The government has selected 56 Commercially Important Persons (CIPs-Industry) for 2014 in recognition of their contribution in trade and economy, a senior official said. The CIP (industry) status recognises contributions of the awardees to industrial development, manufacturing, employment generation and economic upliftment. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu will hand over the CIP (industry) cards as chief guest on May 7 at a ceremony at Purbani Hotel in the city. “We selected 56 persons (CIP- Industry) under seven categories. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu will handover cards to them on May 7 at Purbani Hotel,” Jamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, an additional secretary of the ministry of industries (MoI) told the FE Thursday. They were selected as per CIP (Industry) Guidelines 2012. The ex-officio twelve CIPs are President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) AK Azad, President of National Association of Small and Cottage Industries Bangladesh Samity (NASCIB) Mirza Nurul Gani Swapan, President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Md Atiqul Islam, President of Bangladesh Employers Federation Tapan Chowdhury, President of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh (WEAB) Nasrin Fatema Awal, President of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) AKM Salim Osman, President of Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BWCCI) Sangita Ahmed, Chairman of Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJMA) Mohammad Shams-Uz-Joha, President of Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Bangladesh Rupali Chowdhury, former president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Mohammad Shahjahan Khan and former president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI,) Bangladesh Rokia Afzal Rahman. . The MoI selected 21 persons in large scale industrial category while nine for medium scale industries, six for small industrial category, two for micro industry category , one in cottage industry category and 5 in service industry sector.
Source: https://thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2015/05/01/91003
