Thursday, April 14, 2011

Suraj Vaidya elected FNCCI president

Suraj Vaidya has been elected the president of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) by its 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM), Wednesday.

Counting of votes for the president and other posts of the new executive committee of the Federation concluded early morning Wednesday. Elections had taken place Tuesday. Vaidya defeated Ajad Shrestha by a margin of 24 votes, securing 307 votes.

Vaidya represents Vaidya's Organisation of Industries and Trading House (VOITH) in FNCCI and was the senior vice president in the previous executive committee led by Kush Kumar Joshi.

Bhawani Rana, Pradipjung Pandey and Pashupati Murarka have been elected vice presidents. Rana and Murarka are from Vaidya panel, while Pandey is from Shrestha panel.

Vaidya and Rana had contested the election leading two separate panels. Altogether 561 voters from across the country cast their votes during the election of the FNCCI leadership.

This is the first time in the five-decade long history of FNCCI that two separate panels are contested in the FNCCI leadership election.

102 candidates had filed candidacy for various posts in the 61-member executive committee. 13 of them had been elected unanimously. Most of the elected candidates for various posts are from Vaidya panel. nepalnews.com

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