Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Saturday observed the Madhya Pradesh State Annual Day 2013.
The Annual Day included a public session conference on Resurgent Madhya Pradesh: Catalysing the Economic Growth, which was attended by Finance Minister Raghavji, Chief Secretary R Parasuram and Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce and Industry PK Dash.
The Annual Day included the announcement of CII Madhya Pradesh State Council’s new office bearers. Ranjan Mimani takes over as Chairman and CE Fernandes as Vice Chairman
Ranjan Mimani was elected as the Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Madhya Pradesh State Council for 2013-14. Mimani is the Managing Director of Mimani Wires Pvt ltd. which manufactures Bare and Insulated Non Ferrous Conductors. Mimani was the Vice Chairman of CII Madhya Pradesh State Council for the year 2012-13. CE Fernandes was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Madhya Pradesh State Council for 2013-14. Fernandes is currently Chairman and managing director of GEI Industrial Systems ltd, Bhopal.
Post the State Council Announcements, the Public Session conference commenced with opening remarks by RS Goswami. He remarked on Madhya Pradesh’s extraordinary growth, and attributed it to close cooperation between government and industry. Amir Ullah Khan, Noted Economist, and R Mukundan, Deputy Chairman, CII Western Region also addressed the gathering.
The opening addresses were followed by a Panel Discussion on ‘Resurgent Madhya Pradesh: Catalyzing the Economic Growth’. The panelists, Chief Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary agreed that the major thrust areas for catalyzing the economic growth in Madhya Pradesh are Agro products - food processing, and Skill Development.