DP Jain is 26th President of Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce
Toronto: Dharma P. Jain was elected the 26th President of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce at the Annual General Meeting of the Chamber held Thursday July 17.
The three other directors elected for a two-year term at the meeting are Jagdish Bajaj, Sanjay Makkar, and Ginni Sethi. The Chamber’s new board comprises
- Dharma P. Jain, President
- Naval Bajaj, Immediate Past President
- Jagdish Bajaj
- Tony Chawla
- Rajni Tekriwal
- Brij K. Sharma
- Sanjay Makkar, and
- Ginni Sethi
In a statement issued in Toronto, Jain said, “I am delighted to be the new President of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC).The Chamber is a great business and commerce institution with deep roots in the Indian diaspora. It has achieved its status as a preeminent organization of Indo-Canadians because of the sterling contributions of many business and community leaders.”
He added, “I am confident I will succeed in steering the august institutions successfully to fulfill its twin mandates of fostering Canada-India trade relations and creating opportunities for Canadians of Indian origin.”
Dharma (DP) Jain was first elected to the ICCC’s board three years ago and has handled a variety of portfolios for the Chamber including finance, and affinity programs. Based in Brampton, Jain is an accomplished finance professional and practicing CGA serving to medium and small businesses. He has over 25 years of international experience. He holds a number of international designations such as CPA, CGA, CPA, USA, CA, India and LL.B., India. He is socially active and currently serves as Vice President of Jaipurfoot.Org and Treasurer of Sri Jain Mandir.
At the AGM, the Chamber also passed a Special Resolution for ICCC’s transition to new Not-for-Profit Corporations Act. The Chamber will now apply for Certificate of Continuance under the new Act that will come into effect in October 2014.
