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M H Kotak conferred Poland’s prestigious award
E-Tex Staff - Mumbai
Mr
Madhusudan H Kotak, ex-director of M/s Kotak Group of companies has been conferred
Polands most prestigious civilian award The Commanders Cross of
The Order of Merit of The Republic of Poland by HE Mr Aleksander Kwasniewski,
president of the Republic of Poland. The award was presented by Dr Majka, ambassador
of the Republic of Poland, in Mumbai. Earlier Mr Kotak had been recipient of
the medal of Rady Panstwa in 1989 that was renewed in 1995. He has
also received the Polish Emblem and Tie Pin from the first president of the
Republic of Poland, HE Mr Lech Walesa.
The award is in recognition of Mr Kotaks outstanding
contribution to the all round co-operation between Poland and India in various
fields, particularly economic ties between the two countries. He is the first
Indian to receive this honour. During the last 45 years, Mr Kotak has visited
Poland about 180 times.
Mr Kotak has held important positions in Indo-Poland,
Indo-Yugoslav, Indo-Croatia, Indo-Romania and Indo-USSR Chambers and Councils,
and also in various export promotion councils and federations in India. Kotak
and Company have made immense contribution over the last 75 years in the field
of cotton, cotton textiles, cotton yarn, garments, handicrafts, oil, oilseeds,
etc and have been pioneers in introducing large number of export items in East
European countries.
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