Isaac Vas Re-Elected as President of Kanara Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Mangaluru: Isaac Vas has been re-elected as the President of the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) at its 80th Annual General meeting held on 28th September 2020. The Annual General Meeting was held by Video-Conferencing under the Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, with voting by remote e-voting which is a novel initiative and first one of its kind so far.
The Office Bearers elected include Shashidhar Pai Maroor as Vice-President, Nissar Fakeer Mohammed and CA Abdur Rahman Musba, as the Secretaries, and M. Ganesh Kamath as Treasurer. All earlier Directors namely Nitte Yathiraj Shetty, B.A. Nazeer, Ananthesh V. Prabhu, Amith Ramachandra Acharya, Aditya Padmanabha Pai, P. B. Ahmed Mudassar and Ms. Athmika Subbaiah Amin and Divakar Pai Kochikar have been re-elected.
Further the General Body has elected four more new Directors to the Chamber namely CA. Nandagopal Shenoy, Anand G. Pai (Director of Bharath Beedis) Jeethan Allen Sequeira, Partner of Cargolinks, Ashith Balakrishna Hegde Managing Director for Asia Pacific, Arkieva supply chain Technologies, USA.
In his address President Vas highlighted the achievements of the Chamber during the year which included the setting up of a world class Alternate Dispute Redressal Centre inaugurated by Hon’ble Justice Mr. S. Abdul Nazeer Judge, Supreme Court of India in March 2020 for the benefit of the business community. He highlighted that the Chamber has presented a Detailed Project Report (DPR) to the Government for an IT park on land reserved for it at Derebail Mangalore by KEONICS. The entire building plan of 2 lakhs SFT at an estimated cost of 60 cores has been designed by IDF Mangalore with involvement from CREDAI and all heads of IT industry in the District. The Chamber has also requested the Mangalore Smart City MSCL to share part of the cost of this infrastructure which will benefit thousands of youngsters by way of creating jobs and other economic development.
He lauded the Govt. of Karnataka for adhering to the representation of the Chamber to shift the Commercial Court to Mangaluru which now has a bench functioning at the District Courts and also establishing a Maritime Board for the State. The long pending demand of the Chamber for reforms in APMC have been met by the Government which is bound to give a big push to Cashew and other agricultural based industries. The APMC Cess is reduced to 0.35% restricted only to the APMC yard and sub yards he appreciated.
Adapting to the new normal, reinventing the Chamber and making the Chamber’s activities, initiatives and programs relevant to the times, is a challenge that KCCI has to meet in the coming years he added.
ABOUT ISAAC VAS :
Iaac Vas is the Managing Director of Merger Beverages P.Ltd., makers of Merger Soda. The company owns the only fully automatic PET and Glass bottling line of the district. He also manages one of the largest outdoor advertisement providers in the city – Jyothi Advertisers, which has some of the leading brands as its clients.
His business has expanded into other areas and today they are Stockists for SERVO industrial lubricants for Indian Oil for 7 districts of Karnataka. The exclusive concessionaire for development of Panambur Beach and Kapu Beach for Tourism by the Government of Karnataka. The lifeguards of Panambur Beach have saved over 200 lives at the beaches on our coast.
Isaac Vas has served as the Secretary of the Kanara Small Industries Association Baikampady, Honorary Secretary of Mangalore Club and the Assistant Governor for Rotary International. Having worked with Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers for 12 years he has strong corporate exposure to his credit.
