THE GOAN NETWORK
PANAJI
At the recently held CII Goa Annual Session 2022, Swati Salgaocar, president V M Salgaocar and Bro Pvt Limited has been nominated as the Chairperson CII Goa State Council and Anirudh Agrawal, Managing Director, Agrawal Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd as Vice-Chairman to the CII Goa State Council 2022-23.
Swati Salgaocar is a director at the Vimson Group, founded over 70 years ago in Goa with business interests in mineral development (V M Salgaocar and Bro Pvt Ltd “ India and Singapore, and V M Salgaocar Sales International are in the business of mining, export and trading of iron ore), real estate (Altura Spaces), and financial services (Shivranjani Securities Pvt Ltd and Pyramid Finance Ltd). The Group has recently diversified internationally in the minerals sector and launched Prospect Mining Studio (accelerator to support sustainable mining startups in partnership with Newlab, USA). The philanthropic interests of the group include sports (Salgaocar FC and its youth development and community outreach programs which benefit over 600 children a year) and healthcare (V M Salgaocar Hospital).
Swati holds a BA (Arch) (Hons) from Yale University, USA and an M.Arch from Columbia University, USA. She is a member of the CII National Committee on Mining and a past co-chair of the CII Startups and Innovation Committee (Western Region). She is a member of the Goa Industrial Facilitation and Promotion Board as well as a Joint Consultative Group for framing of the Goa State Entrepreneurship Policy. She is a member of the governing board and chairperson of the Campus Development Committee of GIM. She has been co-director of the Yale India Alumni Schools Committee since 2013 and is a member of the Young President’s Organisation and Owners Forum.
Anirudh Agrawal is a scion of the illustrious Agrawal family of South Goa. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from the GEC, Farmagudi and an MBA from the USA. On his return from the US, he joined his family business and aspired to start a new venture “ Agrawal Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd, the first manufacturer of solar panels in Goa. He further diversified into the manufacture of EVA sheets and has expanded his solar panels 4 times in a short period of 10 years. Besides this, Agrawal is also a founder member of Entrepreneurs Organization in Goa and Margao Youth Round Table. He also led the CII Goa Panel on Energy as convenor in 2021-22.
