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Our Panel Members :
Dr Satchidananda Ash
Mr. Krishna Kisor Kar
Mr. Dinesh Ram Jha
Mr. Sudip Gupta
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Former Controller of Exports & Imports, Ministry of Commerce, Govt.of India
Dr. Ash had been a key administrator in different govt. & non govt. departments
including Vigilance and MoC.
Dr. Ash had been in the faculty for Export Management as well as Personnel
Management at the Indian Institute of Business Management, Patna for 4 years.
Later, he became the Hony. Director (Research & Consultancy) of the same
Institute.
A Doctorate of Philosophy in Labour & Social Affairs from Ranchi University, he
had also became an associate member of Indian Institute of Personnel
Management for quite a long time.
A recipient of many awards for his outstanding contribution on industrial safety
and labour relations, he has earned astounding distinctions for his versatile
talents: as a senior research scholar, an academician, an author of many widely
acclaimed titles on industiral relations, safety standards and scientific
management, apart from being an efficient administrator in his professional
career.
An experience of over 6-years in a key position as Controller of Imports &
Exports, MoC,Had made him a good expert in the modus operandi of the perusal
of exports imports cases in all concerned government departments.
A veteran in the field of Exim trade with a 32-year track record of excellence
at
various senior positions in different PSUs and private firms of repute. A Master
of Arts in Economics from Calcutta University, Mr. Kar later passed the Clearing
Agents’ Examination, the highest level examination in Indian Customs under
Regn 9 of Indian Customs Act, 1962. He also obtained FIATA diploma
(Switzerland) in Freight Forwarding & Shipping in 1993. He is now a part of the
visiting faculty on Sipping at the Institute of Export Management, Calcutta.
The erstwhile Managing Director (now an acting Director) of M/s Adds Confreight
Pvt. Ltd., a pioneer freight forwarding and shipping company with agency in
Rotterdam, Mr. Kar is the Managing Director of M/s Cargo Freight.
From 1991 to 1993 he worked as Manager, freight forwarding and CFS division in
P T Bumi Laut Shipping Corpn, Jakarta, Indonesia, looking after the CFS
activities
at Jakarta Port. Before this he had been the Cargo Division Head, Balmer Lawries
& Co Ltd. for 7 years looking after the customs clearance, shipping &
stevedoring in chartered vessel and liner. Also he used to look after the Import
clearance of Project Cargo of Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC.
Starting as Assistant Manager, Exports, in Tolaram(India) Ltd. In 1968 other
exposures of Mr. Kar entail: Warren Industrial Ltd, Calcutta as Manager
(Clearing
& Forwarding, Warehousing, Marketing); Mica Trading Corpn of India, Calcutta as
Regional Manager, Import/Export; and Westinghouse Saxby Farmer Ltd,
Calcutta, as an Export Executive.
Enriched with a 28-year old key-level exposure in the field of Exports & Imports
in various corporate houses he is to share his expertise to help you solve your
problem. An M.A. in Economics (Allahabad University) and MSW from Lucknow
University, the multilingual Mr.Jha had been working as the Export Executive at
M/s Kitply Industries Ltd, since 1998 looking after the exports and liaisoning
with Customs and Licensing Authorities. The former Director of Calcox
Syndicate(P) Ltd. Calcutta, a registered Customs House agent started his
professional career as a Labour Officer at the jute mills of M/s Jardin
Henderson
Ltd.
He finally switched over to exports as an Assistant Manager(Exports) at M/s
S.A.E(India) Ltd. Later he joined M/s Orissa Oil Industies Ltd, Utkal Oils Ltd.
and
Utkal Forest Products Ltd., Calcutta, as the Senior Marketing Manager, in charge
of Export Marketing, to look after contract execution, shipments and
documentations.
With an over 3-decade’s experience in a PSU oil major as Manager Imports he is
fully conversant with almost all practical nuances of the export-import related
activities including crucial operations through major sea and air ports.
A Commerce Graduate from Calcutta University Mr. Gupta successfully
completed certificate courses on Material Management from Calcutta
Management Association, on Import & Export Documentation from FIEO.
His professional career took off with the Commercial Division of the Indian
Oxygen Ltd. where he worked for over 3-decades, the last 10 years of which he
looked after the export import functions. He also worked as Manager Imports for
a period of over 5-years entrusted with the total responsibility of
import/export
activities of the IOL.
He had also worked with Duncan Agro Industries Ltd. as Material Manager with
special charge of handling imports of all medical equipments.For the last 6 and
a
half years he has been working as the Commercial Manager, Bhagwati Oxygen
Ltd. looking after the management of imported input materials among other
commercial aspects.
A representative committee member, including the member of the Customs
Grievance and the Customs Advisory Committee of Calcutta Customs as well as
with various premier trade and industry bodies eg the CII and BCCI, Mr. Gupta
has a specialised knowledge in handling of project imports, technology import,
export order execution document negotiation with foreign clients.