Mr.Vijay Sankeshwar
Vijay Sankeshwar is the Chairman and Managing Director, is also the Promoter of the Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Karnataka University, Dharwad. He was a former Member of Parliament and was elected from the Dharwad (North) constituency in the 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha elections. He was member of the Committee of Finance for the year 1996-97, the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport in the years 1996-97, 1998-99 and 1999-2000, the Committee of Transport and Tourism in the years 1998-99 and 1999-2000. He has over 30 years of experience.
He Started his career as printer and publisher at the age of 16; owns a leading Kannada daily ‘Vijay Karnataka’, ‘Nootana’ (Kannada weekly) and ‘Bhavana’ (Kannada monthly); set up own transport company—‘Vijayanand Roadlines Ltd.’—a leading transport organisation at national level, having more than 1000 lorries, 150 Hi-tech luxury buses, 4,000 employees & have achieved turnover of Rs. 67.65 crores in two decades, with a network of 450 branches throughout India.
The Tobacco Board; conferred him with the prestigious ‘Udyog Ratna’ award by the ‘Institute of Economic Studies’, New Delhi, 1994 and chosen by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England for inclusion in the ‘Dictionary of International Biography’; Member, Managing Committee, (i) All India Motor Transport Congress;and (ii) Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Invitee, State Executive Committee.
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