Avtar Singh elected CICU President

Ludhiana, April 23, 2014: Avtar Singh has been elected as President of Chamber of Industrial & Commercial Undertakings (CICU), which was declared by Presiding Officer Manjit Singh Khalsa, Ex-Director, Punjab State Industrial Corporation, after the Annual General Meeting held today at CICU Complex, Focal Point, Ludhiana.

The name of Avtar Singh for President of CICU was proposed by Upkar Singh Ahuja second by Joga Singh. Due to no other nomination received, Avtar Singh was declared elected unopposed.   

Avtar Singh is a veteran industrialist of Ludhiana engaged in manufacturing of Cycle & Auto Parts for the last 30 years. For more than three decades, he is serving MSME industry, which has been reeling under various stresses & bottlenecks due to the unfavorable state & central government policies. Singh holds key positions of prestigious business organisations namely as Chief Executive Officer of Ludhiana Effluent Treatment Society (LETS). He is associated with Chamber since 1990 and has served on various posts like Finance Secretary, General Secretary and presently he is nominated President on the demise of Inderjit Singh Pardhan. He has personally headed overseas delegations and meetings for the growth & development of MSME Sector.

Stalwarts of Ludhiana Industry namely Upkar Singh Ahuja, Group Managing Director, New Swan Group, Harminder Singh Pahwa, CMD, Nova Bicycle Industries, Tejvinder  Singh, MD, Big-Ben Industries, R.D. Sharma, CMD, Hi-bird Cycle, S.K. Lakra, CMD, S.K. Bikes, Rajnish Ahuja, Ahuja Industries Corp. and their contemporizes who founded the Chamber of Industrial & Commercial Undertakings in the year 1968, reposed their full faith in the Presidential qualities of Avtar Singh & wished him all success in the years to come.

Avtar Singh assured all members of CICU that he will work hard for the growth and development of MSME Sector to ensure that they emerge as growth engines of the economy.   He said “I shall make all out efforts for providing Punjab MSMEs adequate and timely credit at cost effective rates, facilitation of new and innovate technology transfer, training in skill development, marketing support and supportive infrastructure. I with the active support of Upkar Singh Ahuja and other trusted office bearers at the helm of affairs of CICU have planned many more activities and will be unveiled them periodically. Our team will continue to tide over challenges with greater confidence and gain strength to face the future.”

This meeting was attended by more than 500 industrialists and traders including Charanjit Singh Vishivkarma, President, United Cycle & Parts Manufacturing Association, G.S. Kahlon, President, Raghbir Singh & Mohan Singh of  Auto Parts Manufacturer’s Association,  Joga Singh, President, Focal Point Welfare Association, Ram Labhaya, President, Focal Point Association, A.K. Kohli, President, Phagwara Exporters Association, Vinod Thapar Chairman & Darshan Dawar, President, Knitwear Club, Kulwinder Singh Benipal, President, Focal Point Welfare Asson., T.R. Misra, Chairman, Boiler Association, Sukhdial Singh, President, Machine Tools Association, O.P. Bassi, President, Focal Point Phase VII Association, Parveen Gupta, President, Wholesale Cycle Dealers Association, Inderjit Nagpal from CII, Jagtar Singh, Gobind Expeller, Beant Singh Chawla, Phuman Singh, K.W. Enterprises, S.S. Passi, Bhushan Maini & many more.