Sandip Bhandare elected president of industry body GCCI

Sandip Bhandare, a chartered accountant, has been elected unopposed as president of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).
Bhandare will hold the post from 2017 to 2019.
He succeeds Narayan Bandekar, who was president of the Chamber for two terms(from 2013 to 2017), GCCI said in a statement today.
EversinceBhandarejoined GCCI in 1994, hehas played an active role in its affairsandhasservedin many importantpositions such as Treasurer and Vice-President, it said.
A rank holder of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiaand a reputed practicing CA, he has been headingthe Chamber's Taxation Committeesince 2003.