The apex body representing the entire textile industry in the country, The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has elected its new office-bearers at its first meeting of the Committee held in Mumbai on September 20. Sanjay K Jain have been elected as chairman, T Rajkumar as deputy chairman and DL Sharma as vice chairman of CITI. The cumulative turnover of CITI members is over 30 billion US Dollar.

The new CITI chairman, Sanjay K Jain is the managing director of New Delhi based TT Limited, a vertically integrated textiles company having its manufacturing units in various States of the country. His main priority would be to strongly pursue the important issues of the industry and take it to the next level and make it a significant global player. Mr. Jain is a Double Gold Medalist from IIM, Ahmedabad and a Rank Holder Cost Accountant and Company Secretary. He is young, dynamic and very articulate in dealing with the core issues of the textile industry. He is also the chairman of NITRA and immediate past chairman of NITMA, vice president of FOHMA and WBHA. He is also on the committees of Texprocil, SIMA, FICCI Textiles Group and various other bodies.

The new deputy chairman of CITI, T Rajkumar is chairman, Sri Mahasakthi Mills Limited, Kerala, Sri Arumuga Enterprise Limited and Foundation One Infrastructures Pvt Ltd, Tamil Nadu. He is the immediate past chairman of SIMA and chairman & managing trustee of Global Pathway School, Coimbatore, secretary of Nachimuthu Gounder Rukmani Ammal Charitable Trust, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, apart from being actively involved in various industrial bodies and educational institutions.

The new vice chairman of CITI, DL Sharma is director, Vardhman Group and managing director of Vardhman Yarns and Threads Limited. He is the chairman of the CII Regional Committee on HR & IR (Northern Region) for the year 2017-18. He is also the member of CII National Committee on Textiles, and a member of CII’s National Committee on Industrial Relations. He has also served as chairman of Punjab State Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and president of Ludhiana Management Association.

– Apparel and Textile News, Apparel Talk, Indian Apparel