IFFCO holds virtual board meeting; postpones AGM due to Corona

Unfazed by the outbreak of coronavirus, the fertilizer cooperative giant IFFCO organized its board meeting through video conferencing on Friday, which was attended by almost all the directors of the fertilizer company.

The board decided to postpone IFFCO’s Annual General Meeting, which was scheduled to take place on 29th May. And the new date for the AGM will be decided in course of time, said an official.

IFFCO’s Chairman B S Nakai, Vice-Chairman Dileepbhai Sanghani, MD Dr U S Awasthi and IFFCO Board member and Cabinet Minister of Gujarat Jayesh Radadiya, ICA Board member Aditya Yadav were some of the prominent participants, among others who attended the meeting.

The Board meeting took place successfully with seamless exchange of views among board members, who were located in almost all the states of the country-from Tamil Nadu-Kerala to Maharashtra-Gujarat to Andhra-Karnataka, etc. IFFCO MD Dr U S Awasthi and other functional Directors held the fort from Delhi.

First-timers such as Ovr Ramachandra and Sadhana Jadav were also present in the meeting.

The smoothness of video-conference was possible due to the efficient IT team of IFFCO which is led by A K Gupta and who has, in the past, won many international awards for its IT cell, said an insider.

The IFFCO management and directors deliberated on several important issues and reviewed the activities being undertaken by the fertilizer cooperative in the current situation to help the government fight against the coronavirus.

The meeting lasted more than one hour. “While our factories are working hard to maintain uninterrupted supply of urea, our Corporate office springs into action tackling any emergency through video-conferencing”, claimed one of the Directors on the phone soon after the Board meeting.

Sharing the news through social media, IFFCO MD wrote on his twitter wall, “#IFFCO is still at work amidst the #COVID19 pandemic. Today, we org. a ‘virtual board meeting’ and discussed imp. issues and the way forward. I thank chairman, vice chairman and all directors on the board and IFFCO officials for making this possible. @DVSadanandGowda”.

As reported earlier in these columns, in almost all parts of the country IFFCO officials are active at ground zero and helping the needy in all possible ways. IFFCO officials are also distributing masks, sanitisers and other protective gear among villagers, farmers, labourers and others.

Even Union fertiliser Minister D V Sadanand Gowda, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar appreciated the efforts put in by IFFCO doing good work at ground zeroes.