Dr Ajay Sahai
DIRECTOR GENERAL & CEO
FIEO
Dr Ajay Sahai is the Director General & CEO of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), jointly set up by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India and private trade and industry in the year 1965, for promoting India’s exports. During his tenure as DG & CEO, FIEO, the membership of the organisation increased from 7,200 to about 35,000 in the last thirteen years.
Dr Sahai was earlier Joint DGFT in the Policy Division of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade where he played key role in the formulation of the Foreign Trade Policy from 1996 to 2003. He was member of the High level task force of Government of India on Exim Policy. Besides having expertise in Foreign Trade Policy, Dr Sahai brings to his position considerable experience in the area of Customs and Excise, has functioned as the Designated Authority for the Pass Book Scheme with the Delhi Customs. For FIEO members, he has extended a live chat facility between 3 to 5 pm on every Wednesday so as to resolve their problems instantly.
He was a key member of Government of India delegation to Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Denmark, Turkey and Europe on Export Facilitation which led to streamlining of exports documents & recommended EDI connectivity within a specified time frame to reduce transaction cost and time and was a member of the task force set up to review transaction cost and time headed by Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, the then Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.
He has also been conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award for Best Achiever in Export Promotion. He is expert on GST and helping the Government to streamline the same so as to make it exporters’ friendly. His work on GST was acknowledged by the Government and Exporters as well. He is also the member of the Advisory Group of Law Review Committee on GST and National Shipping Board. He has received appreciation from the World Bank for his contribution to Ease of Doing Business Report for 2016, 2017 and 2018. He has been nominated as a Part-Time Member of India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC) by the Government.
Niryat Bhawan, Opp. Army Hospital R & R
Rao Tula Ram Marg, New Delhi – 110057 Tel. No. +91-11-26150111 Fax. 26150077; E-mail: ajaysahai@fieo.org