Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jan 3: Mohammed Haris Kalandan from Mangaluru has been appointed into the Global Arab Network by consensus of the Member countries by the Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, January 3.
Saad Al Dabbagh, chairman at the head office based in Doha, Qatar appointed Mohammed Haris who has a strong presence in India.
"India-UAE relations are witnessing an unprecedented momentum with a large number of opportunities for cooperation and increasing investments, in key sectors like infrastructure and technology" said Haris who is actively looking at his new role in promoting trade relations between India and the Arab world specifically the United Arab Emirates. "In the trade world, there is no one quite Haris from Mukka Exports. He is brilliant, hard-working and devoted to getting trade right. He's been a devoted entrepreneur for nearly two decades on the Fishing and Sea food business, advancing the prosperity of India's trade narrative. Through his work on various trade agreements, he has opened the doors for Indian businessmen to deliver goods and services in the UAE, strengthening our economy, and securing our leadership abroad," said Dr Krishnakumar IAS, the former Indian minister of Defense and Agriculture.
"While I warmly welcome Haris into the board as the Trade commissioner, his experience and commitment to excellence will be a major asset for the Global Trade bodies and especially between India and the Arab nations. Congratulations and best wishes in her new role as Trade Commissioner," said Saad Al Dabagh in Qatar.
The appointment is expected to immensely benefit the UAE exporters who will now be able to have a greater market access through preferential tariff rates. The Arab world sees a strong significance in the appointment of the trade commissioner from India who is also the head of the trade commission in the international organization which embodies diversity with many memberships from developing countries in light of maintaining and reinforcing the multilateral trading system.
Mohammed Haris is the currently the managing director at Mukka Sea food Exports Limited and his role of building new businesses and forging international relationships with the Arab World have fertched him the role of trade commissioner for the United Arab Emirates. As a co-founder of SHIPWAVES, he played a pivotal role in building the next general digital platform for Global trade by streamlining the supply chain with Cloud and AI and Blockchain technologies. He is alos known to set up India's first steam sterilised fish meal plant with expansion of eight plants across the globe. Mukka group boasts of a turnover of over Rs 600 crores (Dhs 300 million) per annum and is one of Asia's fastest growing companies.
Tribhuvan Darbari, vice president of the board, said, "Haris is a great choice for one of the new Trade Commissioner as he joins the AACC to usher in a new era with more Indian leadership than ever before."