The Mumbai unit of Textile Association India (TAI) has elected its new office bearers for the period 2017-19.
The names were announced in the 66th annual general body meeting of the association held recently at Century Bhavan Auditorium, Worli.
Vilas Gharat has been unanimously elected as the President of TAU. He has 40 years of experience in textile manufacturing.
Gharat is also the recipient of awards like Best GM in MSTC, Gold Medal in Energy Conservation, Best Vendors Awards from Johnson & Johnson and FTA from The Textile Association (India).
He is presently serving as the Managing Director of Gharat & Associates which provides world-class technical, HRD, quality, solutions and consulting services.
Meanwhile, T. K. Sengupta (Advisor, DFU Publications) has been re-elected as the Vice President. He has been associated with the textiles & manmade fibre industry for 46 long years.
Sengupta has experience in marketing, sales, business & strategic planning, export marketing, resource planning, consultancy and higher management activities.