V R Patel elected KRIBHCO chairman

KRIBHCO today said that V R Patel has been elected as the new chairman of the fertiliser cooperative.

"Vaghjibhai Rughnathbhai Patel, a leading cooperator and a dynamic farmers' leader, has been elected as the new Chairman of KRIBHCO at a meeting of the reconstituted board of directors of the society, held in New Delhi," KRIBHCO said in a statement.

Patel has been on the KRIBHCO Board since July, 1999.

The reconstituted KRIBHCO Board has 15 members, including Shailaja D Nikam, a lady cooperator from Mumbai. Nikam is the first woman in the history of KRIBHCO to be a board member.