Vijay Govardhandas Kalantri | |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1949 |
Birth Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Education: | G.C.D. & TEXTILE DIPLOMA |
Occupation: | Industrialist |
Spouse: | Mohini Vijay Kalantri |
Children: | 1. Vishal Vijay Kalantri2. Sangeeta Jain 3. Vikas Kalantri4. Vinay Vijay Kalantri |
Website: | https://aiaiindia.com/https://www.wtcmumbai.org/ |
Dr. Vijay Govardhandas Kalantri (born 1949)[1] is an Indian industrialist. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Balaji Infra Projects Limited (BIPL) [2] and Dighi Port Limited (DPL).[3] [4] He is the President of All India Association of Industries,[5] Chairman of World Trade Center, Mumbai[6] and is Director International of World Trade Centers Association, New York City.[7] [8]
Vijay Kalantri was born in Mumbai in 1949. He did schooling from Hindi Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai.[9] And did Diploma in Textile from Sasmira, Mumbai. Later, he married with Mohini Vijay Kalantri. His sister Kamla Jhawar lives in Raipur. He has an elder brother Ghanshyam Kalantry stays in Mumbai.[10]
Vijay Kalantri has been a Director of Dena Bank, Canara Bank and is a member of the Reserve Bank of India’s Standing Committee on Small Scale Industry, Exchange Control and the All India Export Advisory Committee. He is on the National Advisory Board of Small Industries Development Bank of India and the Advisory Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India and as an independent, non-executive Director of VIP Industries Ltd.[1]
Kalantri is a member of the Honorable Prime Minister’s Task Force, Small and medium-sized enterprises, State Gramin Corporation, Advisory Board of Corporate Governance Committee of SEBI and the Central Council of Customs and Excise. He represents India at World Economic Forum and at the World Trade Organization ministerial conferences.
He is a board member of Africa Economic & e-Governance Forum.[11] He is on advisory board of Green Port South Asia.[12] Kalantri is a former treasurer of state congress.[13] He is the President of All India Association of Industries(AIAI) and Chairman of MVIRDC World Trade Centre Mumbai. AIAI has initiated Indo Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industries (IPCCI), Indian Council of Foreign Trade (ICOFT), Indo-Mauritius Chamber of Commerce (IMCC), Young Entrepreneur Society (YES) as its associates. AIAI has also promoted Russia India Trade House Mumbai (RITHM).