Mr. Rajiv Ranjan elected as the President of TAI, Mumbai Unit

The Textile Association (India) – Mumbai Unit held 70th Annual General Body meeting of on 1st October 2021 which was conducted in the TAI, Mumbai Unit’s newly developed office premises “Santosh Apartments” for the first time.

This decision of postponing the elections for the term 2021-2023 was again unanimously approved in their Special AGM held on 1st October 2021.

In the AGM Mr. Rajiv Ranjan was unanimously elected as the President of TAI, Mumbai Unit for the term 2021-2023 and Mr. Vikas Sharan was unanimously re-elected as the Vice President of TAI, Mumbai Unit for the term 2021-2023.

Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Former Executive Director & CEO, Hindoostan Mills Ltd. (Thackersey Group)

Mr. Rajiv Ranjanis a senior professional and a strategic business leader with 40+ years of multi-domain, cross-functional experience in the textile industry in India. This includes extensive exposure to a gamut of areas with an overall P & L responsibility of businesses across the tenure.

In his last major industry assignments as Executive Director & CEO at Hindoostan Mills Ltd. (Thackersey Group), Mumbai, and earlier as President (Textiles) at Mafatlal Industries Ltd., Mumbai. He successfully led the businesses by enabling leadership, business and people transformation.

He proved his competence in setting up Greenfield projects & turning around operations while scaling them up into sustainable & profitable businesses.

He is actively associated with The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit. He unanimously elected as the President of TAI, Mumbai Unit for the term 2021-2023.

Mr. Vikas Sharan Director – India Operations, Saurer Textile Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Vikas Sharan has had a distinguished career in the textile machinery and machine tools industry spanning more than twenty nine years in India and abroad.

He holds a Diploma in Textile Manufactures from DKTE Society’s Textile & Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, Bachelor’s Degree in Textile Technology from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, along with a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai.

Mr. Sharan currently heads Saurer Textile Solutions Pvt. Ltd. as Director – India Operations. He is a sitting member on the Board of Saurer India, as a Whole Time Director.

Apart from the above, Mr. Sharan is attached to the following associations:

Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (TMMA) (India) – Executive Council Member.
Invited member on Board of Studies (BoS) of Textile Manufactures Department at VJTI since 2018.
Lifetime member of VJTI Alumni Association (VAA).

The other facets of Mr. Sharan include a keen interest in sports, music, travelling and photography.

He is actively associated with The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit. He unanimously elected as the President of TAI, Mumbai Unit for the term 2021-2023.

Other Office Bearers as under: