EPCH holds 36th AGM, elects 6 members into its Committee of Administration
NEW DELHI – 29th September’2022 – Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) today conducted its 36th Annual General Meeting at New Delhi. Raj Kumar, Malhotra Chairman EPCH, Kamal Soni, Vice Chairman-II EPCH, Ravi K. Passi, O.P. Prahladka, K.L. Ramesh, Dr. Bharat Dinesh, Rajesh Jain, Sagar Mehta, Simrandeep Singh Kohli, Hemant Juneja, D. Kumar, Prince Malik, Sharad Bansal, Pradeep Muchalla, Ashok Arora, Arshad Mir, Avdesh Agarwal, Members-COA, Rakesh Kumar, Director General – EPCH and R. K. Verma, Executive Director-cum-Secretary-EPCH, Ravi Kumar Gond, Returning Officer, Election – COA, Najmul Islam, Leading member exporters from Moradabad alongwith member exporters from Delhi, Jodhpur, Moradabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and other parts of the cities were present during the AGM.
Raj Kumar Malhotra Chairman-EPCH chaired the Annual General Meeting and briefed the gathering about various activities and initiatives undertaken by the Council during 2021-22 toward the promotion of exports of handicrafts from the Country. During the fiscal year 2021-22, the Council participated in a variety of activities thereby offering opportunities to the exporting community to perform better in the global market.
One of the agendas of the 36th AGM was to conduct Election of members of Committee of Administration (CoA) as per the available vacancies and Election of six members of CoA were held. Raj Kumar Malhotra was elected from Northern Region; Kamal Soni, Salman Azam and Sharad Kr. Bansal were elected from Central Region; Girish Kumar Agarwal and Hansraj Baheti were elected from North West Region, informed Rakesh Kumar, Director General – EPCH.
As per the EPCH Election Rules, the security deposit of the contesting candidate receiving less than 25% of the votes in comparison to the highest securing candidate, will be forfeited. One of the contesting candidates, Suber Rampurawala of M/s PMC Exports, Indore got less than 25% of the votes, hence, his security deposit has been forfeited.
EPCH being a nodal agency, promoting exports of handicrafts from the Country to various destinations of the world and projects India’s image abroad as a reliable supplier of high-quality handicrafts goods & services. The Handicrafts exports during the year 2021-22 was Rs. 33253.00 Crores (US $ 4459.76 Million) registering a growth of 29.49% in rupee term & 28.90% in dollar terms over the previous year.
