CHAMBER AT WORK – AUGUST – SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2021
19-08-2021 11.00 a. m. Meeting was held with Shri D. S. Veeraiah, Chairman, D Devraj Urs Truck Terminals Ltd., at District Commissioner Office, Mangaluru. Officers of various departments were present in the meeting. Truck terminal location was suggested to change from the proposed Mukka to Baikampady NMPT land, the entrance of the Industrial Area. KCCI was represented by President Shri Isaac Vas, Director and Chairperson of Industrial Cell of KCCI Shri B.A. Nazeer, Past President of KCCI and Director of Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) Shri P. B. Abdul Hameed.
21-08-2021 4.30 p. m. CCI participated in KARAVALI EXPO VIRTUAL ’21. KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas addressed the virtual gathering about the activities of the Chamber for the development of the Dakshina Kannada region.
25-08-2021 4.30 p. m. District Industries Centre (DIC), Yeyyadi, Mangaluru organized preliminary meeting on Kaigarika Adalat which is scheduled in the month of September 2021. The Meeting was chaired by Joint Director, DIC. KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas attended the meeting.
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The Konkan Railway User’s Consultative Committee (KRUCC) held its meeting through virtual platform. KCCI was represented by its Past President Shri G G Mohandas Prabhu.
31-08-2021 11.00 a. m. Meeting was held at Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Meeting Hall Chaired by MCC Commissioner Shri Akshay Shridhar to discuss on developing a property database, development and adoption of public spaces, waste management and other issues. KCCI Vice-President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor attended the meeting.
01-09-2021 10.30 a. m. District Skill Development Committee’s Industry Interface Committee organized meeting on Skill Mapping at District Industries Centre (DIC), Yeyyadi, Mangaluru. The meeting was Chaired by Joint Director, DIC. KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas attended the meeting.
02-09-2021 11.30 a. m. District Skill Committee meeting was held at Zilla Panchayat Office, Netravathi Hall under the chairpersonship of CEO, Zilla Panchayath. KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas attended the meeting.
04-09-2021 11.00 a.m The 1st General Meeting of the Governing Body of Centre for Entrepreneurship Opportunities & Learning (CEOL) for the year 2021-22 was held at CEOL Conference Hall, Mangaluru under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner, Mangaluru. KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas, Director and Hon. Secretary CA Abdur Rahman Musba, Prof. Lionel Aranha, KCCI ADR Centre Committee Member and Arbitrator attended the meeting.
07-09-2021 10.00 a. m. Preparatory meeting on Industry Cluster survey was held at KCCI Chamber office, Mangaluru. The meeting was Chaired by KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas. The meeting was attended by KCCI Vice President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor, KCCI Chief Operating Officer Shri Mytreya A., Ms. Susheela, Membership Coordinator, KCCI, Ms. India, Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow (MSDE), Shri Guruprasad K, Manager, Kanara Industries Association, Shri Roshan Rocco, Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) co-ordinator, Kanara Industries Association (KIA).
08-09-2021 1.00 p. m. Shri Kumble Narasimha Prabhu, Past President of KCCI met the Managing Director of Jindal Cement and Paints of Jindal Group Shri Parth Jindal at Crystal Arc Building, Mangaluru to consider investing in Paint factory in Mangaluru.
6.30 p.m. The Sixth Meeting of the Board of Directors of Kanara Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Mangaluru for the year 2021-22 and Twelfth meeting of the present committee was held at Mangalore Club, Near Morgans Gate, Jeppu, Mangaluru.
09-09-2021 4.00 p.m. Office of the Joint Director, District Industries Centre (DIC), Yeyyadi Industrial Area, Mangaluru conducted meeting on Exporters Conclave as part of Govt. of India’s ‘Azadika Amruth Mahotsav’ event. The meeting was Chaired by Joint Director, (DIC). KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas attended the meeting.
10-09-2021 10.00 a.m. 15th Annual General Meeting of Mangalore Special Economic Zone Ltd (MSEZL) was held through Video Conference. KCCI was represented by its President Shri Isaac Vas.
13-09-2021 Memorandum was submitted to Shri Akshay Shridhar IAS, Commissioner, Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Recommendations for Issuance of Trade Licence by KCCI Vice-President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor and KCCI Director and Hon. Secretary Shri Nissar Fakeer Mohammed.
3.00 p. m. KCCI Director and Chairman of Information Technology of Industrial Cell Sub-Committee of KCCI Shri Ashith Hegde addressed the Task Force of IT industry of the Govt. of India at Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Mangaluru. Shri Ashith Hegde also presented a report to the members present on – Advantage Mangaluru. Beyond Bengaluru = Mangaluru – A case for IT Infrastructure in Mangaluru. KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas was also present in the meeting.
3.30 p. m. The Commissioner of Central Excise & Central Tax, Mangaluru organized a webinar to Sensitize the trade & industry about Amnesty Scheme for revocation of cancelation of registration. KCCI Director and Hon. Secretary CA Abdur Rahman Musba attended the webinar.
17-09-2021 3.00 p. m. K-Tech organized Karnataka Digital Economy Mission – Industry Connect & Policy Talk at The Ocean Pearl, Mangaluru. KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas and KCCI Director & Chairman of Information Technology of Industrial Cell Sub-Committee of KCCI Shri Ashith Hegde addressed the gathering.
21-09-2021 4.30 p. m. Meeting was held at KCCI Conference room to discuss on identifying the speakers for the MSNIM-KCCI HR CONCLAVE 2021. Manel Srinivas Nayak Institute of Management (MSNIM), Mangaluru in association with KCCI will organize the conclave from October 04th to October 08th, 2021 on the theme WORKPLACE 4.0 (POST COVID). The meeting was Chaired by KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas. The meeting was attended by KCCI Vice President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor, KCCI Directors and Hon. Secretaries Shri Nissar Fakeer Mohammed and CA Abdur Rahman Musba, Head of Industry-Academia interconnect and Director of KCCI Shri P B Mudassar, KCCI Chief Operating Officer Shri Mytreya A., Director of MSNIM Dr. Molly S Chaudhuri, Asst. Professors Ms. Reema and Shri Mudassar.
22-09-2021 4.30 p. m. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between KCCI and Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte, Karkala at the Conference room of KCCI. KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas and Director, Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management, Shri K. Sankaran exchanged the MoU. Present on the occasion were KCCI Vice President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor, KCCI Directors and Hon. Secretaries Shri Nissar Fakeer Mohammed and CA Abdur Rahman Musba, Head of Industry-Academia interconnect and Director of KCCI Shri P B Mudassar, KCCI Chief Operating Officer Shri Mytreya A and Prof. Nidhish H, Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management.
23-09-2021 3.30 p. m. On occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Exporters Conclave was organized by Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India and Govt. of Karnataka at The Ocean Pearl, Kodialbail, Mangaluru. The event was inaugurated by Dr. K V Rajendra IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada District. KCCI President Shri Isaac Vas attended the event. Also was present Shri Ashith Hegde, Director KCCI and also Head of Information Technology (IT) Sub-committee under Industrial Cell of KCCI who gave his presentation on IT opportunities in the district at the event. Several other Directors of KCCI were also present in the event.
25-09-2021 3.30 p. m. Shri Trilok Kothari, Divisional Railway Manager, Southern Railway, Palakkad Division, Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India invited Shri Mytreya A, Chief Operating Officer KCCI to inform about using of railways by the industrial members of KCCI for transporting their products to various locations across India. Also present in the meeting were Shri Jerin, Senior DCM, Palakkad division and Shri Shivaraj S. Managiri, Area Officer / CEO Southern Railway – Mangalore. Shri Mytreya A was taken around their transport facilities in Mangaluru Central Railway Station and also at Panambur goods yard.
28-09-2021 10.00 a. m. Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) organized Stakeholders’ workshop in Hydro-Meteorological Resilience Action Plan (HmRAP) at Mangala Sabhangana, MCC office, Mangaluru. MCC Commissioner Shri Akshy Shridhar gave his opening remarks. Shri Ramesh Raina, Consultant, Institutional Assessment Expert addressed the gathering with his presentation on the subject. Also present was Deputy Commissioner Admin, MCC, Shri Ajith. The KCCI Chief Operating Officer Shri Mytreya A attended the event.
30-09-2021 4.00 p. m. 81st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Members of KCCI was held at the Meeting Hall of KCCI. Members participated in the AGM through two-way Video Conferencing (VC) facility / Other Audio Visual Means (OAVM). Outgoing President Shri Isaac Vas addressed the members through virtual platform.
04-10-2021 9.30 a. m. District level Apprenticeship Mela was organized by ITI, Mangaluru. The event was inaugurated by Shri D. Vedavyasa Kamath, MLA, Mangaluru. The guests of honour were KCCI President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor, Shri Ajith Kamath, President, Kanara Industries Association, Shri Jeevan Seldana, Past President of KCCI.
3.15 p. m. KCCI President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor was the Chief Guest for the inauguration of HR Conclave on Workplace 4.0 at Manel Srinivas Nayak Institute of Management (MSNM), Besant Campus, Bondel, Mangaluru. Also present in the event were KCCI Director and Head of Industry – Academia Interconnect Shri P.B. Ahmed Mudassar and Chief Operating Officer Shri Mytreya A.
05-10-2021 3.00 p. m. Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) Nitte, organized, under the slogan ‘Kaun Banega Udyampati’, Round Table Discussion on Promotion of Start-ups in Karavali Region – Challenges and Solutions in collaboration with Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Karnataka Bank at the Meeting Hall of KCCI. KCCI President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor presented the welcome address. Opening remarks were delivered by Dr. A.P. Achar, CEO, AIC Nitte Incubation Centre. The speakers for the discussion were Smt. Vathika Pai, Past President, KCCI and Proprietor of Vathika International Travels, Shri Praveen Kumar Kalbhavi, Past Hon. Secretary of KCCI and CMD & CEO Novigo Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mangaluru, CA S S Nayak, Chartered Accountant, Mangaluru , Shri Balachandra Y.Y, COO, Karnataka Bank, Dr. T. Prasad, Professor, NITIE, Mumbai, Dr. Y. Shrihari Upadhyaya, CEO, MUTBI, Manipal, Dr. Arun Isloor, Professor Incharge, NITK Incubation Centre. The discussion was moderated by Shri Johnson, CEO, Sahyadri Incubation Centre. KCCI Director and Head of Industry Academia Interconnect Shri P.B. Abdul Muddasar delivered the vote of thanks. The topics discussed by the speakers were, Promoting Innovation through Industry Academia Partnership, Strategies for promotion of student start-ups and Role of Incubators in promotion of Start-ups.
06-10-2021 3.30 p. m. Virtual Meeting was conducted by New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) with Tariff Authority of Major Ports (TAMP) for extension of existing performance norms (except for reduction for Rock Phosphate). KCCI was represented by its Past President Shri Mohammed Ameen.
08-10-2021 3.00 p. m. Interactive meeting was jointly organized by Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), Canara Plastic Manufacturers and Traders Association (CPMTA) and Kanara Industries Association (KIA) with the senior officers from Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals (DCPC) Govt. of India on visiting the proposed site for setting up of Mangalore Plastic Park at Ganjimutt. The meeting was held at The Ocean Pearl, Navbharat Circle, Mangaluru. KCCI was represented by its President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor and Director Shri B. A. Nazeer.
4.00 p. m. Interactive meeting was held between KCCI and Southern Railways where Southern railways briefed KCCI on the various freight transportation schemes available in Railways for transportation of industrial goods / raw materials / agricultural produce. The meeting was chaired by KCCI Vice President Shri Ganesh Kamath. Others who attended the meeting were KCCI President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor, Director and Hon. Secretary of KCCI Shri Ananthesh Prabhu, Director and Head of Industry-Academia Interconnect Shri P.B. Ahmed Mudassar, Past President of KCCI and KCCI nominee member of Konkan Railway Users’ Consultative Committee Shri G G Mohandas Prabhu, KCCI Past Treasurer and nominee member for D.R.U.C.C Palghat Shri M. Ahmed Bawa, Shri Avinash of Cargolinks. Railways was represented by Shri Trilok Kothari, IRSS, Divisional Railway Manager, Shri Jerin G Anand, IRTS, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Dr. Arun Thomas, IRTS, Senior Divisional Operations Manager, Shri Kishan Kumar, Deputy Station Manager, Mangalore Central Railway Station, Shri Sureshan, Chief Commercial Inspector, Shri Ramakumar, Station Manager, Shri K Sushil, Traffic Inspector.
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KCCI organized the talk on the topic, ‘Opportunities and Challenges for Family Business’ for the family business entities of Dakshina Kannada by Dr. Parimal Merchant, Director, Global Family Managed Business Program at The Ocean Pearl, Kodialbail, Mangaluru. KCCI President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor welcomed the gathering. Shri M. Ganesh Kamath, Vice-President, KCCI introduced the guest speaker. Shri Y. Ajml of The Indian Family Business proposed the vote of thanks.
13-10-2021 3.30 p. m. Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), Mangalore had organized the Oxygen Plant Inauguration at Lady Goschen Hospital premises, Mangalore. It was inaugurated by Shri Vedavyasa Kamath, MLA, Mangalore South. KCCI President Shri Shashidhar Pai Maroor was invited on this occasion.