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CII Eastern Region elects new chair

Umesh Chowdhary, vice-chairman and managing director, Titagarh Wagons Limited, was elected the Chairman of CII Eastern Region for the year 2017-18, while Jagi Mangat Panda, Managing Director of Ortel Communications Limited, became the Deputy Chairperson.

Their names were announced at the first meeting of the reconstituted Eastern Regional Council held in Kolkata on Saturday. Chowdhary's Titagarh Group is headquartered at Kolkata and has four manufacturing plants in Bengal, two in Northern India, one in France and one in Italy. Titagarh Wagons Limited is the largest wagon manufacturing company in India and in France with a combined capacity of producing more than 10,000 wagons per year.

Panda is a commerce graduate from Kolkata and has been the Honorary Consul of Switzerland in Bengal since January 2011. Chowdhary is the past Chairman of the Bengal State Council of Confederation of Indian Industries, Eastern Region and that of the CII Defence Task Force, Eastern Region. Panda has recently been awarded Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite, one of the highest French civilian orders.
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