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My dear fellow members,
I am indeed privileged to take over as the President of the Association from my dear friend and colleague in the industry Mr. Deven Doshi, under whose dynamic leadership, the Association has grown both in membership and activity culminating in organizing the 20th International Forging Congress in Hyderabad in November 2011. As you are all aware, the congress was a huge success with over 1000 delegates, a record number of technical papers
and several sponsors who had generously supported the event, only the second of its kind in India held after 21 years.
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I take this opportunity to congratulate the Convener of IFC 2011 Mr. Vidyashankar Krishnan, Mr. Deven Doshi, Mr. Murali Shankar and other members of the organizing committee for the stupendous efforts put in over the last two years. I would also like to thank all the past presidents including Mr. Baba Kalyani for his unstinted support and guidance for the event. Last but not the least,
I appreciate the tremendous support of the member companies in sponsoring the large number of delegates for the event.
I have had the privilege of interacting with most of our members during the committee meetings and other conferences over the last 25 years of my association with AIFI and look forward to your active
participation and support over the next 2 years to enable the AIFI to strengthen its membership across all regions.
With the cooperation and assistance of our dynamic Vice President Mr. Asheet Pasricha and the regional chairmen, I am confident of the Association’s
march into future and meeting the challenges posed to the growth of the forging industry from time to time.
I would like to wish all the members a very happy and prosperous new year 2012.