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My dear fellow members,
I have just taken over charge as your President from my good friend and colleague
Mr.Vidyashankar Krishnan, under whose dynamic leadership, the Association has shown rapid strides in the last two years including in the international arena. I am extremely grateful to my colleagues in the Managing Committee for this confidence reposed in me. I am sure this is a sign of the blessings from God as well as your belief in my abilities as your leader.
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All of you have stood behind the Association and its leaders through thick and thin and I firmly believe that you would lend me the same or even more support through the various challenges that this responsibility confers on me. However, I wish to reiterate that I feel indeed proud and privileged. I am confident that this goodwill and support will stand me in good stead and guide me successfully through the dual responsibility that Presidentship of AIFI and 20thInternational Forging Congress (IFC) place on me.
All of us in the Association and I personally are indeed grateful to Mr.Vidyashankar
Krishnan for the keen personal interest he has taken in each of the developmental and
other initiatives taken by the Association to strengthen the role played by the Indian
Forging industry vis-a vis their foreign counterparts and to showcase our capabilities to
the world at large. I propose to carry this baton forward with all your help.
I have been meeting and interacting with most of you in our various meetings, both as
Vice -President, as a Managing Committee member and as a fellow forger, and I have
found this experience very rewarding, educative and enriching.As you all know, the last
year has been very challenging but the future hold a lot of promise for us in the forging
industry who dare to dream and convert these dreams into reality, especially since the
world is eyeing us as a very potentially lucrative market as well as a promising future
industrial hub.Of course any opportunity like this also brings with it some inherent
challenges like rising costs, energy crisis, appreciation of the rupee, environmental
concerns and many more unknown variables, to which we need to be sensitive, alert and
adaptive. Of course, all of us in the past, have always found our very own and unique
ways to combat these issues.
I am sure we will continue to look forward, show foresight and innovate to find effective
solutions to these challenges.