Santosh Katariya takes over as CMAI's new president

The election of the new managing committee and the appointment of office bearers for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 took place during the association's 61^st Annual General Meeting on September 27.

Katariya has been involved in the readymade garment manufacturing business for over 17 years and is currently the managing director of Peppermint Clothing Pvt Ltd, Pune. He previously served as regional chairman of the western regional advisory committee and general secretary of the association for four years.

“My immediate priority is to strengthen the association and ensure that adequate measures are taken for improving the working of the association. We will work shoulder to shoulder with both the central and state governments and ensure smooth trade facilitation for our industry. Our target is to reach 7,000 members by the end of my term and my duty is to take every possible step to reach this target,” Katariya said.

Sharing his vision for the Industry, Katariya, stated, “We are into challenging times where the supply chain is realigning itself and alternatives for better sourcing destinations are continuously being explored. We can definitely capture some of the space left vacant by reaching out to these areas. My vision is to see that every RMG manufacturing unit in India becomes ESG compliant and industry, government, and association work together to strengthen Made-in-India RMG products which are valued as quality products globally.”

Additionally, Rohit Munjal and Ankur Gadia have been appointed as the new vice presidents, Naveen Sainani as general secretary, Mukesh Jain as joint general secretary, Paresh Vora as treasurer, and Dinesh Nandu as joint treasurer.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KD)