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PRESIDENT OF THE FORUM
A. D.
Shroff was Founder-President from 1956 till his death in October 1965.
He was succeeded by Murarji J. Vaidya, industrialist, who was President
from October 1965 till November 1968. Thereafter from November 1968
till February 2000 the legendary Nani A. Palkhivala was its President.
From February 2000 till his death in December 2002 he was Forum’s
President-Emeritus. From February 2000 Mr. Minoo R. Shroff, eminent
economist, has been the Forum’s President.
COUNCIL OF MANAGEMENT
The Forum’s policy decisions are laid down by a Council of Management
which has presently 28 members, while its day-to-day affairs are
nurtured by an Executive Committee of 15 members selected from out of
the Council members. The Council is elected once every three years. The
present Council of Management (2002-05) comprises the following
members:
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President: |
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Mr. Minoo R. Shroff |
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Vice-Presidents: |
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Mr.Pratap Bhogilal |
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Mr. J.N. Guzder |
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Mr. Dadi B. Engineer |
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Mr. G. Narayanaswamy |
Chennai |
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Mr. Adi B. Godrej |
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Hon. Treasurer: |
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Mr. Rajesh G. Kapadia |
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Joint. Hon. Treasurer: |
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Mr. Pinakin D. Desai |
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Members: |
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Mr. Bansi S. Mehta |
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Mr. A.H. Dalal |
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Mr. H.P. Ranina |
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Mr. Dinesh Vyas |
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Mr. F.K. Kavarana |
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Mr. Syamal Gupta |
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Mr. Kanu H. Doshi |
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Mr. Bharat S. Raut |
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Mr. Nakul Mehta |
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Mr. Ashok Ravat |
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Mr. S.S. Bhandare |
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Mr. Saleem Fazelbhoy |
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Mr. Santosh Nedungadi |
Bangalore |
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Mr. Arvind Datar |
Chennai |
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Mr. V.V. Krishna Reddy |
Hyderabad |
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Mr. Ravi Pandit |
Pune |
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Mr. Rahul Amin |
Vadodara |
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Mr. Shivanand Salgaocar |
Goa |
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Mr. Shrinivas Dempo |
Goa |
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Mr. Vikram Sarda |
Nashik |
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Mr. Mukund Bhogale |
Aurangabad |
SECRETARIAT
The functioning of the Forum is looked after by a small secretariat.
The late M.R. Pai, noted public worker and consumer activist, was
Secretary of the Forum from 1956 till 1976. He was an enormous pillar
of strength and he, along with the first Hon. Treasurer of the Forum,
the late F.S. Mulla, was responsible for setting up the secretariat in a
highly diligent and methodical manner. The late M.R. Pai was Hon.
Vice-President from 1976 till his passing away in July 2003. It can be
truly be said that the late M.R. Pai was instrumental in helping the
Council in building the organization.
The present
secretariat is headed by Mr. S. Divakara, who, after a short stint
(1964-70) with the Bangalore Centre of the Forum, rejoined it on 1st
January 1979 as Secretary. From May 2004 he was re-designated as
Director-General.
The Forum had, until
the early 1980s, also active centers in Ahmedabad,
Bangalore,
Calcutta (now Kolkata), Delhi and Madras (now Chennai). Due to
administrative and financial constraints the centers were closed
gradually.
ASSOCIATE BODIES
The Forum is also responsible for the administration and conduct of
programmes of three Trusts, viz., The A.D. Shroff Memorial Trust, the
Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial Trust and the M. R. Pai Foundation. Its
secretariat looks after their day-to-day working and also their
activities. Some of the activities are held outside Mumbai as well.
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