Vijai Pande of Kanpur elected as President of HRANI

Vijai Pande of Pandit's Group of Hotels, Kanpur has been elected as President of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI) for two years from 2008─10. He is engaged in Hotel and Restaurant business for last 30 years and has established his own brand 'Pandit's', a hotel and restaurant chain in Kanpur.

Presently, Pande is the President, Kanpur Udyog Vyapar Mandal; Vice President, Uttar Pradesh Paryotanodaya; General Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Hotel & Restaurant Association; Executive member of Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India and Trustee, FHRAI Education Trust. Pande is also the Chief Editor of the oldest Hindi daily 'Dainik Vishwamittra' and the consulting editor of UPHRA, HRANI & FHRAI publications.

Other office bearer's elected are as follows: Luv Malhotra of Crowne Plaza, Delhi and Garish Oberoi of Hotel Oberoi Anand, Bareilly as Vice Presidents; S M Shervani of Rodeo Group of Restaurants, New Delhi as Hony Secretary; Gurvinder Singh Juneja of Khbyer Restaurant, Chandigarh, as Hony Treasurer; Deepak Parihar of Hotel Kalinga, Jodhpur and Sanjay Sood of The Devicos,