Milestones
1945
▪ Chamber was founded
1959
▪ Visit of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry
1963
▪ Foundation Stone laid for the Chamber Office at Kondi Chetty Street premises by Shri Y.B. Chavan, Union Defence Minister
1965
▪ Opening Ceremony of Chamber Office at Kondi Chetty Street Premises by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, President of India. and in the presence of Shri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Governor of Madras
1967
▪ Felicitation function given to Shri C.N. Annadurai, Chief Minister of Tamilnadu
▪ Visit of Shri Moraji Desai, Deputy Prime Minister of India
1968
▪ Inauguration of the half-yearly General Meeting of the Chamber by Shri Fakruddin AU Ahmed, Minister for Industrial Development & Company Affairs
1969
▪ Visit of Dr. V.V. Gin, President of India
Inauguration by Shri Jayaprakash Narayan, Sarvodya Leader, a seminar on Gandhian Socio-economic concept for Trade & Industry
▪ Visit of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
▪ Shri L.N. Birla was accorded a reception by members of the Chamber
1970-71
▪ Former President of HCC Dr. D.C. Kothari held the position of President of FICCI, New Delhi
1971
▪ Silver Jubilee was celebrated in the distinguished presence of Dr. V.V Giri, President of India and Shri K.K. Shah, Governor of Tamil Nadu
1987
▪ Visit of Shri P. Chidambaram, Union Minister of State for Home and Personnel
1992
▪ Dr. Raja J. Chelliah, Chairman, Tax Reforms Committee delivered Key Note Address at the Symposium on Fiscal Policy
1996-97
▪ Former President of HCC Shri Deepak Banker held the position of President of FICCI, New Delhi
1997
▪ Golden Jubilee was celebrated in the presence of Shri R. Venkataraman, former President and Justice Shri Shivaraj Patil, Judge, Madras High Court
2000
▪ Inception of Chamber Day Celebrations
2002
▪ Initiation of Champion of HumanityAwards
2005
▪ Diamond Jubilee was celebrated in the presence of Shri Surlit Singh Barnala, Governor of Tamil Nadu
▪ MoU was signed with Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
2009-2010
▪ Certificate Programmes on Entrepreneurial Development under the banner of Comet (Certificate of Management of Enterprises & Trade)
2010-2011
▪ Thematic One Day Workshops
▪ Accomplishment of Tax Executive Conventions
2011-2012
▪ Programme on “Success First Hand” Dr. K.Rosaiah, His Excellency the Governor of Tamilnadu, Chief Guest - Chamber Day celebrations
▪ Shri G.K. Vasan, Hon’ble Union Minister for Shipping, Government of India - Chief Guest - 66th Annual Session Launch of Arbitration Centre
2012-2013
▪ Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of India - Chief Guest
▪ Chamber Day celebrations Launch of new Chamber Logo
▪ MoU with Erode Sengunthar Engg. College for providing Industrial Visits & Inplant training to the students.
▪ Dr E.M. Sudharsana Nachiappan, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Department of Indi. Policy & Promotion, Government of India - Chief Guest.
▪ 67th Annual Session & Her Excellency Ms. Jennifer Mclntyre, Consul General of USA in Chennai
▪ Outreach Programme for Entrepreneurship for Business School students
2013-2014
▪ H.E. Dr. K. Rosaiah, Governor of Tamilnadu was the Chief Guest for Chamber Day and he honoured Dr. K.M. Cherian, Chairman & CEO, Frontier Lifeline Hospital Ltd and Mr. Abhaya Kumar, MD & CEO, Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
2014-2015
▪ 68th Annual Session - Dr. N.R. Dave the 50th President of the Chamber took charge - Chief Guest was Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi and Guest of Honour - Mr. Bharat Joshi, Deputy High Commissioner, British Deputy High Commission, Chennai and Mr. R. Chandrasekaran, Executive Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd., Chennai.
▪ Chamber Day Celebrations on 23rd January 2015 - Champion of Humanity Award conferred on Padma Bhushan Mrs. Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Adiya Birla Group & Mr. B. Santhanam , President and Managing Director, Flat Glass - South Asia, Malaysia & Egypt, Saint-Gobain Glass India by Mr.M.K. Narayanan, Former Governor of West Bengal and Chief Guest of the function.
▪ Initiative by the Chamber for Clean India Campaign jointly with 17 schools in Sowcarpet for preserving environment.
▪ Industrial visits to Sricity, Krishnapatnam Port, Ford Motor Plant and Saint Gobain Glass Factory for enhancing knowledge and gaining industrial, commerce and trade enhancement experience.
▪ Women’s Day Celebration on 7th March 2015. Panel Discussion on “Shakthi - The Power of Women”
▪ Two flagship programmes were launched for the year 2014-2015
▪ i) Entrepreneurship Development Programme for college students more than 15 city colleges.
▪ ii) Indian Economic Lecture Series address by :
a. Mr. S. Gurumurthy, Eminent Columnist & Analyst and Renowned Chartered Accountant inaugurated the Lecture Series.
b. Dr. Vaidhyasubramaniam, Professor of Management & Adjunct Professor of Law
c. Mr. M.R. Venkatesh, Chartered Accountant
d. Prof. R. Vaidyanathan, Finance & Control-Professor, IIM, Bangalore
e. Prof, Prabir K. Bagchi, Vice Chancellor, SRM University
f. Dr. Sekhar Swamy
2015-2016
▪ 69th Annual session - Mr. V Murali the 51st President of the Chamber took charge-Chief Guest was Padma Bhushan Shri N. Gopalaswami, I.A.S. (Retd.), Former Chief Election Commissioner, Government of India ands Guest of Honour - Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
2016-2017
▪ MoU with Erode Sengunthar Engineering College to provide inplant Training to their students. Entrepreneurship Development Programme for the students of Ethiraj College for Women. GST Conclave by Hindustan Chamber of Commerce along with 13 Associations in Chennai
▪ Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance, Defence & Corporate Affairs, Government of India as the Chief Guest, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Government of India as the Guest of Honour and the conclave was held in the presence of Shri D. Jayakumar, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamilnadu.
▪ 71st Annual Session - Mr. N. Mahaveerchand Dugar took charge as 53rd President of Hindustan Chamber of Commerce. Hon’ble Dr. Justice Anita Sumanth, Judge, Madras High Court was the Chief Guest, Mr. G. Rajagopalan, Additional Solicitor General of India was the Guest of Honour.
2018-19
▪ “CHAMBER DAY” - Chief Guest: Thiru Banwarilal Purohit, Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu
▪ “SUCCESSION PLANNING & PLANNING THROUGH HUF”: Dr. Girish Ahuja, Chartered Accountant, former Director, SBI
▪ “ANNUAL RETURNS & AUDIT REPORT UNDER GST: Chief Guest - Mr. Ravneet Singh Khurana, Joint Commissioner, GST Policy Wing, New Delhi
▪ “GST: RECENT TRENDS & CHALLENGES” - Chief Guest - Mr. S K Rahman IRS, Additional Director General, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Directorate General of Goods
& Service Tax (DG-GST) Government of India, New Delhi
▪ “AWARENESS ON RERA” - Thiru K.Gnanadesikan, I.A.S. (Retd.), Chairman, TNRERA, Chennai
▪ MoU was signed with Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
▪ Accomplishment of Tax Executive Conventions
▪ Shri G.K. Vasan, Hon’ble Union Minister for Shipping, Government of India - Chief Guest - 66th Annual Session Launch of Arbitration Centre
▪ Chamber Day celebrations Launch of new Chamber Logo
▪ MoU with Erode Sengunthar Engg. College for providing Industrial Visits & Inplant training to the students.
▪ Dr E.M. Sudharsana Nachiappan, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Department of Indi. Policy & Promotion, Government of India - Chief Guest.
▪ 67th Annual Session & Her Excellency Ms. Jennifer Mclntyre, Consul General of USA in Chennai
▪ Outreach Programme for Entrepreneurship for Business School students
▪ Chamber Day Celebrations on 23rd January 2015 - Champion of Humanity Award conferred on Padma Bhushan Mrs. Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Adiya Birla Group & Mr. B. Santhanam , President and Managing Director, Flat Glass - South Asia, Malaysia & Egypt, Saint-Gobain Glass India by Mr.M.K. Narayanan, Former Governor of West Bengal and Chief Guest of the function.
▪ Initiative by the Chamber for Clean India Campaign jointly with 17 schools in Sowcarpet for preserving environment.
▪ Industrial visits to Sricity, Krishnapatnam Port, Ford Motor Plant and Saint Gobain Glass Factory for enhancing knowledge and gaining industrial, commerce and trade enhancement experience.
▪ Women’s Day Celebration on 7th March 2015. Panel Discussion on “Shakthi - The Power of Women”
▪ Two flagship programmes were launched for the year 2014-2015
▪ i) Entrepreneurship Development Programme for college students more than 15 city colleges.
▪ ii) Indian Economic Lecture Series address by :
a. Mr. S. Gurumurthy, Eminent Columnist & Analyst and Renowned Chartered Accountant inaugurated the Lecture Series.
b. Dr. Vaidhyasubramaniam, Professor of Management & Adjunct Professor of Law
c. Mr. M.R. Venkatesh, Chartered Accountant
d. Prof. R. Vaidyanathan, Finance & Control-Professor, IIM, Bangalore
e. Prof, Prabir K. Bagchi, Vice Chancellor, SRM University
f. Dr. Sekhar Swamy
2016-2017
▪ MoU with Erode Sengunthar Engineering College to provide inplant Training to their students. Entrepreneurship Development Programme for the students of Ethiraj College for Women. GST Conclave by Hindustan Chamber of Commerce along with 13 Associations in Chennai
▪ Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance, Defence & Corporate Affairs, Government of India as the Chief Guest, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Government of India as the Guest of Honour and the conclave was held in the presence of Shri D. Jayakumar, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamilnadu.
▪ 71st Annual Session - Mr. N. Mahaveerchand Dugar took charge as 53rd President of Hindustan Chamber of Commerce. Hon’ble Dr. Justice Anita Sumanth, Judge, Madras High Court was the Chief Guest, Mr. G. Rajagopalan, Additional Solicitor General of India was the Guest of Honour.
2018-19