Kathmandu, December 18:

Binod Kumar Chaudhary was elected president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) for the third time. Five vice-presidents and a six-member governing council were also elected. CNI’s sixth annual general meeting (AGM) is tomorrow.

“At a time when industrial environment is worsening, entrepreneurs are being targetted and their morale is down, CNI’s sixth AGM will send a positive message,” said Chaudhary, also a CA member. He added the new CNI committee would work for the industrial revolution.

Along with Chaudhary, the governing council has Chiranjilal Agrawal, Bijay Kumar Shah, Shreedhar Prasad Acharya, Tolaram Dugar and Tekchandra Pokharel. The five vice-presidnts are Narendra Kumar Basnyat, Birendra Kumar Shanghai, Haribhakta Sharma, Anuj Agrawal and Anand Bagaria while Anil Shah, Rajendra Aryal, Gunchandra Bista and Hemant Golchha among others are members.

Barsha Shrestha will lead WEF and Dipendra Tandon will lead YEF while Upendra Poudyal and Mahesh Kumar Lohiya are in the national council of CNI.