Bidyananda Barkakoty elected as adviser of North Eastern Tea Association (NETA)

GOLAGHAT: Bidyananda Barkakoty has been unanimously elected as the adviser of North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) for the term 2021-23 in a general body meeting of the association held on Monday at NETA headquarters at Golaghat. He has been elected for the fourth consecutive term as adviser. A highly experienced man in tea, Barkakoty was earlier chairman of NETA for three consecutive terms (2009-2015) and vice chairman for three consecutive terms (2003-2009). He is a partner of Mahalaxmi Tea Estate and Nandapur Tea Estate in Golaghat district and is a producer of finest quality green tea. Barkakoty is considered as the face of Assam tea industry and is a former vice chairman of Tea Board India.

NETA, established in 1981, is a tea producers' association having composite tea estates, bought tea leaf factories and tea gardens under its membership fold. It has a total of 163 members spread over Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, representing tea made of around 102 million kgs of Tea, stated a press release.

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