Profile of Shri R.Maitra, Executive Director, EEPC India

Shri R. Maitra had joined the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) on 16 Nov 1981, as Deputy Director (Accounts). Being a professionally qualified Chartered Accountant and having prior audit experience in various audit firms, Shri Maitra’s advent to EEPC as above was quite justifiable. With the passage of time, it was an important milestone in his career, as it marked the beginning of 26 years of professional excellence that eventually led him to crown the highest Executive Post as the Executive Director of EEPC. Of course, his elevation had not come in a day and certainly not easily.  He earned it by way of his dedication and devotion to the organization and given his supreme dedication and analytical mind, both the Committee of Administration and the Working Committee have bestowed the post of the Executive Director to a person of immense ability.

In his professional journey, in EEPC, Shri Maitra not only handled accounts but was later made the Secretary and the Joint Director (Administration). Subsequently, he was elevated to the post of the Addl. Executive Director. Shri Maitra has been instrumental in organising various promotional events in India and abroad and the present flagship event INDEEs which are being held twice in every year in different parts of the globe has created a new dimension in popularizing brand image of the country.  He played a pivotal role in Council’s achieving accreditation of ISO 9001-2000 Certification for its specialization in organizing exclusive engineering exhibition. Shri Maitra, during his tenure, faced a lot of challenges both from the Government and the employees of EEPC, as he witnessed first hand the impact of liberalization on India and on the foreign trade, itself - a turbulent phase in the history of trade in India.

However in spite of all odds, Shri Maitra have managed to keep abreast with the changing times and this had been possible because of his drive and ability to draw the best out of his colleagues.

He has widely traveled to countries like Brazil, South Africa, various African countries, Bangladesh, Cairo, Ethiopia, Indonesia, U.K., USA, Germany, Mexico, Venezuela, Russia, China, Malaysia etc. EEPC still has the highest membership and is a highest foreign exchange earner that possibly a Council can boast of.