Dr A Sakthivel has been unanimously elected as the new President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO). As Owner and Founder of Poppys Group of Companies of Tirupur, Dr Sakthivel is currently the Chairman of Apparel Export Promotion Council. A visionary Trade and Industry leader with an experience of well over three and half decades, Dr Sakthivel has several path breaking initiatives added to his name as Guide, Mentor, Nationalist, Philanthropist and Humanist approach.
A staunch votary of exporter’s issues, Dr Sakthivel has served FIEO, AEPC, TEA as its top functionary and played a vital role to help the growth of exports sector in India, especially for MSMEs, and his service has been well recognized both across the country and internationally. As the Founder President of Tirupur Exporters’ Association – popularly known as TEA, his immense contribution to the growth of Tirupur exports has been outstanding growing from a mere Rs 15 Crore to well over Rs 26,000 cr. He has played a key role in bringing Tirupur on the global map by getting it recognized as an association for cluster development.
As AEPC Chairman, Dr A Sakthivel was also vocal in getting urgent fiscal relief measures from the government for facilitating industry’s foray into production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and getting the government redefine the MSMEs and laid emphasis on Man-made Fibre (MMF) based garments and medical textiles for the government to take note of it and announce MMF as one of the key sectors for Production Linked Incentive Scheme.
