture. He emphasized that India 

is undergoing momentous changes across social dimensions. In urban India female education has surpassed male 

education. We do not have enough skilled labour and the paradox is that only 20% of female labour enters into the job 

market because of absence of support systems like day care centre, flexible hours of working etc. Institutions have not 

opened up to the requirements of the work force. One of the reasons why economic reforms debate has lost 

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momentum is because we are not focusing on nuts and bolts but directly addressing bigger issues. Economic reforms 

have to take into account various parameters of society to make it more people friendly. There have been twenty years 

of globalization but the response is slow. For the last 20 years of economic reforms the belief was that globalization 

would help India's integration with the rest of the world. Two big beneficiaries of globalization have been India and 

China but the rules of international system were driven by logic. 

“We are now at a historical juncture where both the propositions of globalization in the west – that it's a projection of 

national interest and is good for growth for the population of these countries are going to be unravelled. Almost all the 

institutional innovations we are making now are actually designed to covertly reduce the autonomy of these 

institutions rather than increase it. Under the guise of making these institutions more accountable, there is an attempt 

by the government to wrest control or exercise more influence over these independent regulatory institutions, which 

was one hallmark of economic reform”, he said. 

He further spoke on another dimension of the economy, “Not only is the Land Acquisition Bill a very significant 

legislation that might well make or break Indian industrialisation, but also a bill that represents a return to the 1970s 

mindset, which in the name of accountability and social justice enhances the bureaucratization of the system. I think 

those institutional measures are ones that industry should focus more on, than compensation money”. 

“One of the reasons we have not seen a push on reforms, is because everybody in the planning commission or prime 

minister's office assumed 8% growth as our birthright. That complacency is now beginning to cost us because we did 

not introduce reforms when the going was good”. 

“We have the right to education, and employment has became a right under NREGA. The Rajiv Awaas Yojana will 

probably make at least 250 sq. mtr. cement housing universal in about 10 years. We are actually on the way of creating 

a whole series of universal entitlements, which is all to the good. The difficulty is that the architecture of delivery that is 

going to be used in delivering these universal entitlements is deeply flawed”. 

Speaking on the newly introduced UID system he said, “The UID, which is considered a project with great potential, 

ironically works only with universal systems. UID is not a tool for targeting. So you have a kind of technology 

infrastructure which allows you to create a universal welfare system, yet the classificatory architecture the state is 

going to use is very much from the seventies. So we are squandering that historic opportunity to build an efficient and 

genuine welfare state which could have political ramifications”. 

Further he said that, “Land Acquisition Act and Right to Education Act are indeed some good desired initiatives but 

apparently there are no efforts towards decentralizing various processes and procedures. Provision of fair and 

reasonable compensation, proper rehabilitation should be the basis of Acts such as Land Acquisition Act. However the 

proposed bill has still contains several bureaucratic processes and intervention of bureaucracy. This may lead to more 

corruption at all levels. We need to decentralize the various procedures which would help to prevent corruption”. 

Speaking on capitalization and the Chamber's role in it, he said, “So in short we are facing a situation where the 

underlying dynamism of the Indian economy is real and the fundamentals are powerful but the state is not recognizing 

or understanding the conditions under which these opportunities can be fully exploited. And because the state is not 

recognizing it, there is actually an increasing delegitimization of capital in India once again. I think the question for a 

Chamber like this is that how will you reverse the situation?” 

While expressing his views on urbanization Dr. Bhanu Pratap Mehta said, “The whole discourse on urbanisation is 

caught between two ideal types of visions. One is this de facto reality - messy infrastructure, slums, bad facilities, the 

mess that urban India is. The other discourse is the fantasy of Mumbai as Shanghai. It is the fantasy of slum free India, 

which sounds like a very good idea because slums are humanitarian disasters. But one thing that we don't realize is that 

the masses read this fantasy as - an urban India without poor people.” 

The address was followed by an interactive session. 

Mr. Ajay Mehta, Vice President of MCCIA proposed a Vote of thanks. He expressed his gratitude to 

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Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta for delivering a speech on the occasion of 77 AGM and making the function 

a grand success. 

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Affiliations / Memberships 

• All India Association of Industries, Mumbai (AIAI) 

• All India Organisation of Employers, New Delhi (AIOE) 

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

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

• Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Taiwan (CACCI) 

• Confederation of Indian Food Trade and Industry, New Delhi (CIFTI) 

• Employers' Federation of India, Mumbai (EFI) 

• Federation of Associations of Small Industries of India, New Delhi (FASII) 

• Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) 

• Indian Council of Arbitration, New Delhi (ICA) 

• Indian Merchant's Chamber, Mumbai (IMC) 

• Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai (IGCG) 

• International Chamber of Commerce India, New Delhi (ICC) 

• Maharashtra Economic Development Council, Mumbai (MEDC) 

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

• National Safety Council, Mumbai (NSC) 

• The Council of EU Chambers of Commerce in India, Mumbai 

PAST PRESIDENTS 

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 

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Late Mr. S. P. Khosla 1977-1978 

Late Mr. C. S. Kirloskar 1978-1980 

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 

Dr. N. A. Kalyani 1990-1992 

Mr. Darius Forbes 1992-1994 

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

PRESIDENT 


Chairman, Force Motors Ltd 

VICE PRESIDENTS 


Managing Director, Synergy Emulsifuel Pvt. Ltd. 


Executive Chairman, Praj Industries Limited 

Mr. Vikram Salunkhe 

Managing Director, Accurate Engg. Co. Pvt. Ltd. 

Mr. Ajay C. Mehta 

Managing Director, Deepak Nitrite Ltd. 

HON. SECRETARIES 

Mr. Satish D. Magar 

Magarpatta Township Development and Construction Co. Ltd. 


Director – Group EXIM, Serum Inst. Of India Ltd 

TREASURER 


Director, Praditi Press Parts Pvt. Ltd 

MEMBERS 

Mr. Pramesh Aurora 

President, Liquid Gold Construction P. Ltd 

Mr. Premchand Bafana 

M/s Premchand Ratanchand 

Mr. Ajay Bhagwat 

Renu Electronics Pvt. Ltd. 

Mr. Pradeep Bhargava 


Cummins Generator Technologies India Ltd. 

Mrs. Jyoti D. Bhide 

Director, Deccan Mechanical and Chemical Inds. Ltd. 

Mr. Dilip N. Borawake, Pune 

Mr. Uday Borawake 

Borawake Food Products 

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Mr. John Chacko 

President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India 

Pvt Ltd 

Mr. Prakash P. Chhabria 

Managing Director, Finolex Industries Ltd. 

Mr. Chandrashekhar V. Chitale 

C.V. Chitale and Co 

Mr. Ravi Chopra 

Mg. Director, Piaggio Vehicals Pvt. Ltd. 

Dr. Anand Deshpande 

Managing Director, Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd. 

Mr. Pravin V. Dhole 

Partner, Technofour 

Mr. Anil Ganu 

Director, Innovative Technomics Pvt. Ltd. 

Mr. Rohit Gera 

Joint Managing Director, Gera Developers Pvt. Ltd. 

Mr. Shailendra Goswami 

Pushkaraj Enterprises 

Mr. Prakash S. Jagtap 

Chairman and Mg. Director, Saj Test Plant P Ltd 

Mr. B.N. Kalyani 

Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge Ltd. 

Mr. Bajirao K. Khemner 

Chairman, Sangamner Taluka Shetkari Dudh Utpadak 

and Prakriya Sangh Ltd. 

Mr. Sanjay C. Kirloskar 

Chairman and MD, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. 

Mr. Aspi M. Kolah 

Director, J. N. Marshall Pvt. Ltd. 

Mr. Arun Kudale 

Managing Director, Mikrotech 

Mr. Suhas Mantri 

Chairman, Mantri Constructions Pvt. Ltd.


Mr. Sudhir Mehta 

Managing Director , Man Force Trucks Pvt. Ltd 

Mr. Shailesh Mehta 

Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemical Corporation Ltd. 

Mr. Ramesh Kumar More 

Director, Poona Bottling Co. (P) Ltd. 

Mr. Dinesh Munot 

Chairman and Managing Director 

ZF Steering Gear (India) ltd 

Cdr. Dipak Naik 

Millennium Group 

Mr. R. N. Nimani 

Arco Engineers 

Mr. S. Padmanabhan, IAS (Retd.) 

Mr. Chandmal Parmar 

Timber Agency 

Mr. Abhijit Pawar 

Publisher and Director, Sakal Papers Ltd. 

Mr. Vikram S. Puri 

Natasha Consultants (P) Ltd. 

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Mr.Vijay B. Pusalkar 

Indo Schottle Auto Parts P. Ltd. 

Dr. Sudhir Rashingkar 

RCG Instruments 

Mr. Hakan Kingstedt 

Managing Director & President, Sandvik Asia P Ltd 

Mr. G. A. Sathe 

Chairman and Managing Director 

ELF Filament Ind. Pvt. Ltd. 

Mr. M. A. Tejani 

Managing Director, Gits Food Products Pvt. Ltd 

Mr. Suhas Tuljapurkar 

Legasis Services Pt. Ltd. 

Mr. M. S. Unnikrishnan 

Mg. Director and CEO, Thermax Ltd. 

Mr. Filip Vandenberghe 

Mg. Director, Atlas Copco India Ltd. 

Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar 

Principal Director, Symbosis Society



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