Indian Paper Manufacturers Association Elects New Office Bearers

Pawan Agarwal, Managing Director, Naini Papers Ltd has been elected as the President of Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA) at the 26th Annual General Meeting of the national apex body of Paper sector in India.

Pavan Khaitan, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Kuantum Papers Ltd. is the new Vice President of IPMA.

The Chairmen of various IPMA Sub-Committees were also nominated at the AGM of IPMA as follows: IPMA Commercial & Taxation Sub-Committee: Sushil Kumar Khetan (Emami Paper Mills Ltd.); IPMA Marketing Sub-Committee: Rajesh Kumar Ponnuru (ITC Ltd. PSPD); IPMA Raw Material Sub-Committee: A S Mehta (JK Paper Ltd.); and IPMA Technical & Environment Sub-Committee: Ashok Kumar (Pudumjee Paper Products Ltd.)

As a national industry body, Indian Paper Manufacturers Association represents the resurgent and organised face of the ₹1,00,000 crore paper industry in India. The industry provides direct employment to 5,00,000 persons and indirectly to around 1.5 million. IPMA membership comprises large integrated pulp & paper mills from the private and public sector with a product mix of all varieties of paper (writing, printing, packaging, paperboard, specialty and newsprint).