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Event Name


Foreign Trade Policy 2023

Contributing to India's vision of increasing exports to two trillion dollars by 2030.

Date & Time


Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 3.30 pm to 5 pm (IST)

Event telecast


https://cdn.vouchpro.tv/GlobalTradeandForexTalks/

Event Speakers


Hon. Santosh Kumar Sarangi (IAS)
Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

Mr. Arvind Vohra
Group Head, Branch Banking & Retail Trade & Forex HDFC Bank Ltd.

Mr Jatinder Gupta
Business Head, Retail Trade & Forex HDFC Bank Ltd

Speaker Profile


Hon. Shri Santosh Kumar Sarangi (IAS)
Shri Santosh Kumar Sarangi is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Odisha Cadre. He holds a degree in Master of Arts (Political Science) from University of Delhi and Master in Public Policy from Duke University, USA.

In Odisha, apart from being District Magistrate in three districts, he has served in various sectors like Education, Tourism, Mining and Tribal Affairs, Science and Technology. Between 2013 to 2019, he served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and handled responsibilities as Chairman, APEDA & Chairman, Tea Board. He has also worked as Additional Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of School Education & Literacy under the Ministry of Education along with the charge of Chairperson, NCTE, New Delhi. At present Shri Sarangi is working as Director General of Foreign Trade in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt of India

Mr Arvind Vohra
Mr. Arvind Vohra is Group Head – Retail Branch Banking and Retail Trade & Forex at HDFC Bank. In a career spanning over two decades, Mr. Vohra has worked with consumer centric categories in industries across the spectrum including Banking, Telecommunications, Consumer Durables, and Healthcare. Prior to joining the bank, Mr. Vohra, as Operations Director at Vodafone, successfully led the business for nine telecom circles. He also held the national sales and distribution responsibility, while heading the company’s Wi-Fi and Consumer Internet of Things business. In his previous role, he has worked for Godrej & Boyce, Whirlpool, Standard Chartered Bank, and Becton Dickinson in various roles including sales, marketing, and business leadership.

An engineer by education, Mr. Vohra completed MBA from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar in 1995, and senior leadership programme from London Business School in 2015
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