Y. P. Trivedi




CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
Y P TRIVEDI     Elected unopposed to Parliament-Rajya Sabha



RESUME OF MR.YOGENDRA P. TRIVEDI
ADVOCATE,  SUPREME COURT
Academic Qualifications : B.Com., LL.B.


(I)Activities in the Economic Field


1.Chairman, Indo-African Chamber of Commerce
2.Ex-Hon. Consul of  Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
3.Ex - President, Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC)
4.Ex-Chairman, India Calling (NRIs Conference, organised by IMC).
5.Ex-Chairman, Taxation Committee, Indian Merchants’ Chamber
6.Ex-Chairman, Taxation Committee, All India Manufacturers’ Association
7.Committee Member, All India Association of Industries (AIAI)
8.Working Committee, All India Manufacturers’ Association (AIMO)
9.Ex-Committee Member, Taxation Committee, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
10.Ex-Member – Managing Committee, ASSOCHEM
11.Ex-Member – Co-ordination Committee, ASSOCHEM
12.Ex-Committee Member, Federation of Indian Exporters Organisation.


(II)Activities in the Professional Field


1) Ex-President, The Chamber of Income-tax Consultants

2) Ex-President, Income-tax Appellate Tribunal Bar Association

3) Ex-Member, Direct Taxes Advisory Committee for Western Region (Appointed by the Government of India)


(III)Activities in the Political Field


1)National Treasurer & Convenor of Economic Affairs Cell,            Nationalist  Congress  Party.

2) Ex-Treasurer, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC)
3) Ex-Treasurer, Bombay Regional Congress Committee (BRCC)
4) Ex-Member, Bombay Youth Congress

(IV)Activities in the Commercial Field:


Name of Company Position Held
1 Reliance Industries Limited Director
2 Reliance Petroleum Ltd. Director
3 Zodiac Clothing Co. Limited  Director
4 Birla Power Solution Limited Director
5 Birla Cotsyn (India) Ltd. Director
6 Metro Exporters Pvt.Ltd Director
7 Safari Industries Limited  Director
8 Sai Service Station Limited  Chairman
9 Zandu Pharmaceuticals Works Limited  Chairman
10 Supreme Industries Ltd. Director
11 Seksaria Biswan Sugar Factory Ltd Director
12 New Consolidated Construction Co.Ltd Director
13 Indian Merchants’ Chamber Member, Managing Committee

(V)Served as Chairman/Director in the past with:

1.Central Bank of India
2.Raymond Synthetics Ltd.,
3. Hindustan Latex Ltd.
4. Muller & Phipps Ltd
5. Dena Bank
6.Welspun Syntex Limited

(VI)Activities in the Education Field

1.Ex-Hon. Lecturer for Masters Degree in Law in Bombay University.
2.Committee Member, Indian Cultural League Education Society & Commerce at Vashi, New Bombay.

3. Faculty Member for Taxation Course, S.N.D.T. University.

(VII)Activities in the Medical Field

a) Secretary and Treasurer, Indian Medical Research Society. Under this organisation, very important research programmes are being conducted at  :
J. J. Hospital,     ii)    Harkisandas Hospital
b) Vice-President, J. K. Medical & Scientific Research Society. Under this organisation, important research in the field of Epilepsy is being conducted by eminent Neurologists.

(VIII)Activities in the Sports Field


Chairman, J. K. Sports Foundation. Under this Chairmanship, the following are amongst some of the important programmes undertaken :

1) National Aquatic Meet, where swimmers from Sri Lanka participated and      14 national records were broken.

2) All Bombay Schools Athletic Meet at the Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.

3) International Snookers Championship.

4) Undertaken to build a new Sports Complex at New Bombay.


(IX)Activities in the Social Field

1) Ex-President, Bruhad Mumbai Gujarati Samaj
2) Ex-President, Indo American Society
3) Founder President, Malabar Hill Junior Chamber
4) Senator, Junior Chamber International
5) Central Committee, Giants International
6) Ex-President, Organisation for Public Life (OPUL)
7) Ex-President, Western India Automobiles Association (WIAA)
8) Ex-President, Federation of Indian Automobile Association (FIAA)


(X)Received Awards/Merits

1.Award of Merit – Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1965.
2.Hum Log Foundation Indira Gandhi Award, 1988.
3.Association of Leasing & Financial Services Company Award, 1993.
4.Gurjar Ratna Award
5.Kala Gurjari, etc., etc.


(XI)  Miscellaneous Activities

1) Writing weekly Taxation column for the Economic Times.

2) Addressing meetings and seminars held by Lions, Rotary Clubs and Junior Chamber; Guest Speaker at Bajaj Institute of Management, Bombay, All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan.

3) Widely travelled in India and abroad.