Government Affairs & Legislation (GAL) Group

Key Areas

• Govt./Trade Policies review (Excise, Customs, Tax, Budget, etc).
• Identification and analysis of measures that may be employed to safeguard the interests of the domestic industry in respect of trade legislations (ADD, Safeguard, Countervailing duties).
• Providing critical financial, legal and other related inputs for research reports (e.g. Tariff Commission, Competition Commission, etc).
• Tracking industry cost trends (in close functioning with the Supply Chain Group).

Convener:Mr. Hiren Desai, Hiren.Desai@ceat.com
Co-convener:Mr. B Rajagopalan, CFO, TVS Srichakra Ltd,  rajagopalan.B@tvstyres.com

Members:
Mr. Rohit Arora, Group Head Accounts – APMEA, Apollo Tyres Ltd. rohit.Arora@apollotyres.com

Mr. Rohit Mathur, Head – Business Strategy & PMO, Business Planning, Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd., rohit-mathur@bridgestone.co.in

Mr. Chandra Kumar, Head – Accounts, Continental India Ltd.,  chandra.kumar@conti.in

Mr. Shailendra Jindal, Country Head – Taxation, Goodyear India, shailendra_jindal@goodyear.com

Mr. Sanjiv Saxena, Sr. Vice President – Corporate Accounts, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., ssaxena@jkmail.com

Mr. Madhu Nainan, Vice President – Finance, MRF Ltd madhu.nainan@mrfmail.com