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Premal Udani |
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Chairman-AEPC |
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Mr.Premal Udani did his
MBA in the US in 1980
and joined the family
business of Textiles &
Yarn Trading and
immersed himself in
building the garment
division for the
Company, M/s Kay Tee
Corp. Pvt. Ltd. This
completely vertical
company operates from
Tirupur is one of the
top exporters of knitted
garments out of India
and also has the
distinction of winning
more than 60 top exports
awards.
Practically from the
beginning of his career,
he has been part of
trade associations such
as The Clothing
Manufacturers
Association of India (CMAI),
Federation of Hosiery
Manufacturers
Association (FOHMA).
Most of his fellow
exporters were about a
decade older than him
and he learnt a lot from
them in the early years.
He has been an Executive
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member of the Apparel
Export Promotion Council
(AEPC) since 1986, at
that time the youngest
member of the Committee. |
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He was elected President
of CMAI in 1999 for a
two year term, which
culminated into a 6 year
term. He completely
changed the profile of
CMAI, by introducing
several revolutionary
initiatives and
international tie - ups
and collaborations.
Mr Udani has been
closely associated with
Tirupur and is founding
member of the India Knit
Fair Association (IKFA).
He was also specially
appointed by the
Government of Gujarat on
a panel to explore
possibilities of setting
up garment industry in
Gujarat. The cluster at
Vapi was a result of the
work of this panel.
A good orator, Mr.Udani
has presented several
papers on Textiles and
Clothing in national and
international seminars
and his views have
always been well
received. He has been on
the Committee of Indo
Italian of commerce and
industry for the past 5
years and was also on
the Committee of Indian
Merchant Chambers (IMC)
up to 2006.
Mr. Udani is also
involved in his family
charitable trust, which
runs a center for
destitute women (1500
ladies) and also runs
orthopedic hospital. All
this in his family home
town of Rajkot, Gujarat. |
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