Mr. S. Hari Shankar, Whole-time Director of Lakshmi Card Clothing Mfg. Co. Pvt. Ltd., has been elected Chairman of the Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (India) for 2011-2012. Mr. Prakash K. Bhagwati, Chairman, InspirOn Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, and Mr. Jayaraman Anand, Managing Director, Veejay Lakshmi Engineering Works Ltd., Coimbatore, have been chosen the first Vice-Chairman and the second Vice-Chairman respectively of TMMA.
Mr. Pratik Rajnikant Bachkaniwala, Director, Himson Textile Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Surat, is the Hon. Treasurer.
Mr. Hari Shankar, an MBA from Philadelphia College of Textiles & Sciences, is on the Board of Directors of Prathishta Wvg. & Knitting Co. Ltd., and Governing Council member of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore.
Mr. Bhagwati has been a member of the TMMA Executive Council since 1998-1999. He received the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in LD College of Engineering in 1968 and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, Kansas, in 1970.
A member of the Development Council for the Textile Machinery Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, he has set up various social involvement bodies such as the Associated Industries Rural Development Trust with the main objective of socio-economic development in rural areas.
Mr. Jayaraman Anand is in charge of all family-run companies. He has travelled extensively in connection with business and has an experience of more than 15 years in the field.
Before becoming the Whole-time Director at various group companies at Himson, Mr. Pratik had been instrumental in setting up office and a joint venture company in China in 2008. In 2009, he had actively assessed and completed the procedure of takeover of a company in a similar line of product.