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Mr Rahul Dixit, Chairman – CII Vidarbha Zonal Council & Director, Midland Diesel Services Pvt. Ltd. welcomed the members & briefed on the initiatives & activities executed by CII Vidarbha Zone in last year which were really beneficial to the industries, during the presentation Mr Dixit mentioned some key initiatives like Buyer-Seller Meet, IndNX 4.0: Conference on IoT & Project Competition, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, MICON: HR Conference to name a few.
Mr Narayanan briefed about CII Broad Services portfolio which comprises of the four pillars, Policy Advocacy, International & Business Development Services, Competitive Solutions Nurturing Competitiveness & Connecting with Society. Mr Narayanan debriefed on CII National, Regional and State Theme for the year 2019-2020 : “Competitiveness of India Inc. India @75 : Forging Ahead” which is centred around Employment Generation, Governance, Environmental Sustainability, Energy Security, Rural-Urban Connect and also suggested to plan zonal initiatives to support the national agenda of CII. He also briefed on the various suggested Panels for the state like Rural Urban Connect (Agriculture & Food Processing), Energy & Environmental Sustainability, Membership Connect, MSMEs, Finance & Taxation, Policy Advocacy & EODB, Skill Development & Affirmative Action, Society Connect, Innovation & Manufacturing, Forums & Taskforces like Automobile & Auto Components, Shipping and Logistics, HR, Employability & Textiles. He also emphasized on the various initiatives & activities planned for the year comprising of Buyer-Seller Meets, Inward & Outward Missions, Government Interaction, Ease of doing business, Connect with Society through CSR, Water and Waste Management and other social initiatives & also Leveraging CII services by optimum utilization of My CII services, CII – Centre of Excellences, International Networks.
Mr Jibak Dasgupta, Head, CII Maharashtra State briefed on the CII Services at large & also on mycii.in, the online platform for members & how it is useful & convenient for members to access the relevant information & knowledge source.
Mr Vijay Rawal, Vice Chairman – CII Vidarbha Zonal Council & Director, Lemken India Agro Equipment Pvt Ltd. proposed the vote of thanks & also requested the members to take out the maximum benefits from CII services.
During the interaction, Members from Vidarbha region shared their inputs & suggestions which should be taken up by CII & also shared various problem areas where CII should intervene & take it up with the concerned authorities.
