Alkali manufacturers body AIMA elects Anil Kumar as president

Alkali Manufacturers Association of India (AMAI) has elected Anil Kumar, Executive Director at DCM Shriram Ltd, as its president.
"At the 39th Annual General Meeting of the Association held on September 26, 2016 in New Delhi, Anil Kumar was elected President and Jayanti M Patel was elected Vice President of AMAI," the association said in a statement.
Kumar is Executive Director (Chemicals) at DCM Shriram, which is engaged in various businesses such as seed, fertiliser, sugar and chlor-vinyl.
He is a graduate in Physics and Law and has been with the DCM Shriram Group for over 40 years.
Jayanti M Patel is Executive Chairman of Meghmani Group of companies which has diversified interests in agrochemicals, pigments & dyes, alkali chemicals and energy.

Patel is a chemical engineer with over 39 years experience in dyes and pigments and over 21 years experience in agro-chemicals.

AMAI was established in 1960 and represents the entire alkali industry and prominent PVC resin manufacturers in the country. The principal products of the industry are caustic soda/ chlorine, soda ash and PVC resins.
The alkali industry constitutes the largest segment of the Indian inorganic chemical industry.
The association represents over 50 plants spread across the country with an industry turnover of over Rs 25,000 crore that provides employment to nearly 2 lakh people, the statement said.