- Mr. Sanjiv Goenka takes over as the AIMA President
- Mr. Gautam Thapar as the Senior Vice President
- Mr. Rajiv Vastupal as the Vice President
- Mr. P Dwarkanath as the treasurer
All India Management Association (AIMA), the apex body of the management profession announced the appointment of its new President, Senior Vice-President, Vice President and Treasurer. Mr. Sanjiv Goenka has been elected as the AIMA President with immediate effect .He succeeds Mr. S K Swamy. Mr. Goenka will lead the organisation’s mission by working with an experienced team of senior officials to help in building managerial excellence in India.
Mr. Goenka is also the Vice Chairman of RPG Enterprises; Mr. Sanjiv Goenka is involved in a number of core businesses – including power, tyre, organized retail, entertainment, IT and Life Sciences. The Group currently has an annual turnover of Rs. 15,000 crore (US$ 3 billion) and employs 40,000 people.
Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Sanjiv Goenka, President AIMA said: “AIMA is a knowledge organization that facilitates organizations and individuals to realize their potential optimally. I’m very delighted to be associated with this esteemed knowledge body and look forward to facilitating AIMA achieve its objectives in an effective way. ”
“Ever since its inception in 1957, AIMA for the last five decades has played an important role in the growth of management thought processes in the country. “
Mr.Gautam Thapar takes over as Senior Vice President of AIMA.
He is also the Chairman & CEO of India’s foremost diversified corporation, the Thapar Group. The Group’s revenue is in excess of US$ 3 bn, and is projected to treble to US$ 10 bn by 2013.
With an impressive global footprint, the Group operates in eight countries, employing 20,000 people belonging to 20 different nationalities. The Gautam Thapar-led group of companies encompasses diversified sectors like power transmission and distribution equipments (Crompton Greaves Limited), pulp and paper (Ballarpur Industries Limited), horticulture processing (The Global Green Company Limited), chemicals (Solaris Chemtech Limited), infrastructure (Biltech Building Elements Limited and BILT Power Limited) and IT (Salient Business Relations Limited).
Mr. Rajiv Vastupal takes over as the Vice President of AIMA.
He is also the chairman of Rajiv Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd & Group chairman of Team Rajiv who has diversified business interests in Polymer, Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Electricals with the present turnover of 600 crores and expected to be the 1000 crore turnover company by 2011.
Rajiv Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd is engaged in manufacturing of woven sack bags with the capacity of more than 750 MT per month and having agencies of various Polymers Manufacturing companies like Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd, Finolex Industries Ltd & LG Polymers ( India) Ltd as well as with many other international companies from Far East, Middle East and Europe.
Mr. P Dwarkanath takes over as the Treasurer of AIMA.
He is also the Director – Group Human Capital of Max India Ltd, New Delhi. Mr. Dwarakanath is a Bachelor of Science, Law and holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management in PM & IR. Prior to his current assignment, he was the Director – Human Resources and Administration, India/ South Asia of GSK for several years. During his tenure, GSK was adjudged as one of the top five best employers in India for people related practices in the years 2002 to 2004. He was a member of GSK’s International HR team. He is on the board of several Companies / Institutions including GSK Consumer Healthcare Ltd.
About AIMA:
All India Management Association is the apex body of management profession in the country with 60 Local Management Associations affiliated to it. Over the last five decades it has contributed significantly towards the development of the management profession in the country and its contribution has been widely acknowledged both by the corporates and the academia.
Its activities include distance management education, management development programs, national events, competitions, research, publication and testing services.
