Pune: ISHRAE announced the appointment of Nandkishor Kotkar as the Incoming President of ISHRAE Pune Chapter. Nandkishor Kotkar will assume the role of the President by succeeding Virendra Borade who was the President of the ISHRAE Pune Chapter. New committee members were also appointed for the year 2023-24 to serve ISHRAE’s Pune Chapter. According to the new appointments, Ashutosh Joshi will take over as President-Elect, Subhash Khanade will assume the role of Secretary, and Chetan Thakur will be the new Treasurer.
The announcement ceremony took place at Hotel Tip Top International, waked Pune in the presence of the National Immediate Past President Ishrae Mr. N S Chandrasekar, and previous committee members such as Shri NS Chandrasekhar Former National President ISHRAE, Shri Pankaj Dharkar National President Assochem JEM, Shri Arvind Surange First President ISHRAE Pune and Former National President, RS Kulkarni Eminent Technical Consultant, Ramesh Paranjape Eminent Refrigeration Expert, Mihir Sangvi National President RATA, Vikram Murthy Former National President ISHRAE, Manish Gulalkari Divisional Director ISHRAE west 1, Raja Shriram President REFCOLD Chennai, Preeti Mhaske Guinness World Record Winner and Cyclist, DK Shami National Fire Marshal, Ashok Menon Former Director Goa Fire Services, Ajit Raghavan President Fire and Security Association of India, Dipen Mehta Treasurer Fire and Security Association of India, etc. dignitaries will be present. Dr. Anil Kashyap, President & Chancellor NICMAR, will be present as the keynote speaker for this event.
ISHRAE Pune Branch Executive Board Virendra Borade Ex-President, Mr. Ashutosh Joshi Appointed President, Chetan Thakur Treasurer, Subhash Kanade Secretary, and other colleagues will be present. ISHRAE Pune has done many good things about environmental protection like tree plantation, sampling donation, lake restoration project, green Conclave, and started the Five Element Award to recognize the efforts of various building industry leaders. Virendra Borade outgoing President has done outstanding work to bring ISHRAE Pune Chapter to a greater height and unite all building construction industry on one common platform like FSAI IPA RATA ASSOCHAM GEM ISLE iNFHRA BAI AESA MEPA ASHRAE CTBUH credai.
According to the information given by the President of this program Mr. Virendra Borade, a lot of contributions and programs were organized by ISHRAE for environmental protection last year on behalf of the Pune branch. Last year, various programs were organized throughout the year with the concept of earth environment and transformation under the motto speed pace, in which mainly tree plantation, lake redevelopment, tree donation, environmental wari, and various workshops were contributed by Ishrae Pune through social and educational means. This year, the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected president Nandkishore Kotkar and other executives will be held tomorrow
There were many delegates present at the venue from the Consultant, Contractors, Manufacturers, Traders, and OEMs of the HVAC & R community from companies. It would also be attended by various heads of associations like RATA, FSAI, etc.
All the activities are designed to upgrade the members to meet the requirement of the India Cooling Plan which expects the Indian HVAC&R industry to grow. It would also help in enhancing skill development schemes and make in India plans.