Apparel Export Promotion Council appoints Mithileshwar Thakur as Secretary General

New Delhi, Apr 18 (KNN) Mithileshwar Thakur has joined the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), Ministry of Textiles as Secretary General, as per an official press release.

He is a member of the ’89 batch of Civil Service and prior to that he was selected/ appointed as a member of IRS (ME) in the Indian Railways and as Engineer with Tata Steel/ Tata Motors/ NTPC. 

Speaking on his new role Thakur said, “My mantra for exponential growth of Indian Textiles and Apparel sector is investment, innovation and integration of value chain.”

“The focus should be on building scale, skill and technology besides diversification of products basket and strengthening of Brand India,” he said.

The idea is to align the industry’s approach with the government’s vision to make India a favoured textiles destination, he added.

Earlier, he served as Additional Director General in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and was extensively involved in the formulation and implementation of India’s Foreign Trade policy; administration of Trade Remedy Measures; amendment of Anti-dumping, Anti-subsidy and Safeguard Rules and negotiation of Free Trade Agreements/ CECA/CEPA.

He had also headed Trade Division in the Department of Commerce.

Thakur has in-depth knowledge of Customs, Excise and GST laws and procedures. His areas of interest include Intellectual Property Right issues and Cyber Laws.  (KNN Bureau)