Jan 10, 2023
By: Vaamanaa Sethi64-year-old Rupinder Singh Sodhi stepped down from his position as the managing director of Amul on January 9, 2023.
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Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) decided that Jayen Mehta, its COO will take charge in the interim. Mehta has been a part of the federation for over 30 years.
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Reports state that the board sent a letter to Sodhi signed by chairman Shamalbhai Patel and vice chairman Valamjibhai Humbal. The letter stated, “You’re hereby directed to relinquish your charge as MD with immediate effect and hand it over to federation COO, Jayenbhai Mehta."
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“For the last 3-4 years, I was contemplating relinquishing my responsibility as MD. I was on an extension for the last two years and had requested the board to relieve me,” Sodhi told the Times of India.
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Sodhi joined the leading dairy giant in 1982 as senior sales officer. So far, he has served various positions in the company. His stint with Amul lasted 40 years.
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As per reports, Sodhi worked closely with Dr Verghese Kurien, the founder of GCMMF. Since 1994, he worked in various roles, such as group product manager, general manager (marketing), chief general manager, etc. before being appointed the MD in 2010.
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He also projected that by the end of 2022-23, the federation will turn into a ₹72,000 crore body.
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He was appointed as the managing director of the company in June 2010. He served two terms of five years each as MD. His second term originally ended two years ago, in 2020.
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He did his bachelor’s in agricultural engineering from College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur (CTAE). Later on, he pursued a post-graduate diploma in Risk Management from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA).
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