Dr Meenesh Shah elected as chairman of NCDFI

Shah was Chairman of several esteemed Institutions such as the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Mother Dairy, IDMC, IIL, NCOL, NDS, (IRMA), NDDB CALF, NDDB MRIDA, Anandalaya, among others

The National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd. (NCDFI) had its Board elections on April 5, and Dr Meenesh Shah was unanimously elected as the Chairman. Praveen Chaudhary, IAS, District Collector of Anand, who served as the Returning Officer, conducted the election. Before this, NCDFI held a General Body meeting on April 04, 2024, where eight directors were elected unopposed to the Board. This included Dr Meenesh Shah, Jharkhand Milk Federation, Dr Mangal Jit Rai, Sikkim Milk Union, Shamalbhai B. Patel, Gujarat Milk Federation, Randhir Singh, Haryana Milk Federation, K. S. Mani, Kerala Milk Federation, Balachandra L. Jarakiholi, Karnataka Milk Federation, Narinder Singh Shergill, Punjab Milk Federation, and Sameer Kumar Parida, West Assam Milk Union.

Regupathi, Executive Director, NDDB, is the nominated director on the Board of NCDFI and the above-elected directors. Meenesh Shah has a wide range of experience and expertise from being Chairman of several esteemed Institutions such as National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Mother Dairy, IDMC, Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL), National Cooperative Organics Ltd (NCOL), NDDB Dairy Services (NDS), Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), NDDB CALF, NDDB MRIDA, Anandalaya, among others.

NCDFI is a national-level apex dairy cooperative registered on December 7, 1970, and is governed under the provisions of the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2023. It has 20 Regular Members, 14 Associate Members, and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) as its Institutional Member.