CREDAI Bengal commemorated their 29th Foundation Day on 22nd February 2018 in the presence of Nandu Belani, President, CREDAI Bengal, Sushil Mohta, Vice President, CREDAI National and Sanjay Jain, Vice President, CREDAI Bengal . Also present were the former Presidents of the Association along with eminent personalities who graced the occasion. The theme of the Foundation Day celebrations was a look back at CREDAI Bengal’s journey in the past 29 years. A future look at real estate was also presented through a Live Talk Show of eminent author Chetan Bhagat who enthralled the audience through his take on “India & Indian Youth & Opportunities for Real Estate”.
The Foundation Day celebrations commenced with the Felicitation of all the Past Presidents of CREDAI Bengal, acknowledging their role and contribution to the Association over the last 29 years. The journey from CDF to CREDAI Bengal, the impediments, the successes, the vision and the leadership which helmed the rise of CREDAI Bengal was stitched together through the august presence of the former leadership namely Amarnath Shroff, Jugal Khetawat, Pradeep Sureka, Harsh Patodia, Sushil Mohta and Santosh Rungta (former President of CREDAI National). Each of them reminisced, through anecdotal references, how CREDAI Bengal gained strength and became an entity to reckon with, much to the applause of the audience.
The event also witnessed the announcements of CREDAI Bengal’s major upcoming CSR projects vis-a-vis building a Pedestrian Overbridge, taking a pledge of planting 5000 saplings to provide an alternative livelihood to residents of a Sunderban village and the announcement of the upcoming formation of the CREDAI Bengal Women’s Wing.
The highlight of the evening was of course the Keynote Address by Renowned Author and Motivational Speaker Chetan Bhagat, who discussed the ‘Aspiration of Millennials of New India and the Evolving Lifestyles of Urbanities’ and took questions from the audience on multifarious subjects.
Speaking on the occasion, Nandu Belani, President, CREDAI Bengal said, “”
“We are very happy to be celebrating CREDAI Bengal’s 29 years. CREDAI Bengal has played an immense role in organising and reformng the real estate sector in the state and has been solely responsible for mobilizing the stakeholders under one singular banner. Hence a part of our Foundation Day commemmoration dedicates itself to the story of the germination of the Association and what is to be learnt from the vision of the founding members. We continue to highlight two of the fountainheads of reform that we inculcated amongst ourselves within the CREDAI fold, which were the Code of Conduct and the Grievance Cell. The Code of Conduct, was a set of rules that was made mandatory for every developer to follow in order to be a part of CREDAI and this was much before the advent of RERA/ WBHIRA. These guiding principles not only inculcated ethics and best practices into the sector but also helped launch us in a new avatar, complete with transparency and self-governance. The other addition was the Grievance Cell which helped us forge a new relationship with customers through addressing and resolving customer complaints through out-of-court settlements. CREDAI Bengal has gone a step further and taken up the cause of environment protection with its CCCM programme and also taken up various CSR activities which includes upgradation of skill of workers.”
This was the first time that the Foundation Day of CREDAI Bengal was commemmorated and this would now be an annual event on the CREDAI Bengal event calendar
