KATHMANDU — BBIN Chamber of Commerce has formed a new team under the leadership of Mr. Asif Iqbal as a President. Mr. Bikram Pandey KAAJI has been nominated as its Vice President representing Nepal. Similarly, Dr. Monowara Hakim Ali and Jackson Dukpa have been nominated as other Vice Presidents representing Bangladesh and Bhutan, respectively. Bikram Pandey is a tourism entrepreneur and Honorary Consul General of Greece to Nepal.
The Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal (BBIN) Chamber of Commerce was launched last year in New Delhi, India, to foster connections and develop trade and commerce among the partner countries.
The chamber aims to facilitate dialogue between stakeholders, which include governments, civil society organizations, and the academe, according to Mr. Asif Iqbal, president of the Indian Economic Trade Organisation (IETO), and who is also the President of BBIN Chamber of Commerce. It will be tasked to promote sustainable policies for regional strategic trade and commerce initiatives, he said.
The BBIN chamber of commerce also aims to create an awareness of business opportunities and promote ideas for national and international collaboration.
Expressing his happiness being nominated as Vice President of BBIN Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Bikram Pandey says BBIN also aspires to be playing a constructive role to bring all four nations together into one mutual understanding and goodwill at any unexpected crisis time of misinterpretation, which will complement to the spirit of SAARC Vision.
The Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Initiative is a subregional architecture of countries in Eastern South Asia, a subregion of South Asia. It meets through an official representation of member states to formulate, implement, and review quadrilateral agreements across areas such as water resources management, connectivity of power, transport, and infrastructure.
