Ramsinh Parmar elected as chairman of GCMMF, the marketing body of Amul

Parmar said it was a great honour to lead an institution driven by the legendary V Kurien

The country’s largest dairy federation, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF, owner of the Amul brand), with annual turnover of Rs 270 billion, unanimously elected its chairman from among the chiefs of 18 milk unions. Ramsinh Parmar, chairman of Kaira Milk Union, contemporary of former chairman Parthi Bhatol and seniormost of all the current milk union chiefs, was elected.

Parmar is a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He’d defected from the Indian National Congress ahead of the recent state Assembly election. Five-time member of the legislative Assembly (MLA), he’d lost to the Congress' Kantibhai Parmar from Thasra constituency