December 2, 2020: Shekhar Golchha, the new president of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), assumed the office on Monday.
Golchha, who was serving as the senior vice president, became the president of the FNCCI from its 54th General Assembly that concluded on Saturday.
As the senior vice president of the organization gets automatically elevated to the post of FNCCI president, Golchha took over the leadership of the FNCCI from Monday. Golchha has succeeded the outgoing FNCCI President Bhawani Rana.
The 54th General Assembly and Election has elected a new executive committee including a senior vice president and three vice presidents.
The newly elected officials and executive committee members took the oath of office and secrecy amid a ceremony held on Sunday.
Addressing the ceremony, the new FNCCI President Golchha said that he was confident of the new executive committee dedicating itself for the benefit of the federation as well as the overall private sector by forgetting all election-related grudges and misunderstanding, if there were any.
“I do not need to repeat here that we are united now even if there were any panel and factions until the election. We have understood the importance of unity,” said new FNCCI President Golchha. “I cannot implement all my plans and strategies alone. Our executive committee will now unite for the implementation of those plans,” he added.
Earlier on Saturday, Chandra Prasad Dhakal was elected the new senior vice president of the FNCCI by defeating his contender Kishore Pradhan. Dhakal and Pradhan had vied for the senior vice president forming their own panel. Ramchandra Shanghai, Anjan Shrestha and Dinesh Shrestha are three other elected vice presidents.
Pashupati Murarka appointed ‘Distinguished Member’
The meeting of the newly elected executive committee has appointed former FNCCI President Pashupati Murarka as the Distinguished Member of the federation. Similarly, the executive committee meeting has appointed Kishore Pradhan as the executive member.
Murarka was a contender for the Senior Vice President. The executive committee meeting also endorsed a Strategic Paper presented by the newly elected FNCCI President Golchha.
According to Golchha, the strategic paper incorporates immediate, medium term and long term reform plans that the government and private sector can implement for various sectors to build the sustainable, robust and resilient economy.
Source: myRepublica
