Dr Meenesh Shah takes charge as new chairman of NCDFI

The National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd (NCDFI), in its Board elections held on April 5, unanimously elected Dr Meenesh Shah as the Chairman. The election was conducted by Praveen Chaudhary, District Collector of Anand who served as the Returning Officer. Prior to this, NCDFI in its General Body meeting held on April 4, 2024 elected eight directors on the Board unopposed. This included Dr Meenesh Shah, Jharkhand Milk Federation, Dr Mangal Jit Rai, Sikkim Milk Union, Shamalbhai B Patel, Gujarat Milk Federation, Randhir Singh, Haryana Milk Federation, K S Mani, Kerala Milk Federation, Balachandra L. Jarakiholi, Karnataka

Milk Federation, Narinder Singh Shergill, Punjab Milk Federation and Sameer Kumar Parida, West Assam Milk Union. Apart from these elected directors, Regupathi, Executive Director, NDDB is the nominated director on the Board of NCDFI. Dr Meenesh Shah has wide range of experience and expertise from his being Chairman of several esteemed institutions such as the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Mother Dairy, IDMC, Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL), National Cooperative Organics Ltd (NCOL), NDDB Dairy Services (NDS), Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), NDDB CALF, NDDB MRIDA, Anandalaya, among others.