Amul MD RS Sodhi resigns: GCMMF COO Jay Mehta appointed interim MD

RS Sodhi has resigned as the Managing Director of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), better known by its brand name 'Amul'. Jayan Mehta, COO, of GCMMF, has now been assigned the position. The report states that Mehta has been given only a temporary charge.
According to reports, RS Sodhi's resignation was accepted in a meeting of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) on Monday headed by Chairman Shamalbhai Patel and Vice Chairman Valambhai Humble. GCMMF is the parent firm operating the Amul brand.
R S Sodhi was the Managing Director of dairy co-operative giant Amul since June 2010. He did his MBA from the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). In 2017, Sodhi was given a 5-year extension as MD of Amul. Sodhi started his career in Amul as Senior Manager of Sales. From 2000 to 2004, he held the charge of General Manager Marketing of Amul. Sodhi's full name is Dr. Rupinder Singh Sodhi. He first entered Amul in 1982.
Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said in October 2022 that Amul would be merged with five other cooperative societies to form the Multi-State Cooperative Society (MSCS). In July 2022, Sodhi was elected as the President of the Indian Dairy Association, the apex body of the country's dairy sector.
After the resignation of RS Sodhi, Jayan Mehta, who is going to temporarily take over the post of Managing Director of Amul in his place, was made in charge earlier also. In the year 2018, when the then MD K. Mehta was appointed in-charge MD even when Rathnam resigned.