Indian-Origin CEO in Forbes Middle-East List

A cotton farmer's son from Maharasthra's Vidarbha region has been named in a list of top 40 chief executives in Middle-East countries by Forbes.

The distinction-holder is Krishnakumar Taori, the group managing director of Hasan Juma Backer Trading & Contracting Co, Oman.

He hails from a remote village called Ghuikhed in the Amravati district of Vidarbha.

"I am happy...Though I have been working in the Middle-East for so many years, my mind is always on how to rehabilitate the maximum number of suicide-hit farmers' families of Vidarbha on a permanent basis," Mr Taori said in an email statement.

"I hope this will help me further to achieve that goal."

Mr Taori's recognition in the prestigious list was welcomed by the farming community in Yavatmal.

He did his engineering from Government Engineering College, Amravati in 1980 and then completed his M Tech in Public Health Engineering from VNIT, Nagpur in 1983.

In an effort give back to society, Mr Taori started a computer training centre in his native Ghuikhed village and is now setting up a full-fledged Industrial Training Institute to help promote education and employment opportunities in the region.