Exim Integrated Club holds 2nd Annual General Meeting
The 2nd Annual General Meeting of the Exim Integrated Club was held on 28th September 2024 at Hotel Oasis, Pune, India. It saw participation from all the Committee Members of the Club.
Exim Integrated Club is a non-profit group of active and passionate professionals from International Shipping, Maritime, Logistics and Transportation industry, involved in supporting each other for “Collective and Collaborative Growth” of Trade! An initiative by Pune stakeholders founded in January 2016 in Pune, with the intention of uniting all stakeholders, namely, NVOCCs, Shipping Lines, Consolidators, Customs, Custodians, Freight Forwarders, Transporters and all other ancillary players on a single platform, to collectively take up common problems affecting all players in their day-to-day activities while promoting good trade practices, build trust and Stop Bad Trade.
Starting in Pune, followed by Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Nagpur, it is now active at the national level comprising nearly 2,200+ members and growing. Pune and Mumbai are the most active and biggest group so far while continuously raising awareness among more members nationally.
As this was a Hybrid Meeting, Committee members from all over India, except Pune and Mumbai, were online attending the AGM.
The Hon. Secretary Mr. Anup Deosthalee welcomed all the Committee Members & gave an overview of last year’s activities. He briefed about the Nagpur Get-Together Event which was held in December 2023. The event saw participation of more than 500 Members from Nagpur, like Clearing Agents, Freight Forwarders, Shipping Lines, NVOCCs, Vidarbha Industrial Association, Butibori Industries and various Authorities from the GST & Customs Department too.
He also briefed that Mr Anand Paranjpe, in January 2024, gave an excellent training on AEO to the department of Customs & Butibori Industries in Nagpur. The training was highly appreciated by all those who attended.
Mr Anup Deosthalee further briefed about the Mega Event which was held in May 2024 in Mumbai. This was a Breakbulk / ODC Exhibition, Training Seminar related to ODCs & Hazardous Cargo which was followed by a Networking Session. The training was also highly appreciated.
Besides, the Club’s President, Mr Shashikant Kulkarni, expressed the desire to step down from the position. His resignation was accepted by the Committee and he was replaced by the new President Mr Shambhu Singh. The ex-President expressed his views on handling a lot of Activities & events of Exim Integrated Club for so many years.
Mr Anand Paranjpe expressed his gratitude to Mr Shashikant Kulkarni for his guidance and support to Exim Integrated Club. He also shared the Vision & Future of Exim Integrated Club. A memento was presented by the entire Managing Committee to Mr Shashikant Kulkarni for his excellent & remarkable contribution from 2016 to 2024 as President of Exim Integrated Club.
Thereafter, a New Committee was formed with Mr Shambhu Singh as President, Mr Srikant Bhagavatula as Vice President, Mr Anup Deosthalee as Hon. Secretary, Mr Tushar Surve as the Joint Secretary, Mr Pradeep Chavan as the Hon. Treasurer, Ms Shilpa Bhalerao as the Assistant Treasurer & Mr Milind Kadam as All India Events Head.
The President Mr Shambhu Singh expressed his thoughts and the role of the New Committee of Exim Integrated Club in the coming years. He advised the committee to impart knowledge on several logistics subjects through webinars & networking events across India.
The meeting concluded with a Vote of Thanks.