Samir Audi

Mr Audi works at V. M. Salgaocar & Bro. Pvt. Ltd., Vasco-da-Gama, Goa, a company predominantly engaged in extraction, processing and export of iron ore since November 1995. He joined the Legal & Estate department as a Senior Executive and have been assigned roles and responsibilities, which include inter alia settlement of environmental claims and addressing to socio-environmental issues arising out mining operations being carried out by the Company at its various mines and processing plant being operated in the State of Goa.

He is also working on negotiations of lands required for prospecting and extraction of iron ore, in and around the mines and have to be constantly in touch with the locals, government authorities and Mineral Foundation of Goa. It is a foundation set up as collective approach by the mining industry in Goa to address and cater to the social and environmental issues concerning the community living in the mining belt of the State of Goa by formulating programs and schemes for development of local communities and ensuring sustainable livelihood.

He is a certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001:2000 (QMS) and ISO 14001:2004 (EMS) and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (Agricultural University) Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, a Diploma in Environmental management from NACOLAM, Madras and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (Marketing) from, Goa Institute of Management Studies, Miramar, Panaji.

I have a brief experience in Dioscorea plantation with Wyeth Laboratories Ltd., pest control and household dis-infestation with Pest Control (India) Ltd. and Cultivation of White Button Mushrooms with Zuari Foods and Farms.