Kathmandu. The Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) has formed 19 different committees, councils and forums to work on a sectoral basis. The committees formed by the Confederation include Industry Committee, Revenue Committee, Make in Nepal Swadeshi Committee, Global Business and Diaspora Committee, Infrastructure Committee, Banking and Finance Committee, Tourism Committee, Agriculture and Map Committee, Province and District Coordination Committee, Membership Committee, Certificate of Origin Committee, Education and Skills Committee, Health Council.

Similarly, employers’ council, energy development council, information technology council, CEO’s forum, women leadership forum, startup and youth entrepreneur forum have been formed. The confederation has also elected the chairpersons and vice-presidents of the committees. At a program organized at the Confederation Secretariat on Sunday, Confederation President Birendra Raj Pandey handed over the nomination papers to the presidents and vice-presidents of the committees, councils and forums formed.

On the occasion, Chairman Pandey expressed the belief that the committees would work responsibly for the overall economic development of the country by giving clear policy suggestions to the government and regulatory bodies, promoting entrepreneurs. He said that the confederation would work effectively for the next two years with the support of the committees.

Rahul Agrawal has been elected as the president of the industry committee, Guru Adhikari as the vice-president, Gopal Agrawal as the chairman of the revenue committee, Deepak Kumar Agrawal and Sheshmani Dahal as the vice-presidents. Similarly, Hitesh Golchha has been elected as the president of the Agriculture and Map Committee, Prashi Agrawal as the president of the Make in Nepal Indigenous Committee, Bidushi Rana as the vice president, Chandra Chandan as the president of the Global Business and Diaspora Committee and Varna Neupane as the vice-president, Ram Krishna Khatiwada as the chairman of the infrastructure committee and Basanta Chand as the vice-president.

Barun Kumar Todi has been elected as the chairman of the Banking and Finance Committee, Pampha Dhamala as the president of the tourism committee, Ashok Pokharel and Romi Aryal as the vice-presidents, Lekhraj Pokharel as the president of the state and district coordination committee and Pawan Kumar Sharda as the vice-president. Gaurav Sharda has been elected as the chairman of the membership committee, Akash Golchha as the chairman of the certificate of origin committee, Ashish Jajodia as the president of the education and skills committee, Yash Agrawal as the vice president, Manish Khemka as the chairman of the health committee and Ashish Agrawal as the vice-president.

Similarly, Dhruba Rijal has been elected as the President of the Employers Council, Ashish Garg as the President of the Energy Development Council, Sanjeev Neupane as the Vice President, Sanjay Golchha as the President of the Information Technology Council, Harkirat Singh Bedi as the President of THE CEO’s Forum, Bidushi Rana as the President of the Women Leadership Forum, Aashrata Karki as the Vice President, Anurag Goyal as the President of the Startup and Youth Entrepreneurs Forum and Ashish Agrawal as the Vice President.