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Obituary of Mr FAA Jasdanwala, Doyen of Indian Foundry Industry
With deep regret we mourn the sad demise of Mr. Faiz A. A. Jasdanwalla, Past President of The Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF) in Mumbai, on 06.04.2010.
Highly respected for his profound knowledge of metallurgy and foundry sector combined with excellent oratorical skills, Jasdanwalla was a public figure in his own right. A pioneer of many firsts in the professional and social life, he combined his keen enthusiasm for knowledge and love of sports with unfailing courtesy and an insatiable desire of lending a helping hand to others.
Jasdanwalla was born on 13th July, 1924. After completing his B.Sc. (Hons) from the St. Xaviers College, Mumbai, he went to Claire College under the University of Cambridge from where he did his natural sciences Tripos in Metallurgy and obtained a Master Degree in the subject.
A keen sports enthusiast, he represented St. Xavier’s College in the Inter-Collegiate Cricket Tournament with key players like K C Ebrahim, Rusi Cooper, Rusi Mody, Poly Umrigar & P K Kamat. While at Cambridge, he captained Clare College in Cricket and Table Tennis.
In 1945-46 while at the University of Cambridge, Jasdanwalla flew for the Royal Airforce as a pilot and was a member of the University Air Squadron. After returning to India, in 1952, he had the distinction of being amongst the eight selected to form the first Auxiliary Air Squadron of the then Bombay.
Thereafter, he joined The Indian Standard Metal Co. Ltd. (ISM), a Non-Ferrous Metal Foundry, as a Works Metallurgist becoming later the Works Manager and thereafter eventually the Managing Director.
A Pioneer in gravity die-casting and later on pressure die-casting, ISM manufactured die-cast components such as fuse bodies for land mines for the Defence Department. Jasdanwalla also worked on evolving procedure for chemical testing for impurities of lead and cadmium in zinc based die-casting alloys and studied the inter-granular corrosion of zinc based die-casting alloys.
As an industry leader, Jasdanwalla was the Founder, Fellow Member and President of a number of Professional Institutions and Industry Associations such as:
President (1968-73), Fellow and Pioneer Member of THE INSTITUTE OF INDIAN FOUNDRYMEN (IIF)
First Asian & Indian President of THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF FOUNDRY TECHNICAL ASSOCIATIONS (CIATF) presently known as WORLD FOUNDRY ORGANIZATION (WFO). He presided over the International Foundry Congress at Philadelphia, USA in 1972 and remained an Executive Committee member of CIATF for a number of years
President of THE CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY (CII)
President and Fellow of THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS (IIM)
President of THE INDIAN NON-FERROUS METAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION for four years with head quarters in Kolkata
President of THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (ASSOCHAM)
President of THE INDO-GERMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
As Corporate Head, Mr. Jasdanwalla occupied the top slot in a large number of Indian & multinational companies such as:
Chairman of ETERNIT EVEREST LIMITED; HEATLY & GRESHAM (I) LTD.; FOSROC CHEMICALS (I) LTD., MICO BOSCH, SKF BEARINGS, ALFA LAVAL, FOSECO (INDIA) LTD., HINDUSTAN FERODO etc.
Director of MOTOR INDUSTRIES CO. LTD. (Bangalore); ENNORE FOUNDRIES LTD. (Chennai); SKF BEARINGS (I) LTD; ALFA LAVAL (I) LTD.; PERFECT CIRCLE VICTOR LTD; INDIAN ORGANIC CHEMICALS LTD; HINDUSTAN CIBA-GEIGY LTD; BINANY METALS LTD.; JOSTS ENGINEERING CO. LTD.; BULLOWS INDIA PVT. LTD., RICHARDSON & CRUDDAS etc.
He was also a Director of the Central Board of the STATE BANK OF INDIA as well as a member of its Executive Committee in Mumbai.
Despite a major orthopaedic surgery, he was kind enough to accede to the request to inaugurate the “IIF Center”, presently housing the national headquarters of The Institute of Indian Foundrymen, during the Indian Foundry Congress at Kolkata in January 1999.
Jasdanwalla felt the need for setting up of a library for the dissemination of knowledge to the foundry fraternity. The F.A.A. Jasdanwalla Library, which was later set up at IIF Center, Kolkata, is a glowing testimony of his active interest and patronage. He not only generously contributed a large sum of money for the setting up of the library but also donated rare technical books from his personal collection for the benefit of foundrymen.
A humanist to the core of his heart, Jasdanwalla also held the apex position in a large number of Sports Bodies as well as Social Welfare organizations as:
• President of ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY
• President of BOMBAY CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY
• Chairman & Trustee of CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY, BOMBAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
• Chairman of BOARD OF TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL EDUCATION – ANJUMAN – I – ISLAM for 10 years
• Chairman of M. H. SABOO SIDDIK POLYTECHNIC & ENGINEERING COLLEGE
• President of ISLAM GYMKHANA (1969-73)
• First Indian President & Senior Trustee of ROYAL BOMBAY YACHT CLUB
• Committee Member & Steward of ROYAL WESTERN INDIA TURF CLUB LTD. (1986-90)
• Chairman & Trustee of WILLINGDON SPORTS CLUB
• Started the FAIZ JASDANWALLA FOUNDATION in the year 2000 having a corpus of Rs. 80 lakhs (approx). The income thereof is used for charity with special emphasis on medical treatment and education.
As a natural leader Mr. Jasdanwalla lent his voice to a number of issues faced by the industry.
Attended the 8th Session of ILO Metals trade Committee Meeting at Geneva as Employers’ Delegate
Attended the 51st session of the INTERNATIOMNAL LABOUR CONFERENCE as Employer’s Delegate
Member of DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S COMMONWEALTH STUDY CONFERENCE in Canada and India in 1966 & 1986 respectively
Chairman of INDIAN STANDARDS INSITUTION - SMDC 12 – ZINC, LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY etc.
Leader of the Indian Delegation to the International Standards Organization Meeting on Zinc in 1959 in Belgium
Leader of the Indian Delegation to the International Standards Organization Meeting on Copper in 1962 in Germany
One of the first Indians to be officially invited by China (after the 1962 Indo-China war) to the Canton fair in 1974, wherein as Chairman of CII, successfully negotiated a no. of trade agreements that set the pace for trade relations between the two countries.
The passing away of F.A.A. Jasdanwalla has left a deep void which will be difficult to fulfill. Fondly known by his first name as Faiz amongst his friends and colleagues, he will always be remembered for his rare human touch in spite of his towering personality.
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Concessional Finance Scheme
The government proposed to extend the concessional export finance regime for select exporters for one more year till March 31, 2011, thus giving the slowdown-hit sector further relief.
"I propose to extend the interest subvention of 2 per cent for one more year for exports covering handicrafts, carpets, hand-looms and small and medium enterprises (SMEs)," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said while presenting Budget for 2010-11.
The scheme was to expire on March 31, 2010.
With a view to insulate the employment-oriented sectors like hand-looms, handicrafts, carpets and leather, from the impact of demand slowdown the government had extended the scheme for concessional export finance in the last Budget till March 31, this year.
After falling for 13 consecutive months since October 2008, exports turned positive in November 2009. The exports grew 18.2 per cent in November and 9.3 per cent in December.
Mukherjee also said that figures for merchandise exports for January were encouraging after turnaround in November 2009 and December 2009.
In January, the country's exports grew by 11.5 per cent over the year ago period.
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has also forecast a 12 per cent growth at USD 88 billion in India's exports in the second half of the current fiscal.
The exports were valued at USD 81 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal.
More incentives for Small Scale Sector- Feb 1, 2010
The Government on Thursday increased the incentives for the cluster development programme (CDP) to encourage micro and small enterprises (MSE), hit hard by the global downturn.
The guidelines, approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister, seek to enhance the maximum cost for the common facility centre from Rs 10 crore to Rs 15 crore, with a Government contribution of 70 per cent.
"Enhancement of the maximum project cost for infrastructure development from Rs 5 crore to Rs 10 crore, with government contribution of 60 per cent," an official statement said.
As per the modifications, the CCEA also approved the enhancement of the maximum project cost for soft interventions (capacity building, design inputs) from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh, with government contribution of 75 per cent.
The Government also increased the cost ceiling for preparation of detailed project report to Rs 5 lakh, it said. "The implementation of modified MSE-CDP will facilitate in enhancing the sustainability, productivity and competitiveness of micro and small enterprises," it said, adding the outcomes of these initiatives would be in the form of coverage of more number of enterprises, increased production and turnover and increased employment and exports.
There are about 26 million MSEs in the country.
FIC succeeds in convincing Government to include more HS Codes to Focus Product Scheme attracting Addition duty credit.-16/01/2010
By Public Notice 30/2009-14 dated 12th January 2010 ,Government announces additions of following HS Code:
73259100, 73259920, 73259930, 73071110, 73071120, 73259992, 73259993, 73269030, 73259910.
In the Market link focus Product Scheme for Item Code : 7304, 7305 and 7306. Additional Countries have been
added
IIF to have new National Committee on "Pollution Norms" - 5/01/2010
The 60th Anniversary celebrations of IIF began with a grand event in Ahmedabad along with 58th IFC.
