The annual general meeting of the West Indian Sugar Mills Association (WISMA) concluded on Saturday, August 31, 2024, in Pune. During the meeting, Executive Director Ajit Chougule announced the unanimous election of the new executive board members for the 2024-27 term. WISMA, representing 133 private sugar mills in Maharashtra, saw the following eleven members elected:
Eleven (11) Executive Board Members:
B. B. Thombare – Chairman and Managing Director, Natural Sugar, District-Yavatmal
Rohit Pawar (MLA) – Chief Executive Officer, Baramati Agro Ltd., District-Pune
Dr. Pandurang Raut – Chairman and Managing Director, Srinath Mhaskoba Sugar Factory Ltd., District-Pune
Bajrang Sonwane (MP) – Chairman and Managing Director, Yedeshwari Agro Products Ltd., District-Beed
Mahesh Deshmukh – Chairman, Lokmangal Industries Group, District-Solapur
Ranjeet Mulay – Managing Director, Gangamai Industries and Constructions Ltd., District-Ahmednagar
Yashwardhan Dahake – Chairman, Parag Agro Foods and Allied Products Pvt. Ltd., District-Pune
Gauravi Bhosale – Chairperson and Managing Director, Jagruti Sugar and Allied Industries Ltd., District-Latur
Yogesh Patil – Executive Director, Athani Sugars Ltd., District-Satara
Rahul Ghatge – Executive Director, Shri Gurudutt Sugars Ltd., District-Kolhapur
Rohit Nara – CFO, Sadguru Sri Sri Sakhar Karkhana Ltd., District-Sangli
The newly elected WISMA Executive Board meeting on Saturday, September 14, 2024 unanimously elected the following office-bearers for a term of three years (2024-2027), declared Election Officer Ajit Chougule.
i) B. B. Thombre – President
ii) Rohit Pawar, MLA – Vice President
iii) Dr. Pandurang Raut – General Secretary
The newly constituted executive board also unanimously elected the following expert dignitaries as honorary members of the sugar industry.
i) Shekhar Gaikwad – Additional Director General YASHADA and Former Sugar Commissioner, Maharashtra State
ii) Ravi Gupta – Executive Director, Shri Renuka Sugars Ltd., New Delhi
