Akshay Kumar – Mumbai
Sunil Kumar, former acting president of Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) has been elected as the president for a tenure of two years (2015-17). TAAI recently concluded its 64th annual general meeting and elections. A total of 745 votes were casted out of which Kumar bagged 284 votes. The other presidential candidates, Harmandeep Singh Anand and Rajji Rai got 239 and 219 votes respectively.
Other office bearers who were elected include: Marzban Antia as the vice president; Lokesh Bettaiah as secretary general and Jay Bhatia as treasurer. While the managing committee members are Anil Kumar, Jyoti Mayal, Shreeram Patel, Imtiaz Qureshi, Bhagwan Ramnani, Devaki Thiagarajan, R Venkatachalam.
Kumar said, “It is a great feeling to win the election. I thank the members of TAAI for showing confidence in our team. The turnout has been fantastic this year. Our immediate agenda will be to form committees and assign responsiblities. We would like to have a stronger connect with the government. We want to evolve this association to make it relevant for today’s time. Our focus will be on training and upgrading our members.”