Annual Report 2014-2015

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(U91110KL1948NPL000469)
Post Box No.236, Indian Chamber Road, Mattancherry, Cochin – 682002
Phone: 0484-2225966, Email: [email protected]
Annual Report 2014-2015
ICCI Annual Report 2014-2015
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Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
(U91110KL1948NPL000469)
Post Box No.236, Indian Chamber Road, Mattancherry, Cochin –
682002
C(5)/15
September 10, 2015
To
Ordinary Members, Affiliated Members & Auditors
Annual General Meeting - 30.09.2015
Notice is hereby given that the 118th Annual General Meeting of
the Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Cochin will be held
on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 5.30 pm at its
Registered Office at Indian Chamber Road, Mattancherry, Cochin2, to transact the following business:
ORDINARY BUSINESS
1. To consider and adopt the audited financial statements of the
Chamber as on 31st March 2015 together with the Auditors’
report and the report of the Managing Committee.
2. To elect a President, a Vice-President and five Committee
Members.
3. To ratify the appointment of the Auditors and fix their
remuneration and in this regard to consider and if thought fit,
to pass with or without modification(s), the following
resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
“RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of Section 139
and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act,
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2013 and the rules made there under (including statutory
modification(s) or re-enactment thereof), the appointment of
M/s Kaimal & Co., Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration
No. 001746S), Cochin 682002, which has been approved at the
Annual General Meeting held on 30th September 2014 for a term
of 5 years, (i.e. from the conclusion of the 117th Annual General
Meeting for the financial year ended 31st March 2014 until
conclusion of the 122nd Annual General Meeting for the financial
year ended 31st March 2019), be and is hereby ratified for the
financial year 2015-16 on such remuneration as shall be fixed
by the Managing Committee.”
For Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry,
Sd/K Raghu
Secretary
Note:
1.
A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to
appoint another Member of the Chamber as his proxy to attend
and vote instead of himself subject to the provisions of Section
105 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 19(1) of Companies
(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014. The instrument
appointing a proxy may be in the enclosed Form. Such Form
should reach the Registered Office of the Chamber at least 48
hours before the time fixed for the meeting.
2.
A person can act as proxy on behalf of members not exceeding
fifty and holding in the aggregate not more than ten percent of
the total share capital of the company carrying voting rights. A
member holding more than ten percent of the total share capital
of the company carrying voting rights may appoint a single
person as proxy and such person shall not act as a proxy for any
other person or shareholder.
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Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
(U91110KL1948NPL000469)
Post Box No.236, Indian Chamber Road, Mattancherry, Cochin – 682002
C(5)/15
September 10, 2015
To
- Ordinary Members
- Affiliated Members
Dear Sirs,
Annual General Meeting - 30.09.2015
Election of President, Vice-President and Committee
Members
At the Annual General Meeting of the Chamber to be held on
September 30, 2015, elections will be held for the posts of
President, Vice-President and five Committee Members.
Under the Articles of Association of the Chamber, offices of the
following persons retire from the Committee.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Rajkumar Gupta
K B Rajan
A A Abdul Azeez
Abraham Philip
P M Muralidharan
R Mohandas
Sadiq H kapasi
Vikash Kumar Singhal
:
:
:
President
Vice-President
Immediate Past President
As per the Articles of Association of the Chamber, the retiring
President automatically finds a place in the reconstituted
Committee. Hence elections will be held at the Annual General
Meeting to fill up the posts of President, Vice-President and
five Committee Members.
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Nominations are invited from members for the above mentioned
seven places. While making the nominations, please note the
following:
a) The Nomination should be in the enclosed Form
b) The Nomination should be proposed by one member and
seconded by another member
c) In proposing and seconding the Nomination, the authorised
representative of the member organisation should sign
under the Seal.
d) The Candidate should also sign the Nomination Form
e) The retiring members are eligible for re-election
The Nominations should reach the Chamber Office before 2.00
p.m. on Thursday, the September 17, 2015. The Nomination
papers will be scrutinised at 2.30 p.m. and the list of valid
nominations will be displayed on the Chamber Notice Board at
4.00 p.m. on the same day.
The last date for withdrawal of nominations will be September
24, 2015, (Thursday) up to 4.00 p.m.
For Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry,
Sd/K Raghu
Secretary
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Annual Report of the Committee for the Year 2014-2015
The Committee of the Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
has pleasure in presenting their Annual Report on the working of
the Chamber for the year 2014-2015.
Composition of the Committee:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
19)
20)
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
:
Mr. K B Rajan
:
Mr. A A Abdul Azeez
:
Mr. Abraham Philip
Mr. Alex Rockey#
Mr. Anwar Hashim*
Dr. Baiju Ramachandran
Mr. Balagopala B Pai
Mr. Bharat N Khona
Mr. Divij R Agarwal
Mr. G P Goyal
Mr. Mahesh N Joshi#
Mr. Nishesh Shah*
Mr. P M Muraleedharan
Mr. R Mohandas
Mr. Rajesh Agarwal*
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Agarwal*
Mr. Sadiq H Kapasi
Mr. Ramalingam Iyyer*
Mr. Vikash Kumar Singhal
President
Vice-President
Immediate Past President
The following gentlemen were nominated by the Affiliated
Associations to represent them on the reconstituted
Committee of the Chamber:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
T A Kaleelur Rahman
P C Thomas
Aravind P Patel
Mahesh N Joshi
Amar Bahadhur Singh
G P Goyal
V F Pious
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Cochin Coir Merchants' Association
Cochin Custom House Agents' Association
Cochin Hardware Merchants' Association
Cochin Hill Produce Merchants Association
Cochin Oil Merchants' Association
Cochin Rubber Merchants' Association
Grain Merchants' Association
8.
9.
10.
11.
Mr. Anand Kishor
Mr. Dharmendra D Vora
Mr. P M Premkumar
Mr. Jose J Thaliath
-
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India Pepper & Spice Trade Association
Tea Buyers Association
Cochin Goods Transporters Association
Kerala Handicraft Dealers and
Manufacturer’s Welfare Association
*Elected at the Annual General Meeting held on 30.09.2014 for a three
year term. # Conveyance of the Affiliated Association to the Committee
on 30.10.2014.
Committee Meetings
There were 11 meetings of the Committee during the year under
report.
Sub-Committees
The Committee of the Chamber at their meeting held on
30.10.2014 reconstituted the various Committees of the Chamber
for the year 2014-2015
Civic Forum Committee:
Mr. G P Goyal
Mr. Mahesh N Joshi
Mr. Alex Rockey
Mr. Rajesh Agarwal
Trade Facilitation Committee:
Mr. Anwar Hashim
Mr. Anand Kishor
Mr. Nishesh Shah
Mr. Ramalingam Iyer
Taxation Committee:
Mr. R Mohandas
Mr. Manoj Kamath
Mr. Nithyananda Kamath
:
Chairman
:
Chairman
:
Chairman
Staff Committee
Mr. Sadiq H Kapasi
Mr. A A Abdul Azeez
Mr. Abraham Philip
Mr. Jasbir Singh Chawla
Mr. Nishesh Shah
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Agarwal
:
Membership Development Committee
Mr. Ramalingam Iyyer
:
Mr. Rajesh Agarwal
Mr. Divij R Agarwal
Mr. Nishesh Shah
New Initiatives/Strategies Committee
:
Mr. Anilkumar N Prabhu
Mr. R Radhakrishnan Kamath
Finance Committee
Mr. Sadiq H Kapasi
Mr. A A Abdul Azeez
Mr. Abraham Philip
Mr. Anwar Hashim
Mr. Divij R Agarwal
:
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Chairman
Chairman
Chairman
Chairman
The President and the Vice President will be ex-officio members in all the
above Committees.
Chamber's Representatives on Public Bodies:
Cochin Customs Advisory Committee
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Mr. A A Abdul Azeez
Cochin Customs Public Grievance Committee :
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Mr. A A Abdul Azeez
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Cochin Dock Safety Committee
:
Mr. Rajesh Agarwal
Cochin Port Anti-Pilferage Committee
:
Cochin Port Users' Committee
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
ECGC Co-ordination Committee
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Kerala State Productivity Council
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Permanent Trade Facilitation Committee
:
Mr. A A Abdul Azeez
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Kerala State VAT Consultative Committee
:
Mr. R Mohandas
District Level VAT Consultative Committee, Kochi :
Mr. R Mohandas
All India Organisation of Employers
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Cochin Port Lease Holders Association
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Merchant Navy
:
DRUCC
:
Mr. Baiju Ramachandran
Mr. G P Goyal
Vytilla Mobility Hub
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Mr. K B Rajan
Headload Workers Welfare Board
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
A A Abdul Azeez
DGFT
:
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Mr. G P Goyal
Willingdon Island Parkking Yard
:
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Mr. Nishesh Shah
:
:
:
:
President
Vice-President
IPP
Convener
The Committee approved the above.
Disha Trustees
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Mr. K B Rajan
Mr. A A Abdul Azeez
Mr. Bharat N Khona
Mr. Nishesh Shah
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Mr. T Vidyasagar
Mr. Viswanath Agarwal
Mr. G P Goyal
Mr. R Mohandas
Mr. Sadiq H Kapasi
Retiring Committee Members
At the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, the following
Committee Members will retire by rotation.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
Mr. K B Rajan
Mr. A A Abdul Azeez
Mr. Abraham Philip
Mr. R Mohandas
Mr. Sadiq H kapasi
Membership
At the commencement of the year, there were 555 members on
the rolls of the Chamber. There were 24 new admissions, 3
resignations and 67 cessations during the year. Thus, at the close
of the year the membership stood at 509.
Annual Session
The 117th Annual Session of the Chamber was held at the
Chamber Hall, of the Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry,
Mattancherry, Cochin-682003 on September 29, 2013 at 6.30
p.m. followed by dinner. About 170 delegates attended the
programme. The session was inaugurated by Dr. K N Raghavan,
IRS, Commissioner of Customs, Cochin. The ICCI Export Awards
in various categories were presented on the occasion. A Memento
was presented to the outgoing President of ICCI.
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Highlights of the Activities
Mr.Rajkumar Gupta took over as the New President of Indian
Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Cochin at the AGM held on
30.09.2014 at the Chamber Hall. He succeeded Mr. A A Abdul
Azeez.
In Association with FICCI
FICCI AGM
The 87th Annual General meeting of FICCI was held at the K K
Birla Auditorium, Tansen Marg, New Delhi on 19.12.2014
Meeting was presided over by Mr. Arun Jaitley, Minister for
Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information & Broadcasting,
Government of India. Speakers included Mr. Nitin Gadkari,
Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and
Mrs. Nirmala Sitaraman, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce
and Industry (IC).Dr.Jyotsna Suri was elected as the President of
FICCI, for the coming year. President, Mr. Rajkumar Gupta and
Vice-President Mr. K B Rajan attended the function.
FICCI Kerala State Council Annual Meet 24.11.2014:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the Annual Meet of FICCI
held at Hotel Abad Plazza. The Guest of Honour was Mr.Elias
George, IAS Additional Chief Secretary, Transport, Govt. of Kerala
and Managing Director, Cochin Metro Rail Ltd.
Welcome address by Mr. M G George Muthoot, Chairman, FICCI
Kerala State Council.
Special address were given by :
Dr.Safeena IAS, Development Commissioner, SEZ Cochin.
Dr.Arbind Prasad, Director General FICCI, New Delhi
Dr.G C Gopala Pillai, Managing Director KINFRA
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March 2, 2015: A Critical Analysis on Union Budget 2015-16:
FICCI in association with
Indian
Chamber
of
Commerce & Industry,
TIE, Kerala Merchants
Chamber of Commerce,
Geojit Securities & Ernst
& Young conducted an
Interactive Session at Taj
Gateway, Kochi. Speakers on the occasion were Mr. Deepak L
Aswani, Dr. Rudrasenserma, Mr. Anil Lukose and Mr. Mohammed
Ashraf, President Kerala Merchants Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Rajkumar Gupta, President, Indian Chamber of Commerce &
Industry spoke on the views on the Budget from Trade &
Industry.
29.05.2015 Workshop on Foreign Trade Policy
FICCI in association
with Indian Chamber of
Cochin and Kerala
Merchants Chamber of
Commerce organized a
workshop on Foreign
Trade Policy 20152020, at Hotel Abad Plaza, Ernakulam. The inaugural address was
given by Shri D K Singh, IAS, Addl Director, Directorate General
Foreign Trade, Govt: of India, New Delhi.
Address by guest of honor, Dr. A N Safeena, IAS, Development
Commissioner, Kochin Special Economic Zone. Special address
by Dr. K N Raghavan, IRS, Commissioner of Customs, Kochi.
Observations were made by Shri. Rajkumar Gupta, President ,
Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Cochin, Shri. T K Shahal
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Hassan Musaliar, Chairman, Cashew Export Promotion Council of
India. Shri. Alex K Nainan, Vice President, Sea Food Exporters
Association of India, Kerala Region. Shri. K K Pillai, President,
Kochin Export Processing zone Industries Association.
21.08.2015 Industry Awareness Program by FICCI:
An Industrial awareness program on International equivalence of
accreditation and its benefits to Industry was organized by FICCI,
at Grand Hotel, MG Road, Kochi. Shri. Deepak L Aswani, Co
Chairman FICCI gave the
welcome address. Mr. T K
Jose
IAS,
Chairman,
Coconut
Development
Board, Govt of India,
Kochi gave the Inaugural
address. Felicitation was
done by Mr. Rajkumar
Gupta, President ICCI and
Mr. Gopal Shenoy, Hon’ble Secretary, Kerala Merchants Chamber
of Commerce. The technical session was conducted by Smt. Sashi
Rekha, Director NABCB (National Accreditation Board for
Certification Bodies) and Shri. Rajesh Maheswari, Joint Director,
NABCB.
04.09.2015 Seminar on Improving Employee relations,
Competitiveness and Employment growth towards futuristic
Employment policy:
A one day seminar was organized by the FICCI in association with
AIOE, ILO, FRICL and Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
on Improving Employee relations, Competitiveness and
Employment growth towards futuristic Employment policy. Shri.
Shibu Baby John, Hon’ble Minister of Labour and Employement,
Govt: of Kerala was the Chief Guest. Shri Deepak L Aswani, CoChairman FICCI Kerala State Council. Adv. C B Mukundan,
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President FRICL, Shri. D P Pant, Advisor AIOE, Shri. R
Chandrashekaran, Member ILO, Miss. Panudda Boonpala,
Director ILO, Shri. P M Shankaran, President, Bakers association ,
Kerala and Shri. Rajkumar Gupta, President Indian Chamber of
Commerce & Industry, Cochin, spoke on the occasion.
International Events
23.12.2014 Session with Mr.Jayant Nadigar:
An interactive session with Mr.Jayant Nadigar , Trade &
Investment Commissioner of Flanders Belgium for South
India was held on, 23rd December 2014 in the Indian Chamber
Board room to discuss about the possibilities of trade relations
with Belgium. President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, ICCI Board
Directors Mr. Anwar Hashim, Mr. G P Goyal, Mr. Sadiq H Kapasi,
committee members, Mr.Alex Rockey, Mr. Vikash Kumar Singhal,
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Agarwal, Mr. Mahesh N Joshi and members
from affiliated associations attended the function.
16.02.2015 Visit from ILS, USA:
Mr. Don Wilson, Vice- President Inventory Locater Service and
Mr. Satish Gundala, Business Partner, USA, Visited the Chamber
on Monday 16th February 2015. The purpose of the visit was to
discuss business strategies to offer their services to Boat
Manufacturers and the Ship building industry. President Mr.
Rajkumar Gupta, Board Director, Mr. Alex Rockey, Secretary and
Assistant Secretary were present. Later the ILS representatives
were taken for a visit to Samudra Shipyard.
March 6, 2015: US Consul General visit:
An interactive session with Mr. Phillip A Min, Consul General of
the United States of America, American Consulate General
Chennai was organized by the Indian Chamber of Commerce &
Industry, Cochin supported by Federation of Indian Export
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Organizations (FIEO) at the Indian Chamber hall on 6th March
2015.
This was Mr. Min’s first visit to Kochi. In his keynote address he
claimed that the
Trade
and
Commerce
relation between
USA and India
has strengthened
after the visit of
the
American
President,
Mr.
Barack Obama.
He also added
that the US visa processing procedures has drastically changed
and the time taken for the entire process will only take up to 45
minutes
at
present.
Mr. Min
suggested that more
interactions between
the
business
community of Kochi
and the American
Business Corner have
to be initiated. ABC
offered
its
whole
hearted support to the
“Make in India” campaign by giving more importance to exports
from Kerala to the US for products like Spices, Coir, Rubber, Tea,
Seafood etc.
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, President ICCI, Mr. R Ashokan Dpt Director
General FIEO and K B Rajan, Vice President ICCI spoke on the
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occasion. The Consul General was accompanied by his wife Ms.
Young Lee and Ms. Ariel H Pollock, Public Affairs Office, US
consulate General Chennai.
01.07.2015 US Independence 239th Anniversary:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta along with his wife attended the
239th Anniversary of US Independence celebration at Le Royal
Meridian, Chennai.
23.07.2015 International Seminar at Cochin CollegeThe
Cochin College in
association with the
Indian Chamber of
Cochin
and
US
Commercial Services
organized
an
International Seminar
on
Technology
&
Innovation incentives
and Management on
23rd July 2015.
Ambassador Mr. Robert Holleyman, Department US Trade
representative and Mr.
John Fleming, Principal
Commercial Officer, U.S.
Foreign
Commercial
Service
provided
the
gathering with the inside
outs of the topic. The
informative session was followed by an interactive session where
the students of the Cochin College took part and exchanged their
views and ideas with the dignitaries. Indian Chamber President
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Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, Mr. T Vidyasagar, former President of
Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Dr. Jose P Abraham,
Principal, The Cochin College also shared their views with the
gathering.
Dr. Jaya K R, Head of the Commerce Department, proposed vote
of thanks. Miss. Dawn Shackleford, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade
Representative for India,
USTR Mr. Conor Harrington,
Director of IP, USTR
African High Commission
on 03.09.2015.
The discussion was aimed
at formulating plans and
ideas to enhance the trade
relation between both
India and South Africa.
President, Mr. Rajkumar
Gupta
applauded
the
South
African
High
Commission for making it
to the Chamber.
Visit of Mr. F K Morule,
High Commissioner, South
and Mr. Ravi Issar, Adviser
South
African
High
Commission
on
03.09.2015
Mr. F K Morule, High
Commissioner,
South
and Mr. Ravi Issar, Adviser South
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Interactive Sessions & Meetings:
ESI – EPF Seminar October 9th 2014:
Kerala Merchants Union in association with Forum for
Reforms in Corporate Laws conducted a legal awareness
and updating program on ESI act, EPF act, Bonus and
other Labour Laws at S S Kalamandhir, T D Road Cochin.
Mr.Vishwambaran, former Collector of Cochin was the
Chief Guest. Other dignitaries who were present and
spoke were
Mr.Gopal Shenoy, Secretary Kerala Merchants Union.
Mr.V A Mohammad Asharaf, President Kerala Merchants
Union Adv.C B Mukundhan.
Shri. Rajkumar Gupta, President, Indian Chamber of
Commerce & Industry, Cochin, Mr.David T Mookken,
former President FICCI, Kerala. Rev.Fr.Simon Pallupatta,
Executive Director Catholic Health Association of India.
Mr.K P Ramachandran , President Kerala Small Scale
Industries Association, Mr.Justin Palathara,President All
Kerala Gold and Silver Merchants Association, Mr.Jose
Mohan, General secretary Kerala Hotel and Restaurant
Association.
Seminar on Exports from Kerala – Issues and
Prospects 17th October 2014:
Business Standard in association with Federation of
Indian Export Organizations held a seminar on Export
from kerala – Issues and Prospects at Hotel Pearl Palace,
Ernakulam. The Session was presided over by Mr.Walter
D’souza, regional Chairman FIEO, Southern region.
Speakers Included: Mr. Rajkumar Gupta ,President
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Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Cochin, Mr.S
Anil Kumar, Joint Commissioner Customs, Cochin, Mr. D
Sridhar Dpty. Director General of Foreign trade Kochi,
Mr. C. V. George General Manager,Reserve Bank of India,
Kochi, Mr. George Joseph, Special Correspondent
Business Standard.
Kerala HATS 6th Annual Conference 25th October 2014:
The 6th Annual Conference of Kerala Homestay and Tourism
Society was held at Cochin Club Fort Kochi. The Conference
was inaugurated by Prof.K V Thomas MP. Felicitations were
given by Shri. Rajkumar Gupta, President, Indian Chamber of
Commerce & Industry, Cochin,
Mr. P I Sheik Pareeth, Director of Kerala Tourism,
Mr. P K Hormese Tharakan, former Chief of RAW,
Mr. Domnic Presentation MLA,
Mr. Tony Chammany Kochi Mayor, and
Mr. M T Sivadathan Kerala HATS Director
03.11.2014 Seminar on Foreign Exchange Risk:
Federation of Indian Export organisations(FIEO), in association
with Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Cochin, Religare
Securities Ltd and NSE Ltd conducted a seminar on Foreign
Exchange Risk at Hotel ABAD Chullikal, Cochin.
Welcome address was given by
Mr. A K Vijayakumar, Assistant
Director, FIEO. Felicitations was
done
by
Mr.
Rajkumar
Gupta.
Mrs. Deepa Agarwal,
Head Corporates, NSE Ltd gave
the presentation and Mr. Ankur
Kapoor, Senior Executive operations, Religare Securities Ltd gave the
Presentation on Foreign Exchange Risk Management.
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08.11.2014 Hon’ble Governor’s Visit:
Shri Justice (Retd) P. Sathasivam, Hon’ble Governor of Kerala
visited the Indian Chamber of
Commerce & Industry, Cochin on
November
2014.
He
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inaugurated the Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan campaign, one of the
three main agenda’s for ICCI this
year. The Hon’ble Governor
also honoured the past
presidents with mementos.
President,
Mr.Rajkumar
Gupta and MLA, Mr.Dominic
Presentation spoke on the
occasion. Vice-president Mr.
K B Rajan gave the Vote of thanks.
14.11.2014 Clean Cochin Campaign:
Indian
Chamber
of
Commerce & Industry
together
with
the
Corporation of Cochin,
organized a “Clean Cochin”
Campaign
on
14th
November 2014. MP Mr.K
V
Thomas,
MLA
Mr.Dominic Presentation,
Mayor
Mr.
Tony
Chammany, GCDA Chairman Mr.N Venugopal, Health Standing
Committee Chairman Mr.T K Ashraf, President Mr. Rajkumar
Gupta, board members Mr. Nishesh Shah, Mr. Alex Rockey,
Mr. Sadiq H Kapasi, Mr. Ramalingam Iyer Mr. Mahesh N Joshi and
past president Viresh N Khona took part in the cleaning session.
Members of all our affiliated associations, members from various
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residence associations, members from coronation Club and
Students from five different schools in the Locality also
participated in the Campaign.
25.11.2014 Felicitation to Assistant Commissioner of Police :
A felicitation to the Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr. G Venu
and an Interactive session was
conducted by the Indian
Chamber of Commerce &
Industry at the Chamber Hall
to discuss the issues faced by
the
Chamber’s
Affiliated
Associations,
around
the
neighborhood. President
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, gave the
welcome address. Members form the committee and
representatives from all affiliated associations attended the
session.
ACP assured that a
police constable will be
posted in the Bazar road
on busy days and the
cameras will be made
fully functional very
soon.
Vice-President Mr. K B
Rajan gave the Vote of
thanks.
12.12.2014 Investment Activity Filled Workshop:
An activity filled workshop was conducted by Mr.Prajesh Maroo,
Associate Director of IDFC mutual fund,at the Indian Chamber
Hall on 12th December 2014. The main emphasis was on effects of
Psychological, Social, Cognitive and emotional factors on the
Economic decisions of individuals and Institutions and its
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consequences. The workshop also demonstrated how market
decisions are made based on rules of Thumb (and not strict logic)
and the mechanisms that drive public choice. President Mr
Rajkumar Gupta gave the welcome address and vote of thanks
was give by Secretary Mr, K Raghu.
22.01.2015
Session with Mr.
Elias George IAS:
The Indian Chamber
of Commerce &
Industry,
Cochin
organized
an
interactive session with Mr. Elias George IAS, Managing Director,
Kochi Metro Rail, at the Chamber hall. The topic of discussion
was “Benefits of West Kochi from Kochi Metro”.
Mr. Elias George in his
speech said that the first
Phase of Kochi Metro
from Petta to Aluva is on
its full fledge and is only
below schedule for a
little less than three
months. He informed
that over the course of
time after the first
Phase, Kochi Metro Rail
will extend its services
from
Petta
to
Thripunithura, JLN stadium to Infopark Via Kakkanad, Aluva to
Angamaly and finally from Jos Junction to Fort Kochi.
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He stated that the renovation of boat jetties with international
standards and introduction of World Class boats (Similar to the
ones in Hong
Kong),
Metro
Coaches with the
Apex
specifications will
also take place
simultaneously
with the first
phase of Kochi
Metro Rail. This
would ensure that
the natives around Kochi Metro Rail path way, such as Fort Kochi,
Kakkanad, Angamaly, Aluva etc will have internationally
competent transport systems to take them to their closest Metro
Stations.
Mr. Elias George also explained about the Unified Metropolitan
Transport Authority (UMTA), the idea of which is to ensure 4 key
ingredients.
•
•
•
•
A single transportation network with seamless
interchange for Kochi, which includes buses, boats, metro
and suburban rail.
A single paperless ticketing system on cell phones and
devices.
Operation, Command and Control of Kochi’s
transportation system under one authority with total
traffic management.
Integrated timetable and real-time monitoring of all
schedules
The idea of beautifying the Fort Kochi and Mattanchery with
walkways and cycling paths is also in the process.
The Metro man urged the Indian Chamber of Commerce &
Industry to get involved in every possible way to successfully
complete this world class infrastructure.
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Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, President Indian Chamber of Commerce &
Industry, Cochin gave the Welcome speech and Vice- President
Mr. K B Rajan gave the vote of thanks.
12.06.2015 Session with Mr. Kochouseph Chittilapilly:
An interactive session with the founding chairman of V Guard
Group of Companies, Mr. Kochouseph Chittilapiilly was organized
by the Indian Chamber of
Commerce
&
Industry,
Cochin on 12th June 2015.
The context of the session
was “Responsibilities of a
Businessman towards the
Society”.
President
Mr.
Rajkumar Gupta gave the
welcome address. Board Directors Mr. Rajesh Kumar Agarwal
,Mr. G P Goyal, Mr. Mahesh N Joshi, Mr. P M Muralidharan,
Mr.Ramalingam Iyer, Mr. Sadiq H Kapasi and Past Presidents Mr.
Anil Kumar Prabhu and Mr. Jasbir Singh Chawla also attended the
function. Vice President Mr. K B Rajan proposed the vote of
thanks.
19.06.2015 Session
with Mr. Paul Antony
IAS:
An interactive session
with the Chairman of
Cochin Port, Mr. Paul
Antony
IAS
was
organized by the Indian
Industry, Cochin on 19th
June 2015. The context of the session was “The Future of Cochin
Port”. President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta gave the welcome address.
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Board directors Mr. Abraham Philip, Mr. Alex Rockey, Mr.Anwar
Hashim, Mr. Bharat N Khona, Mr. R Mohandas, Mr.G P Goyal,
Mr.Mahesh N Joshi, Mr.Nishesh Shah, Mr.P M Muralidharan and
Mr. Vikas Kumar Singhal
attended the function.
Representatives
from
CCHAA, Cochin Steamer
Agents Association, Cochin
Chamber of Commerce, DP
World and Trade Union
attended
the
session.
Former Mayor of Kochi Mr.K J Sohan was also present. Immediate
Past President Mr. A A Abdul Azeez proposed the vote of thanks.
28.07.2015 Session with Mr. T N Neelakantan:
The Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Cochin organised
an interactive session with the Vice president and terminal head
of Petronet LNG Ltd, Mr. T N Neelakantan on 28th July 2015 at
their Chamber hall.
The session covered the
Business prospective and
Future of the LNG terminal.
Mr.
T
N
Neelakantan
provided the gathering with a
power point presentation of
the LNG terminal in Vypeen
and its strategies and
hurdles. He said that the main
issue with the public of the city of Cochin is that they are not
aware of the benefits of LNG and are worried about the fact that
there might be high safety concerns once the pipe lines are in
place.
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He added that the flammability of the Liquefied natural Gas is
much lesser than LPG, Diesel, Petrol and other related products
and most of the western countries have implemented it years ago
and has had no safety
related issues.
He argued that the length
of the pipe lines in US and
Europe are 4.8lakhs Kms
and
2.5lakh
Kms
respectively compared to
the 15000kms throughout
India. Even Pakistan being
a poorer nation than India,
has three times more
length of pipelines for LNG.
Not only the safety measures are better but also the cost is less
than 20% as compared to the current Petrol and Diesel Prices.
He opined that the LNG projects in Gujarat and Kochi was
proposed at the same capacity and same time in late 90's. Gujarat
has went on to triple
their
initial
LNG
capacity since then
and Kochi terminal is
still in the same
ground
not
even
utilizing 10% of its
capacity.
He said that if Kerala
could at least meet
50% of its requirement for fuel with LNG, the minimum tax the
State Government would enjoy will be 1100 crores per year.
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He urged the citizens of Cochin to think about the future and
possibilities that the LNG terminal is offering and make sensible
decisions than to hinder the work of laying Pipelines. As such the
LNG terminal is on an a loss of 300-400 crores per year because
of the unwanted issues related to pipeline laying, which is the
responsibility of the Govt to sort out.
LNG makes the city greener as it is the least pollutant fuel in the
world.
Mr Rajkumar Gupta, President ICCI gave the welcome address
and Mr. A A Abdul Azzez, Immediate Past President proposed the
Vote of thanks.
20.08.2015
Interactive
session
with
Addl.
Commissioner of Income
Tax, Kochi:
The Indian Chamber of
Commerce & Industry, Cochin,
organized
an
interactive
session with Smt. S. Uma
Venkatesan, IRS. Additional
Commissioner of Income Tax,
Non corporate, Range-1 &
Range-2 Kochi, on Thursday,
20.08.2015, at the Chamber
hall.
The interactive session was aimed at bridging the gap between
the income tax department and the Tax Payers.
The Members of the Chamber discussed their queries and
opinions with the Addl. Commissioner and her team. Smt. S. Uma
Venkatesan opined that the income tax department is undergoing
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changes which would make the income tax department friendlier
towards the tax payers in days to come. She and her team also
educated the gathering about the recent changes in the Tax laws
and promised that they would be glad to help the tax payers if
need be. President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta gave the welcome
address and Past President Mr. Nishesh Shah proposed the vote
of thanks.
Meetings and gatherings:
Visit of Godrej Official at ICCI on 22nd October 2014:
Mr. Vijayakumar, General
Manager Godrej Industries
Ltd Visited the Indian
Industry, Cochin to felicitate
the President and to offer
Whole hearted support to
“Make In India” program
initiated by the Prime Minister and taken forward by the
Chamber as one of its principle agendas for this year.
Vice-President Mr.K B Rajan, Past Presidents Mr. G P Goyal,
Mr. Sadiq H Kapasi, Mr.Nishesh Shah and Board Directors
Mr.Rajesh Agarwal and Mr.Rajesh Kumar Agarwal were also
present
05.11.2014 Meeting with the Mayor of Cochin:
As part of the “Swachh Bharat” initiative taken up by the
chamber, President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta and Committee member
Mr. G P Goyal met the Mayor of Cochin, Mr. Tony Chammany at
Corporation office Ernakulam, to discuss the Chamber’s
involvement in the Clean Cochin campaign organized by the
Corporation of Cochin from 1st to 14th November 2014.
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09.11.2014 Meeting with Mayor:
A meeting was held at the Chamber hall with the Mayor of
Cochin, Mr.Tony Chammany to plan the events for “Clean Cochin”
campaign. Health Standing Committee Chairman T K Ashraf,
President Mr.Rajkumar Gupta, Past President Mr. G P Goyal,
Committee member Mr.Mahesh N Joshi and members of the Civic
Forum Committee also attended the meeting.
17.11.2014 Annual General Meeting of the Cochin Carnival
Association:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the 31st annual General
Meeting of the Cochin Carnival Association at the RDO Office hall,
Fort Kochi.
19.11.2014 Meeting with Affiliated Associations:
A meeting was held at the Chamber hall with representatives
from all the Affiliated Associations to discuss the issues faced by
the respective associations and to formulate Solutions. President
Mr. Rajkuamar Gupta, Committee members, Mr. G P Goyal,
Mr. Ramalingam Iyer, Mr. Alex Rockey also attended the meeting.
22.11.2014 Meeting with Loknath Behera ADGP:
A meeting was held at the Govt. Guest House, Eranakulam by
Mr. Loknath Behera to discuss about the implementation of
Nirbhaya project in Kerala. President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta and
Committee member Mr. G P Goyal attended the meeting.
05.12.2014 Symphonic Band:
President Mr.Rajkumar Gupta attended the performance by
Indian Naval Symphonic Band at Naval Base, Kochi. Shri. Justice
(Retd) P Sathasivam, Hon’ble Governor of Kerala was the Chief
Guest.
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11.12.2014 Cochin Carnival Press Conference:
President Mr.Rajkumar Gupta attended the press conference at
RDO office Fort Kochi arranged by the Organising committee of
the Cochin Cranival Association. Sub Collector Mr. S Suhas also
attended the conference.
14.12.2014 Navy Drill:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta and Vice President Mr. K B Rajan
attended the Naval operations demonstration, an annual event
organized as part of the Navy week celebrations. Shri. Justice
(Retd) P Sathasivam, Hon’ble Governor of Kerala was the chief
Guest. Fisheries and Excise Minister Shri K Babu, Senior officers
of the navy, CISF and Cochin Shipyard, MLA Shri Hibi Eden and
Shri Benny Behanan and GCDA chairman Shri N Venugopal were
present.
14.12.2014 Cochin Carnival Inauguration:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the Inauguration
ceremony of the Cochin Carnival held at the St. Francis Church
Premises on 14.12.2014. Mayor Mr. Tony Chammany, INS
Dronachariya Commanding Officer Captain Satheesh Shenoy, Sub
Collector Mr S Suhas and Cochin Carnival Committee General
Convener Mr K B Subair also attended the function.
08.01.2015 Session with Mr.Nitin Gadkari:
An interactive session with Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister
for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Government of
India was organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry on
8th January 2015 at the Hotel Taj Gateway, Marine Drive Kochi.
The session involved various dignitaries from the Cochin Port,
Indian Navy, Chambers and other Trade related organizations,
sharing their view with the Hon’ble minister on how to improve
the Transportation and Port facilities in Kerala. The Hon’ble
Minister laid high emphasis on improving the inland waterways
in Kerala. Mr. Shyam Srinivasan, Chairman, CII Kerala state
Council & Managing Director & CEO, Federal Bank gave the
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welcome address and the vote of thanks was given by Mr. Hari
Krishnan Nair Vice- Chairman CII Kerala State Council &
President Western India Cashew Company. President
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, IPP, Mr. A A Abdul Azeez, and Board
Director Mr. Abraham Philip attended the function. They also met
the Hon’ble Minister and expressed their views in person.
15.01.2015 Convention at KMA:
The 34th Annual National Management Convention of the Kerala
Management Association was held at Le Meridian, International
Convention Centre, Kochi. The Chief Guest for the function was
Mr.T N Ninan, Chairman & Editorial Director, Business Standard.
Special address was given by Mr. V G Mathew, MD & CEO, South
Indian Bank Ltd and Mr. Harish Bijoor, Brand Expert and CEO,
Harish Bijoor Consultants Inc. President, Mr. Rajkumar Gupta
attended the function.
19.01.2015 Meeting with Kochi Mayor:
A meeting was held at the Ernakulam Guest House, by the mayor
of Kochi Mr. Tony Chammany to discuss the Draft Solar City
Master Plan Prepared for the Kochi City. President Mr. Rajkumar
Gupta attended the meeting.
28.01.2015 Consumer Forum Meeting:
A consumer Forum meeting was organized by the Cochin
Steamer Agents Association at hotel Whitefort, Maradu. President
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, IPP Mr. A A Abdul Azeez and Secretary
Mr. K Raghu attended the meeting. It was decided to form a
forum consisting of 15 various associations including the Indian
Industry, named as “Cochin Port Users Forum”. Mr. Prakash Iyer
was elected as the Chairman. Forum is founded to deal with the
difficulties faced by the trade and business communities related
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to Cochin Port and Customs. President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta and
IPP Mr. A A Abdul Azeez also spoke on the occasion.
March 3, 2015: Budget Session organised by Malayala
Manorama:
ICCI President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, ICCI Board Director
Mr. G P Goyal attended the session on Union Budget organised by
Malayala Manorama on 3rd March 2015 at Le-Meridien, Kochi.
The Speaker was Dr. Shankar Acharya.
18th April 2015:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, Board members Mr. Bharat
N Khona, Mr. Alex Rocky attended the inauguration of the
Assistant Police Commissioner’s office and community Police
resource centre, Mattanchery. Shri Ramesh Chennithala, Minister
for Home and Vigilance, Mr. K Padmakumar IPS, ADGP south
zone, Shri Dominic Presentation, Hon’ble MLA, Kochi and Shri
Tony Chammany, Kochi Mayer were also present.
19th April 2015:
CII organized an exclusive interaction with Shri Ravi Shankar at
Taj Gateway, Marine Drive, Cochin. President Mr. Rajkumar
Gupta attended the session.
14th May 2015, Meeting at Ernakulam Guest House:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended a meeting organized by
the Kochi Municipal Corporation Mayor, Mr. Tony Chammany, to
discuss on the various aspects of promoting Mattancherry and
Fort Kochi as the prime tourist destination as part of the Visit
Kerala Tourist year. It was decided that the area be given main
priority for cleaning. A Seven member committee was formed
headed by Sub Collector S Suhas to carry out the necessary
implementations in and around Mattancherry and Fort Kochi, in
which the Indian Chamber is also a member.
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25th May 2015, YWCA Fort Kochi:
A meeting was conducted with regard to the Visit Kerala Tourist
Year, in the YWCA hall, Fort Kochi. President Mr. Rajkuamar
Gupta attended the meeting. The meeting was presided by the
Sub Collector, Mr. S Suhas.
26th May 2015, Port Day Celebration:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the Port Day
Celebrations on 26th May, at Samudrika Hall, Cochin Port trust.
Smt. Leena Nair IAS, Chair person, MPEDA was the chief Guest.
Port Trust Chairman, Mr. Paul Antony, Indian Chamber Board
Director and Custom House agent association President
Mr. Abraham Philip, Mr. Prakash Iyer, President, Steamer Agents
Association and other officials of Port Trust also attended the
function.
05.06.2015 Clean Destination Campaign:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the “Clean destination
Campaign”, held at Fort Kochi on 5th June 2015. The Campaign
intends to maintain high standards of Hygiene in every tourist
destinations, all over Kerala. Mr. Dominic Presentation, MLA,
Health Standing Committee Chairman Mr. T K Ashraf, Former
Mayor of Kochi, Mr. K J Sohan, District Collector,
Mr. Rajamanikam, Sub Collector, Mr. S Suhas, Kerala Travelamart
society President Mr. Johny Abraham George attended the
campaign.
19.06.2015 Yoga Awareness Program at Cochin College:
Nehru Yuva Kendra in association with NSS, Samarth yoga
Darshan and Mythri Social Group organized a yoga awareness
program in Cochin College on 19th June 2015. President
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta inaugurated the function.
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25.06.2015 Inauguration of west Kochi Press Club:
GCDA Chairman, Mr. Venugopal inaugurated the new office of the
West Kochi Press Club at Thoppumpady. President Mr.Rajkumar
Gupta, Board Directors Mr. G P Goyal, Mr. R Mohandas Kamath
and Mr. Bharat N Khona attended the function.
06.07.2015 Session at Chinmaya Vidyapeet:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta was invited to Chinmaya
Vidyapeet as the chief guest
to address the students of
the commerce department
as part of their corporate
interactive session. The
students
of
Chinmaya
Vidyapeet shared their
views with the President at
the occasion.
09.07.2015 Meeting organized by Kerala Merchants
Chamber of Commerce:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the meeting organized
by the Kerala Merchants Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Abad
Plaza, MG Road Kochi to discuss about the recent amendments in
the Labor Law and their ill effects to the employers in general.
13.07.2015 Dinner at Hotel Vivanta:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the Dinner party
organized by DP World, Cochin at hotel Vivanta, willingdon
island, Kochi for celebrating the maiden call of Galex service to
International Container Transshipment terminal.
31.07.2015, 37th AGM of Cochin Steamer Agents Association:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the 37th Annual General
Meeting of the Cochin Steamer Agents Association at Casino
Hotel, Willingdon Island, Kochi on 31st July 2015. The Chief Guest
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was Mr. Paul Antony, IAS, Chairman of the Cochin Port Trust and
the Guest of Honor was Dr. K N Raghavan, IRS, Commissioner of
Customs, Kochi.
14.08.2015 Awards at KMA:
President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the presentation of KMA
– NASSCOM IT Leadership award 2014-15 to Mr. PH Kurian IAS,
Principle Secretary (Industries and IT) Govt: of Kerala at the
Centre hotel, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi. Chief Guest of the function
was Mr. Oommen Chandy, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala.
Press Release on Budget 28.02.2015
The president stated through the media for the Union Budget,
that the expected announcements for the MSME Sector not
seen.Increase in service tax rates will have an impact on the
common man.Gold scheme and proposal for curbing Black money
in India and Abroad are welcome measures.Visa on Arrival for
150 countries is a great boost to Tourism.
For the state budget the President opined that the The
Kerala Budget 2015-16 has laid more emphasis on Agriculture
sector, with special focus on Rubber and Spices. Rs.2000 Crores
has been allotted for infrastructure development, such as roads,
waterways and ports. Added to this Rs.940Croes for Kochi Metro
and Rs.600 Crores for Vizhinjam Project is also in line.The Digital
Kerala proposal which aims at making all Government related
documents available online is a welcome measure. Rs475 Crores
has been allotted for the IT industry.
On the other hand the petrol and diesel rates will go up at a rate
of one Rupee/liter, the excess income form which is proposed to
be utilized for building homes for the homeless.
15.08.2015 Independence Day Celebrations:
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President Mr. Rajkumar Gupta hoisted the National Flag of India
at the Chamber park and at the
Chamber, as part of the
Independence Day celebration.
Past Presidents, Mr. Viswanath
Agarwal, Mr. Anwar Hashim,
Mr. Anil Kumar Prabhu, Mr. G P
Goyal, Mr. R Mohandas, Mr.
Sadiq H Kapasi, Mr. Abraham
Philip, Mr. Nishesh Shah, Mr.
Bharat N Khona and Board
directors Mr. Rajesh Kumar
Agarwal and Mr. Ramalingam
Iyyer attended the function.
The function was followed by a
personality
development
session for Students from
different colleges, hosted by
Mrs. Sujatha Manoj (Soft Skill
Trainer). Around 80 Students from 10 different Schools attended
the session. The Students were all awarded certificates for
attending the session.
Various Meetings attended
The President attended various meetings of the following:
1. Cochin Steamer Agents Association
2. Willingdon Island Parking Yard
3. The Cochin Port Lease Holders Association
4. Kochi Metro Rail Ltd
5. The Cochin Port Trust Dock Safety Committee
6. The Cochin Carnival Committee
Mr. Rajkumar Gupta and Mr. Abraham Philip attended the
meeting of Safety Committee, Regional Advisory Committee,
Permanent Trade Facilitation Committee, Public Grievance
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Committee held from time to time. Mr. Nishesh Shah attended the
meetings of Willingdon Island Parking Yard, Mr. A A Abdul Azeez
attended various meetings at Cochin Port Trust and Customs, Mr.
P M Muraleedharan attended the meeting of Merchants navy and
Seamen’s Association. Mr. Rajkumar Gupta attended the meetings
of the Cochin Education Society, Mr. Mohandas and Mr. G P Goyal
attended the dealer friendly meeting from time to time. Mr. G P
Goyal attended the DRUCC meeting.
Affiliated Association
The President attended the Annual functions of the Affiliated
associations namely,
1. The Tea Buyers Association
2. Cochin Rubber Merchants Association
ICCI Trivandrum Activities
04.11.2014:
Dr. Baiju Ramachandran attended an interactive meeting called
by Director, Industries and Commerce, Govt. of Kerala for
formulation of Export Policy for Kerala State.
Shri. Satyajith Rajan IAS, Principle Secretary to the Govt. of
Kerala, Chaired the meeting.
18.11.2014:
Dr. Baiju Ramachandran attended the DRUCC meeting at Rail
Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram.
10.12.2014 Pre Employers Meet at Trivandrum:
Dr. Baiju Ramachandran attended a pre Employer’s meet
organized in the Chamber of the Director of Employment at
Trivandrum on 10.12.2014. The meet was organized as a curtain
raiser for the Job fair named “Niyukthi 2015”.
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28th April 2015:
Board member Dr. Baiju Ramachandran attended DRUCC
meeting at Southern Railways office Trivandrum.
Skills Day Observance on the Occasion of World Youth Skill
Day
Govt of Kerala in association with FICCI organised the Skills Day
Observance on 15th July 2015 at IMG Hall, Trivandrum. Hon’ble
Minister for Labour, Shri.Shibu Baby John was the Chief Guest of
the Programme. Chamber Board Director Dr.Baiju Ramachandran
participated the programme.
Interactive Panel Discussion on Copyright in the
Entertainment
Industry
On 22nd July 2015 ICCI-Tvm in association with the
U.S.Commercial Service, American Consulate General, Chennai,
organised an Interactive Panel Discussion on “Copyright in the
Entertainment Industry” at Kesari Hall, Trivandrum. Ambassador
Robert W.Holleyman, Dy. U.S. Trade Representative was the Chief
Guest. Chamber Director Dr.Baiju Ramachandran presided over
the meeting. Shri.Rajeev Nath, Chairman, Kerala Chalachithra
Academy, Shri.Suresh Kumar.G, Chairman, Kerala State Cultural
Development Board & President of Film Producers Association,
Smt.Deepa D.Nair, Managing Director of Kerala State Film
Development Corporation Ltd & Adv.Venugopalan Nair.S, Senior
IPR Attorney& Copyright Expert were the panalist.
05.08.2015
Chamber director Dr.Baiju Ramachandran attended 63rd DRUCC
Meeting held at Divisional Railway Office, Trivandrum.
07.08.2015
In SSV College, Perumbavoor, Chamber Director Dr.Baiju
Ramachandran addressed the 2 Day UGC National Seminar on
‘Social Responsibility in Modern Era’.
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10.08.2015
Chamber Director Dr.Baiju Ramachandran inaugurated ED Club
(Entrepreneurship Development) in S.N.College, Chempazhanthi,
Trivandrum.
11.08.2015
Chamber Director Dr.Baiju Ramachandran addressed students of
Ivan Business School, Trivandrum in Industry-Academic
Interface. He explained role of ICCI and other Chambers for the
development of commerce and business in Kerala.
13 & 14.08.2015
Chamber Director Dr.Baiju Ramachandran attended 2 Day
National Conference of Company Secretaries held at Kochi on
13th & 14th August at Bolgati Palace. Hon’ble Governor of Kerala
and Chief Minister of Kerala were chief guests.
18.08.2015
Dr.Baiju Ramachandran, Chamber Director inaugurated UGC
National Seminar on “Corporate Governance & Inclusive Growth”
in St.Dominc’s College, Kanjirappalli, Kottayam. The inaugural
function was widely covered by the media.
Secretarial Assistance
The Chamber continued to attend to the secretarial work of the
Cochin Rubber Merchants' Association, the Grain Merchants'
Association and the Tea Buyers Association during the year
under report.
Membership in other Organisations
The Chamber continued to be a subscribing member of the following
organisations:
1.
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi
2.
All India Organisations of Employers, New Delhi
3.
Kerala State Productivity Council, Kalamassery
4.
Cochin Port Lease Holders' Association, Cochin.
5.
Indian Council of Arbitration
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Winners of ICCI Export Awards for 2013-2014 :
Messrs. St. Mary’s Cashew Factory - Cashew Kernels
Messrs. Mangala Marine Exim India Private Limited - Marine Products
Messrs. Season Trading Company - Natural Rubber Exports
Messrs. Synthite Industires Ltd, Kolenchery - Spices Products
Messrs. Kishor Spices Company - Spice Exports
Messrs. JFK International Cochin - Tea Exports
Messrs D C Mills Private Limited-Coir & Coir Products
Messrs. Marine Chemicals-General Category
Winners of K R Mehta Memorial Inter-Collegiate Essay
Competition
FIRST
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Ms. Harshita S (St.Theresa’s College, Ernakulam)
SECOND
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Ms. Bhanusree S Kumar (Sacred heart College, Cochin)
THIRD
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Ms. Smrithi M Kini (The Cochin College, Cochin)
Past Presidents of the Chamber
Haji Abdul Sakoor Haji Essa Sait
Haji Abdulla Haji Adam Sait
Mr. Abdul Sathar Haji Moosa Sait
Mr. Ramjee Cooverjee Pathak
Haji Essa Haji Moosa Sait
Mr. Abdul Latiff Oomer Sait
1897-1904
1905-1917
1917-1922
1922-1924
1924-1927
1927-1930
Mr. Hirjee Khiraj Sait
Mr. Adam Hasham Sait
Mr. Popatlal Goverdhan Lalan
Haji Abdul Karim Haji Abdul Latiff
Mr. N Govinda Pai
Mr. Adam Hasham Sait
Mr. Popatlal Goverdhan Lalan
Mr. Abdul Rehman Haji Ebrahim Cassam
Mr. Kerala Varma Thampuran
Mr. A R Abdul Hameed
Mr. Amritlal Goverdhan Lalan
Mr. N Govinda Pai
Mr. Girdhardas Jairam Asher
Mr. L D Kilikar
Mr. Kantilal Raychand Mehta
Mr. O J Khona
Mr. Jos T Mookken
Dr S B Rao
Mr. P Achuthan Pillai
Mr. T C Varkey
Mr. D B Khona
Mr. S S Koder
Mr. S J Asher
Mr. D A Kamath
Mr. K Narayana Menon
Mr. A C Raghava Menon
Mr. Ahmed Usman Sait
Mr. T Tharanath Shet
Mr. T Koshy
Mr. Abhaykumar A Lalan
Mr. Kailash Gupta
Mr. A V Saraf
Mr. K M K Abdulla
Mr. A Madhavan
1930-1934
1934-1937
1937-1938
1938-1939
1939-1940
1940-1941
1941-1945
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1947-1949
1949-1950
1950-1951
1951-1954
1954-1956
1956-1960
1960-1961
1961-1962
1962-1963
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1965-1966
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1967-1968
1968-1969
1969-1970
1970-1971
1971-1972
1972-1973
1973-1974
1974-1975
1975-1976
1976-1977
1977-1978
1978-1979
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David T Mookken
C C Joseph
N P Ouseph
V P Vijayan Menon
A Gopakumar
Dilip K Mehta
A Ravindranath
M Bhasker Kini
V V Job
Riaz Ahmed
Viresh D Khona
V T Alexander
T Vidyasagar
Viswanath Agarwal
Jai Prakash Goyal
Sadiq H Kapasi
T Vidyasagar (Centenary Year)
G P Goyal
Shivkumar Agarwal
Abraham Philip
Anwar hashim
N Radhakrishnan
Bharat N Khona
P M Muraleedharan
K S Sebastian
Balagopala B Pai
K Retnan
R Mohandas
Anilkumar N Prabhu
Jasbir Singh Chawla
P Prathapachandran
P L Prakash James
Nishesh Shah
A A Abdul Azeez
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2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
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Directors’ responsibility statement
The Directors hereby confirm that:
•
In the preparation of the annual accounts for financial year
ended March 31, 2015, the applicable accounting standards
have been followed.
•
The Directors have selected such accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgments and
estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a
true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company for
the Financial Year 2014–2015 and of the profit and loss of
the Company for that period.
•
The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance
with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and
other irregularities.
•
The Directors have prepared the annual accounts for
financial year ended March 31, 2015 on a going concern
basis.
•
The directors had devised proper systems to ensure
compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and
that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Details in respect of frauds reported by Auditors under sub
section (12) of Section 143 other than those which are
reportable to the Central Government.
Auditors have not reported any fraud during the year under
review.
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Explanations or comments by the Board on every
qualifications, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer
made by (a) the auditor in his report, (b) the secretarial
auditor in his report.
Auditor’s Observation: No provision has been made in the
accounts towards income tax liability, if any, including in respect
of earlier years.
Comments: Consequent to the amendment to the provisions of
section 2 (15) of the Income Tax Act by the finance act 2008, a
view is represented that associations like Chamber may not be
entitled to exemption as a charitable orgsnisation . However, as
the issue has not reached finality, no provision has been made in
the account towards Income Tax liability, if any. In view of the
above, no adjustments have been made for the deferred Tax as
required under accounting standard (AS-22) taxes on income.
Provisions regarding secretarial audit report are not applicable
to the company.
The state of the company’s affairs.
For the Financial Year 2014-15, your company has earned total
income of Rs.78.36 lacs and Net Profit of Rs.10.26 lacs. The
Board will take all efforts to increase the Net Profit in the coming
years.
Amounts, if any, which it proposed to carry to any reserves
No amount was carried forward as reserves and surplus for the
FY 2014-15.
Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the
financial position of the company which have occurred
between the end of the financial year of the company to
which the financial statements relate and the date of the
report
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No material changes and commitments affecting the financial
position of the company occurred between the end of the
financial year to which these financial statements relate and the
date of this report.
Conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign
exchange earnings and outgo.
Since the Company is not engaged in energy intensive unit, the
energy consumption is very marginal and hence the information
as per Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 in respect
of conservation of energy and technology absorption during the
period under report may be treated as nil.
Earnings in foreign currency:
Expenditure in foreign currency:
Nil
Nil
Statutory Auditors
M/s. Kaimal & Co., Chartered Accountants, were appointed as
Statutory Auditors of the Company, for a period of five years at
the annual general meeting held on 30th September 2014.
Necessary resolution for ratification of their appointment for the
financial year 2015-16, pursuant to Section 139 of the Act, is
placed before the members for approval
Details of significant and material orders passed by the
regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going
concern status and company’s operations in future
No major and material orders have been passed by the regulators
or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and
company’s operation in future.
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Disclosure under the Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Provision, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
The Chamber has an Anti Sexual Harassment Policy in line with
the requirements of The Sexual Harassment of Women at the
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. An
Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been set up to redress
complaints received regarding sexual harassment. The following
is a summary of sexual harassment complaints received and
disposed off during the calendar year:
No of complaints received:
Nil
No of complaints disposed off:
NA
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Attendance of Members of the Managing Committee at the
Managing Committee Meetings held during the year 2014-2015
(From 30.10.2014 to 30.08.2015).
No. of Meetings Held: 11
1
Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta President
11
2
Mr. K B Rajan Vice-President
3
3
Mr. A A Abdul Azeez Immediate Past
President
6
4
Mr. Abraham Philip
5
5
Mr. Alex Rockey
9
6
Mr. Anwar Hashim
6
7
4
8
Mr. Balagopala B Pai
4
9
Mr. Bharat N Khona
9
10
Mr. Divij R Agarwal
3
11
Mr. G P Goyal
11
12
Mr. Mahesh N Joshi
5
13
Mr. R Mohandas
7
14
8
15
Mr. Nishesh Shah
9
16
Mr. Rajesh Agarwal
7
17
8
18
6
19
Mr. Sadiq H Kapasi
7
20
7
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CON C L U S I O N
In conclusion, the Committee place on record the valuable help,
assistance,
co-operation and guidance received by them
from the Members of the Chamber during their term of office. The
Committee also places on record with appreciation the work
done by the Secretariat for the successful conduct of the affairs of
the Chamber.
Note:
Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry is a Section
8 company having no share capital. The details required to be
furnished pursuant to sub sections (a), (d), (e), (g), (h), (k), (n),
(o) and (p) of Section 134(3) and Sections 67(3)(c), 129(3),
177(1), 177(9), 197(14) and 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and
the matters to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 8 and 9 of the
Companies (Accounts ) Rules, 2014 may be treated as nil or not
applicable.
For and on behalf of the Managing Committee of
Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Kochi
September 10, 2015
SD/PRESIDENT
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ACCOUNTS
The Balance Sheet and Income & Expenditure Account of the Chamber
for the year ended March 31, 2015 duly audited by Messrs. Kaimal and
Co., Chartered Accountants, Cochin-682002, are attached. The total
revenue receipts amounted to Rs. 78.36 lacs as against Rs.79.77 lacs for
the year 2013-2014. There is an excess of income over expenditure of
Rs. 10.25 lacs for the year as against Rs. 7.88 Lacs during the previous
year.
INTERNAL AUDITORS
Messrs. ASA & Associates LLP, Cochin 682031 are the Internal Auditors
of the Chamber.
Directors Responsibility Statement Under Section 217 (2AA) of the
Companies Act 1956:
The Board of Directors of the Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
confirms;
that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed and there has been no
material departures;
that the selected accounting policies were applied consistently and the
Directors made judgment and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the
Association as on March 31, 2015 and the excess of income over
expenditure of the Association for the year ended on that date;
that proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Chamber and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
that the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31.03.2015
To the Members of
Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry,
Cochin - 2
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Indian Chamber
of Commerce & Industry, Cochin – 2, (“the Chamber”), which comprise the
Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2015 and the Statement of Income &
Expenditure for the year ended on that date, and a summary of the significant
accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Chamber’s Management is responsible for the matters stated in 134(5) of
the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation and
presentation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the
financial position and financial performance of the Chamber in accordance with
the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting
Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with rule 7 of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014.
This responsibility also includes
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions
of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and
detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of
appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of
adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring
the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the
preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair
view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audit. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and
auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit
report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards of Auditing specified
under section 143(10) of the Act. Those standards require that we comply with the
ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material
misstatements.
(Contd….2)
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2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, COCHIN - 2 FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 31.03.2015
An audit involves performing the procedures to obtain audit evidence about the
amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures
selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks
of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error.
In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control
relevant to the Chamber’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial
statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Chamber’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating
the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
the accounting estimates made by the Chamber’s Managing Committee
members, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.
Basis of Qualified Opinion
No provision has been made in the accounts towards Income Tax Liability, if
any, including in respect of earlier years.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, except for the effects of the matter described in the
Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, the financial statement read with the
notes thereon, give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 in the
manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the
Chamber as at 31st March, 2015 and its Excess of Income over Expenditure for
the year ended on that date.
1. As the Chamber is licensed to operate Under Section 25 of the Companies Act,
1956 corresponding to section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, the provisions of
the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2015 issued by the Central Government
of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Companies Act, 2013, are not
applicable to the Chamber.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, COCHIN-2 FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 31.03.2015
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by
the Chamber so far as appears from our examination of the books.
c) The Balance Sheet and the Statement of Income & Expenditure dealt with by this
report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) Except for the effects of the matters described in the paragraph “Basis for
Qualified Opinion”, in our opinion, the Balance Sheet and Statement of Income &
Expenditure comply with the accounting standards specified under section 133
of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of written representations received from the Managing Committee
members as on 31st March 2015, taken on record by the Managing Committee,
none of the Members is disqualified as on 31st March, 2015 from being
appointed as a member of the Managing Committee in terms of Section 164 (2)
of the Act.
f) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in
accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in
our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations
given to us:
i. the Chamber has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial
position in its financial statements – Refer Note 2.2 to the financial statements;
ii. the Chamber did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts
for which there were any material foreseeable losses ; and
iii. there were no amounts during the year, required to be transferred, to the
investor Education and Protection Fund.
For KAIMAL & CO.
Chartered Accountants
Sd/C.A. P.K. SASIDHARAN, FCA
Seal
Proprietor (M.No. : 014994)
Kaimal & Co
Registration No.: 001746 S
Chartered Accountants
Date: 31/08/2015
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