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Sub: - Mr. Sudesh Kumar Poddar Elected as New President of FHRAI
Dear Member,
We are pleased to inform you that Mr. Sudesh Kumar Poddar has been elected as the President of the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) for 2022-23 (2018-19 as per Hon’ble NCLAT Order) at the 66th Annual General Meeting of FHRAI held at The Lalit, New Delhi on 16th March 2023.
The AGM was followed by the first meeting of the new Executive Committee of the Federation which has elected Mr Sudesh Poddar as the new President of FHRAI. He has previously served in the position of Hon. Treasurer in the Federation. Mr Poddar is a veteran of the industry and has been in the hospitality business since 1977. He owns multiple restaurants in Kolkata including the iconic 70-year-old Chinese restaurant - Songhai and a 4-star hotel in Assam under the banner - Satya Hotels Pvt Ltd.
At the first meeting of the new FHRAI Executive Committee, the following Office Bearers for the year 2022-23 were also elected:
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Vice President
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Mr. K. Nagaraju
Director, The Atria Hotel, Bengaluru
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Vice President
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Mr. Surendra Kumar Jaiswal
Managing Director, Deep Group of Hotels, Lucknow
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Vice President
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Mr. Pradeep Shetty
Director, Maharaja Restaurant, Mumbai
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Honorary Secretary
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Mr. T.S. Walia
Director, Hotel Walson, Kolkata
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Honorary Treasurer
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Mr. DVS Somaraju
Executive Director, Katriya Hotel & Towers, Hyderabad
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Joint Hony. Secretary
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Mr. Gurbaxish Singh Kohli
Jt. Managing Director, Hotel Midtown Pritam, Mumbai
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Joint Hony. Secretary
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Mr. Amarvir Singh
Partner, Hotel Natraj, Ludhiana
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This is for your kind information.
With best regards,
Jaison Chacko
Secretary General
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