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  • Deepshikha Dharmaraj is the new President

    Public Affairs Forum announces officebearers for 2024-25

    Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), the association of corporate public affairs practitioners, has announced names of its officebearers for 2024-25. PAFI represents members from over 100 major Indian and global companies. Deepshikha Dharmaraj took over as the President of PAFI for 2024-25 with immediate effect from Vinita Sethi

    “This is a pivotal year as the world turns its attention to India and its influence in geopolitics, climate change, and business uncertainty,” said Dharmaraj, who is CEO of BCW India Group (soon to be Burson India Group). “With the collective experience and guidance of PAFI’s exceptional past presidents, officebearers and the PAFI secretariat, I am looking forward to foster meaningful ideas and facilitate dialogue to support the government, policy and corporate decision makers.”

    Added Sethi, the outgoing President of PAFI and Senior Vice President & Chief Public Affairs at the Apollo Hospitals Group: “Over the last year, we have implemented steps towards increasing member engagement through sectoral councils, hosted a very well- received 10th Annual Forum, and continued our efforts to build capacity among young public policy professionals. We also initiated a focused initiative towards accelerating the participation of women in the workforce and leadership. Looking ahead, I believe PAFI will continue to deepen this work and lead public policy practitioners across more areas.”

    Chetan Krishnaswamy, Vice President, Public Policy, Amazon India is the new Vice President. Medha Girotra, Vice President- Communications, Asia Pacific, Mastercard is the new Secretary, and Shivnath Thukral, Director and Head Public Policy, Meta India is the new Treasurer.

  • Vinita Sethi takes over as the President

    PAFI announces new office bearers for 2024

    By Our Staff

     

    Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), the professional resource for public affairs practitioners in the country, announced its new office bearers for the year 2023-24.

     

    Vice President of PAFI for 2022-23, Vinita Sethi, took over as the President of PAFI for 2023-24 with immediate effect from Virat Bhatia, who completed his tenure as the President of PAFI for 2022-23.

     

    Deepshikha Dharmaraj, Chief Executive Officer of BCW India Group is the new Vice President of PAFI. Chetan Krishnaswamy, India Public Policy, Amazon India is the new Secretary, and Medha Girotra, Vice President, Public Policy, South Asia, Mastercard India Services Pvt Ltd is the new Treasurer.

     

    Vinita Sethi, the incoming President of PAFI and Senior Vice President & Chief Public Affairs at the Apollo Hospitals Group, said: “It is a privilege to take over as the second woman President of PAFI. Seeing more women in the leadership team of PAFI this year is terrific. There wouldn’t be a better time to be in Public Affairs as we navigate major global shifts and impacts in today’s inter-connected world by regularly engaging with policymakers and peers in India and abroad. At PAFI, we have been deepening capacity building in the public affairs domain through sharing experiences and navigating critical shifts in policymaking by engaging with the central and state governments and think tanks and aligning with other external stakeholders. Our focus has been on new paradigms of governance, growth and development. The other office bearers and I will continue our dialogue and outreach with stakeholders in the government and businesses across sectors. We will continue to strengthen cross-sectoral collaborations, innovate and build new policy-dialogue platforms to support the government’s efforts towards accelerating the country’s economic growth and overall development.”

     

  • Ishteyaque Amjad takes over as President of PAFI

    Public Affairs Forum of India announces new office bearers

    By A Correspondent

     

    Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI) has announced its new officebearers for the year 2020-21. Ishteyaque Amjad takes over as President of PAFI at its AGM held on April 24, 2020. Ahmed is Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications & sustainability at Coca-Cola India and South West Asia.

     

    Ishteyaque Amjad

    Said Amjad: “I am both humbled and honoured to take on the responsibilities of President of PAFI. We are going through an unprecedented time and PAFI is probably best placed to lead the practice in the area of public affairs and enable a very constructive partnership between Government, Civil Society, Media and Industry. Given the current environment and the increasing need and realisation for Public Affairs as a central function in businesses, now is the time for us to look beyond the horizons and evolve from being an organisation to becoming an Institution. I will strive to work towards providing new opportunities and platforms to our members to achieve the same.”

     

    Ahmedi takes over the role of President, PAFI, from Raman Sidhu, Chairman of EBG Federation, upon completion of his successful term.

     

    Meawhile, Dr Subho Ray took over as the Vice President of PAFI. Ray is the President of Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). Ankhi Das, Public Policy Director  India, South & Central Asia, Facebook India Online Services is Secretary of PAFI. Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Group Government Affairs Officer, Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd., the Treasurer of PAFI.