The triennial Maharashtra State Chemists and Druggists' Association (MSCDA) elections will be held at Residency Park hotel on Malegaon Road in Dhulia on December 21-22, 2002.
The election will be held for the posts of State president, vice-president, honorary general secretary, joint secretary, organising secretary and treasurer of MSCDA which is the association of all district retail chemists' bodies in Maharashtra. The committee, which will be elected thus, will remain in power till 2005.
The last date for nominations is December 11, 2002 and the forms will be scrutinized by 3.30 pm the same day. The final list of candidates will be available at 5.30 pm the same day. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is December 21, 2002.
The voters are office bearers of the respective district bodies and number around 450. The district bodes will name their candidates before December 9, 2002.
The MSCDA incumbents are Jagannath S Shinde (president), Raosaheb Khedkar (vice-President), Anil Navandar (honorary general secretary), Sunil Kore (joint secretary), Vinay Shroff (organising secretary) and Umesh Kothari (treasurer).