CHAMBER AT WORK : APRIL – MAY – JUNE 2023
26-04-2023 9.30 a. m. The Second Meeting of the Editorial Board Sub-Committee of KCCI for the year 2022-23 was conducted at The Ocean Pearl, Mangaluru. The meeting was chaired by Editor of the KCCI Journal, Ms. Athmika Amin. Present in the meeting was Shri Aditya Pai, Associate Editor and other members Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar, Hon. Secretary, KCCI, Smt. Vathika Pai, Past President, KCCI, CA Salome Lobo Pereira and Shri Sourabh Nahata.
4.30 p. m. The First Meeting of the Board of KCCI for the financial year 2023-24 and the Seventh Meeting of the present committee of KCCI was held at the Board Room of KCCI. Shri M. Ganesh Kamath, President, KCCI chaired the meeting in the presence of other Office Bearers, Directors and special invitees.
28-04-2023 10.00 a. m. KCCI organized a seminar on the ‘Importance of Documentation in Exports & Imports and New Foreign Trade Policy 2023’ at the KCCI Meeting Hall. The speakers for the seminar were Shri Ajit Shah and Shri Mihir Ajit Shah, Consultant, Advisor & Trainer in International Business, Universal Connections, Mumbai. The seminar had the audience of exporters, importers, Custom Housing Agents (CHAs), Chartered Accountants and Tax consultants. KCCI President, Shri M. Ganesh Kamath delivered the Welcome address. KCCI Hon. Treasurer, CA Abdur Rahman Musba introduced the speakers to the audience. KCCI Hon. Secretary, Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar rendered the vote of thanks. KCCI Directors, Shri Nissar Fakeer Mohammed, Shri Jeethan Allen Sequeira and Shri Amit Ramachandra were also present.
29-04-2023 10.00 a. m. KCCI started the first monthly Startup Clinic at the conference room of KCCI. Participants who had earlier attended the Start-up Mangaluru event organized by KCCI were invited. KCCI President, Shri M.Ganesh Kamath welcomed and congratulated all the start-ups for attending the meet and extended KCCI support in their journey. KCCI Start-up subcommittee Chairperson, Shri Vishwas Shishir briefed the significance of this monthly meet and way forward and addressed the concerns and suggestions from the members. KCCI Start-up subcommittee member, Shri Karthik Attavar was also present who also guided the members present in the meet.
07-05-2023 9.30 p. m. KCCI Board of Directors met the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Eknath Shinde at Goldfinch Hotel, Mangaluru. KCCI President, Shri M. Ganesh Kamath welcomed the Chief Minister and presented the questionnaire to the Chief Minister about his visit to Mangaluru. Present on the occasion were KCCI Vice President, CA Ananthesh V Prabhu, KCCI Hon. Secretary, Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar, Directors, Shri Nissar Fakeer Mohammed, Shri P.B. Ahmed Mudassar, Ms. Athmika M. Amin, and Shri Aditya P. Pai.
09-05-2023 7.00 p. m. First meeting of the KCCI Members’ Day Celebration Sub-committee was held at The Ocean Pearl, Mangaluru. The meeting was Chaired by the Convenor of the event, CA Ananthesh V Prabhu, Vice President of KCCI. Present in the meeting were KCCI President, Shri M. Ganesh Kamath, Hon. Treasurer, CA Abdur Rahman Musba, Hon. Secretaries, Shri B.A. Nazeer and Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar, Directors, Shri Nissar Fakeer Mohammed, CA Nandagopal Shenoy, Ms. Athmika Amin, Shri Aditya Pai, Past Presidents of KCCI, Shri Isaac Vas and Smt. Vathika Pai.
12-05-2023 2.00 p. m. Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Mangaluru organized an Interactive session by the Chief Guest, Dr. B.V. Muralikrishna, Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (eGovernance), Commercial Taxes Department, Bengaluru, Govt. of Karnataka at KCCI Meeting Hall, Mangaluru. KCCI President, Shri M. Ganesh Kamath presented the Welcome address. KCCI Hon. Secretary, Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar introduced the speakers to the audience. KCCI GST Sub-committee Chairman, CA Keshava Ballakuraya briefed about the significance of the topics. Guest of Honour, Smt. Meera S. Pandit, Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (ADMIN), DGSTO, Mangaluru addressed the audience. Other speakers, Shri Sanjay Balipa, Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, LGSTO-270, Mangaluru spoke on the topic, Penalties under GST and Smt. Hemalatha N., Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, LGSTO-260, Mangaluru delivered on the topic, Audit, Adjudication & Appeal under GST. The vote of thanks was rendered by KCCI Vice-President, CA Ananthesh V. Prabhu. Also present on stage were Hon. Treasurer, CA Abdur Rahman Musba and Hon. Secretary, Shri B.A. Nazeer. Unity Hospital, Mangaluru was the event Partner.
18-05-2023 4.00 p. m. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) organized an interactive meeting with the members of KCCI on Dealer Selection Guidelines of IOCL at its office in Mangaluru. The meeting was Chaired by Shri Madhup Dwivedi, Divisional Retail Sales Head, IOCL. Also present was Shri CLN Srinivasa Rao Sr. Manager, IOCL. KCCI President, Shri M. Ganesh Kamath and Hon. Secretary, Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar were also present on the occasion.
19-05-2023 4.00 p. m. Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) jointly with Kodagu District Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KDCCI) hosted an exclusive session on Sustainable Tourism coinciding with the meeting of the 10th Managing Committee of BCIC at Windflower Resorts, Madikeri. The session was addressed by Dr. Sateesha B C, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Kodagu District, Dr. L. Ravindran, President, BCIC, Dr. S. Devarajan, Senior Vice President, BCIC, Shri Devaiah, President, KDCCI. KCCI President, Shri M.Ganesh Kamath attended the meeting.
20-05-2023 9.30 a. m. Mangalore University Commerce Teachers’ Association (MUCTA) in association with Federation of Teachers’ Councils of Commerce and Management in Karnataka (FTCCMK), Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Canara College, Mangaluru and the sponsor for the event, UK & Co, Bengaluru organized Industry Academia Interface for Student Start-Ups & Entrepreneurship, at T V Ramana Pai Convention Centre, Mangaluru. As Chief Guest for the event, the Key note address was delivered by Shri K. Ullas Kamath, Founder, UK & Co, Bengaluru & Chairman, FICCI Karnataka State Council. Guests of Honour for the event were Dr. M Jayappa, Special Officer, KSHEC & Treasurer, FTCCMK, Shri M Ranganath Bhat, Hon. Secretary, Canara High School Association and Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar, Hon. Secretary, KCCI who addressed the students and faculties of various colleges. The Presidential address was by Prof Balakrishna Pai, President, FTCCMK.
24-05-2023 3.30 p. m. An informal meeting with the MBA students of Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte, Karkala was held to discuss on Projects (Management in Action) at the conference room of KCCI. The meeting was attended by KCCI Director and in-charge of Industry-Academia Interconnect, Shri P.B. Ahmed Mudassar, Chairman of Startup Sub-Committee of KCCI, Shri Viswas Shishir and the member of the Sub-committee, Shri Karthik Attavar.
26-05-2023 3.00 p. m. The Second meeting of the GST Sub-committee of KCCI was held at the conference room of KCCI. The meeting was chaired by the GST Sub-committee Chairman, CA Keshava Ballakuraya. Present in the meeting were KCCI President, Shri M. Ganesh Kamath, Hon. Treasurer, CA Abdur Rahman Musba, Hon. Secretary, Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar and member of GST Sub-committee, Shri Ganesh Bhat.
4.15 p. m. Shri Vikram Falodiya, Head Terminal and Business Development, Mangaluru International Airport called on KCCI for an informal meeting at the Conference room of KCCI. KCCI President, Shri M. Ganesh Kamath, KCCI Hon. Treasurer, CA Abdur Rahman Musba, KCCI Hon. Secretary, Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar and KCCI Past President and Chairperson of Airlines, Airport & Tourism Sub-committee of KCCI, were present.
01-06-2023 12 noon The second meeting of the Shipping and Port Relation Sub-committee of KCCI for the year 2022-23 was held at the conference room of KCCI. The meeting was chaired by KCCI Director and Chairman of the EXIM trade of KCCI, Shri Jeethan Allen Sequeira. Founder & CEO of Navaties, Shri Satish Kota addressed the members about their service to the exporters. Also present were Shri Utham Sulaya, Vendors and SCM, Navaties. Other members present were Hon. Treasurer of KCCI, CA Abdur Rahman Musba, Shri Ganesh C., Shri Nityanand Pai, Shri Philip CC.
02-06-2023 10.00 a. m. The Second meeting of the Members’ Day Celebration Sub-Committee of KCCI was held at the conference room of KCCI. The meeting was chaired by the Vice President and Chairman of Members Day Celebration committee, CA Ananthesh V. Prabhu. Present on the occasion were Hon. Secretary, Shri Divakar Pai Kochikar, Directors of KCCI, Shri Nissar Fakeer Mohammed, Shri Aditya Pai, and Shri P.B. Ahmed Mudassar.