3rd Annual General Meeting of the
Indo-Belgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Date : Wednesday, 18th August 2004
Venue : The Consulate General of Belgium, Morena, 11 M L Dhanukar
Marg,
Mumbai - 400026
Time : 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT – As per Annexure attached
The President of the Chamber, Mr. Dinesh Lal, Chaired the
meeting.
Mr. Lal declared the session open and directed Mr. Firoz Kachwalla,
The Hon. Secretary to begin with the proceedings. With the
consent of the members present, the Notice of the meeting
was taken as read. Mr. Kachwalla thereafter took up the formal
business agenda as set out in the notice for the meeting.
Item No. 1. To approve the
minutes of the 2nd Annual General Meeting.
Since the minutes were circulated to all members, it was
taken as read to which the members present consented. The Mr.
Sashidharan proposed the following resolution: “RESOLVED
that Minutes of the 2nd AGM be and are hereby received, approved
and confirmed.”
The Resolution, duly seconded by Mr. Suryanaraynan, was put
to vote and carried unanimously.
Item No. 2. To receive and
adopt the Executive Council’s Annual Report, Audited Statement
of Accounts and the Auditor’s Report for the period ended
31st March 2004.
Mr. Kachwalla presented a brief
on the various activities of the Chamber during the year ended
2003-2004, from the Chamber’s Annual Report of the Managing
Committee. He then read the Auditor’s Report on the Chamber
Account for the year ended 31st March 2004. The Xerxes Master,
Hon. Treasurer proposed the following resolution:
"RESOLVED
that the balance sheet for the year ended 31st March 2004 and
the Profit and Loss account ended on that date along with the
reports of auditors and executive council thereon as placed
before the meeting be and are hereby adopted."
Mr. Kashyap seconded the Resolution. The Resolution having been
duly proposed and seconded, the President invited comments from
members if any on the report and accounts. As no comments were
received the resolution was put to vote. The Resolution was
carried unanimously.
Item No. 3. To appoint Auditors
to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the
conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting and fix their
remuneration
The Kachwala informed the
members, that M/s. R.V. Shah, Chartered Accountants, have audited
the accounts of the Chamber and are willing to continue, if
appointed.
Mr. Tanwar proposed the following Resolution. "Resolved
that the auditor of the company, M/s R. V. Shah Chartered Accountants
who retires at this meeting, being eligible and willing to act
as auditor, be and is hereby appointed as auditors of the company
to hold office till the conclusion of the next annual general
meeting, on a remuneration to be decided in mutual consultation
with the executive council."
The resolution was seconded by Mr. Kaeley, was put to vote and
carried out unanimously.
Item No. 4. To announce the
results of election of the Members of the Executive Council
held in accordance with the election rules for the year 2004-05
Under the provision of
Article 18 of the Articles of Association of the Chamber,
all the Members of the Executive Council retire after a term
of one year and are eligible for re-election. The Chamber
had invited nominations from amongst the members. Out of the
nominations received, the eligible nominations were as follows:
Mr. Dinesh Lal, Tecto India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Vijay Jalan, Intercargo Network Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Koen Bronder, Safmarine India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Firoz Kachwalla, M. A. Kachwalla & Sons
Mr. Xerxes Master, Prudential Shipping Agencies Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sashidharan, Fortis Bank
Mr. Sameer Chinchanikar, K.B.C. Bank N.V.
Mr. Girdhar Balwani, UCB India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. J. C. Creeten, FEDEX
Mr. Lal, welcome the members of the new Executive Council.
Mr. Vijay Jalan delivered the vote of thanks. The President
then declared the meeting as concluded
List of Participants at
the Annual General Meeting held on 18th August 2004
H.E. Mr. Herman Merckx : Consul General of
Belgium
Mr. Alok Bhardwaj : Trade Officer of Luxembourg
Mr. Dinesh Lal : President, IBLCCI
Mr. Vijay Jalan : Vice President, IBCCI
Mr. X erxes Master : Hon. Treasurer, IBCCI
Firoz Kachwalla : Hon. Secretary
Mr. Koen Bronder : Committee Member,
IBCCI
Mr. Sameer Chinchanikar : Committee Member, IBCCI
Mr. Sashidharan : Committee Member, IBCCI
Mr. S. P. Tanwar : Antwerp Diamond Bank
Ms. Priti Chandriani : Chocossieur
Capt. A .S. Kapoor : Gen Manager, Fleet Personnel, Tecto
India Pvt.Ltd
