About Us

Western India tea Dealer Association (WITDA) established in the year 1989, where is an association of leading Tea traders of western India having vast membership from Gujarat, Maharashtra & Rajashthan, and all three states annual tea consumption is more than approx, 235 million kgs.

The membership is represented by various sections of tea trade like retailers, Packeters, wholersalers and brokers. Some of the reputed members are:

Leading Brands

Wagh Bakri Tea

Jivraj Tea

Society Tea

Girnar Tea

GS Tea

Vikram Tea

Mahesh Tea

Thakarshi Tea

Deepak Tea

Jayant Cha

Chaudhri Cha

Ravi Golden

Madhushri Tea

Maa-Beti

Bajaj Tea

Tulsi Tea

And many more other packeters and retailers of small towns spread across Western Parts of India - Gujarat, Rajashthan & Maharashtra.

WITDA was established under the able leadership of Shri Piyushbhai Desai (Chairman of Wagh Bakri Tea Group and Ex-Chairman of Federation of All India Tea Traders Association) with an object of developing good trade practices and spread knowledge amongst various Tea traders of different parts of Western India and to safe guard interest of such traders. Till now WITDA has taken up and successfully solved various

complicated trade related issues. WITDA took part along with other associations to bring rates of local Sales Tax at fair level, Implementation of Tea Marketing Control Order 2003 as well as rates of VAT, etc.. The association has arranged Study Circles, seminars and conference not only on Tea, but also on various subjects like Economic Policies, Marketing, Insurance, Taxation and Banking

Committee Members

Mr. Piyush Desai
Imm. Past President

Mr. Paras Desai
President

Mr. Ashok Relia
Vice President

Mr. Pinkesh Patel
Hon Secretary

Mr. Suresh Kedia
Jt Secretary

Mr. Foram Shah
Jt. Secretary

Mr. Sanjiv Bharadia
Member

- Mr. Suresh Gupta
Member

Mr. Kailash Sureka
Member

Mr. Rajendraprasad Agrawal
Member

Mr. Mansukh Mundia
Member

Mr. Jagdish Patel
Member

Mr. Paras K Desai
Member

Mr. Vishal Mange
Member

Mr. Ajay Sheth
Member

Mr. Pankaj Patel
Member

Mr. Rakesh Bhagat
Member

Mr. Manoj Unadkar
Member

Mr. Bhavesh R. Patel
Member

Mr Ankit Gupta
Member

Mr. Pavankumar Hissaria
Member

Many dignitaries in the past have address the AGM of WITDA, a few notable among them are:

Shri Dhirubhai Shah
Ex Finance Minister-Gujarat State

Shri Khemchand Chavda
Union Cabinet Minister for Food & Drug 1999

Shri Sanatbhai Mehta
Ex-Finance Minister, Gujarat State

Shri Bhupendrasinhji Chudasama
Minister of Education, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Govt of Gujarat

Shri Basudeb Banerjee, IAS
Chairman, Tea Board of India

Shri MGVK Bhanu, IAS
Chairman, Tea Board of India

Mr. Bidyananda Barkakoty
Chairman, NETA

- Shr G. P. Goenka
CMD, Duncans Tea Ltd

Shr Suresh Bansal
Director, New Tea Co

Shri Azam Monem
Director, McLead Russel Ltd

Ms. Mercedes Tallo, Senior Director
Sustainable Value Chains, Rainforest Alliance, London,UK

Shri Kiran Desai
Vice President, TGBL

Shri Prakash Bhagwati, President
Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Shri Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah, Chairman
Tea Board of India, Kolkata

Shri Hemant Bangur, Chairman
Joonktollee Tea, Kolkata

Dr Parimal Merchant, Director – Family Managed Business
S.P. Jain School of Global Management, Mumbai

Mr Kumar Anil, Senior Advisor (Standards)
Food Safety & Standards Authority of India, Delhi (Govt of India)

Mr P. K. Sahoo, Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer
Tea Board of India, Delhi

Mr Nihar Doctor
Ecovision Environmental Resources LLP, Surat

Mr Ravi Suchanti, Executive Director
J. Thomas & Co, Kolkata

Dr. Hemant Koshia, Commissioner
Food and Drugs Control Administration Gujarat State

Mr Vikram Gulia, Owner, M.D. & CEO
Amalgamated Plantation Pvt Ltd., Kolkata

Shri Basant Kumar Berlia, Owner
L. R. Group, Siliguri

Ms. Nayantara Palchoudhuri
Chairperson ITA, Kolkata

Mrs. Swapna Sarmah, Managing Director
Madhupur Tea Group, Jorhat