Events – Central Zone

27 Feb 202608:30 am - 10:30 am

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), in association with AP Chambers, organised the programme ‘Retire Smart India’ on 27 February 2026 in Vijayawada.

📍 Vijayawada

24 Feb 202604:30 am - 07:30 am

The Installation Ceremony of the Central Zone of AP Chambers was held on 24 February 2026 at Nellore

📍 Nellore

19 Feb 202608:30 am - 10:30 am

A delegation of AP Chambers, led by President Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao, met the Hon’ble MSME Minister Sri Kondapalli Srinivas on 19 February 2026 at the Secretariat to discuss key issues concerning engineering industries and MSMEs in Andhra Pradesh.

📍 Amaravati

18 Feb 202604:30 am - 06:30 am

Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation (AP Chambers) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ratan Tata Innovation Hub, Vijayawada on 18 Feb 2026 .

📍 Vijayawada

18 Feb 202604:30 am - 05:30 am

AP Chambers President Potluri Bhaskara Rao, along with senior members, met Sri Gandam Chandrudu, IAS, Labour Commissioner, on 18 Feb 2026 and submitted a detailed representation on Labour Codes.

📍 Vijayawada

13 Feb 202604:30 am - 07:30 am

AP Chambers supported the US Visa Guidance Seminar held on 13th February 2026 at Vijayawada.

📍 Vijayawada

10 Feb 202604:30 am - 07:30 am

FirstView Media Group, in association with AP Chambers, successfully organised the Solar & Storage EXPO 2026, a national-level conclave, at Vijayawada on 10 February 2026.

📍 Vijayawada

01 Feb 202604:30 am - 07:30 am

AP Chambers organised a press meet on the Union Budget 2026.

📍 Vijayawada

28 Jan 202608:30 am - 11:30 am

AP Chambers team, led by President Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao, participated in the Regional Consultation on Labour Codes and Draft Rules.

📍 Vijayawada

22 Jan 202604:30 am - 07:30 am

APERC Public Hearing in Vijayawada

AP Chambers Energy Committee headed by Mr. P. Koti Rao along with other energy committee members participated in the APERC Public Hearing in Vijayawada on 22 January 2026 and submitted a representation mentioning Objections/Suggestions to the ARR proposed by the DISCOMS.

📍 Vijayawada

04 Jan 202604:30 am - 03:30 pm

AP Chambers Sankranthi Sambaralu 2026

📍 Vijayawada

21 Dec 202507:30 am - 04:30 pm

🎉 Fun Fusion – Mega Masti Carnival 🎉

🎉 Fun Fusion – Mega Masti Carnival 🎉 AP Chambers Central Zone Women’s Wing has taken the lead to organise this exciting family fun event with games, food, music, shopping, Tambola & kids’ activities, and prizes worth ₹5 Lakhs.

📍 Guntur

19 Dec 202504:30 am - 07:30 am

The Hon’ble Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in Mumbai, Mr. Eddy Wardoyo along with his team visited the Head Office of AP Chambers in Vijayawada.

During the interaction, the Consul General discussed potential avenues for strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations between Andhra Pradesh and Indonesia. AP Chambers expressed its keen interest in facilitating business cooperation and conveyed its willingness to identify around 20 interested enterprises from potential sectors of Andhra Pradesh to explore mutually beneficial business opportunities with Indonesia. The Indonesian side also assured that willing business partners from Indonesia would be identified to enable effective business matchmaking.

📍 Vijayawada

12 Dec 202504:30 am - 02:30 pm

AP Chambers Business Expo 2025

📍 Vijayawada

Ends: 14 Dec 2025

28 Nov 202504:30 am - 06:30 am

A delegation of AP Chambers led by President Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao, Executive Vice President Sri B. Raja Sekhar, met Hon’ble Finance Minister Nirmala Sith2araman.

A delegation of AP Chambers led by President Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao, Executive Vice President Sri B. Raja Sekhar, Past President Sri Muthavarapu Murali Krishna, and AP Chambers State Tourism Committee Chair Sri R. V. Swamy met the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in Vijayawada today and presented a detailed pre-budget representation covering key sectors such as MSMEs, manufacturing, tourism & hospitality, food processing, logistics, and technology upgradation, along with taxation and GST-related matters.

📍 Vijayawada

25 Nov 202504:30 am - 07:30 am

Curtain Raiser for AP Chambers Business Expo 2025

📍 Vijayawada

Ends: 25 Dec 2025

15 Oct 202507:30 am - 12:30 pm

Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation’s Women Entrepreneurs’ Wing (Central Zone) office-bearers assumed charge in a meeting held on 15 October 2025 in Guntur.

📍 Guntur

10 Oct 202504:30 am - 05:30 am

AP Chambers President Mr. Potluri Bhaskara Rao along with Chair of State-level Tourism Committee Mr. R.V. Swamy and Chambers’ Board Members Mr. K. Lakshminarayana and Mr. Gokaraju Aditya Varma met the Hon’ble Minister for Tourism Mr. Kandula Durgesh on 10 October 2025.

📍 Vijayawada

17 Sept 202503:00 pm - 05:00 pm

Amaravati Business Table 5.0

Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao, President of AP Chambers, graced the Amaravati Business Table 5.0 as the Chief Guest.

📍 Vijayawda

11 Sept 202501:00 pm - 04:00 pm

AP Chambers Business Excellence Awards

AP Chambers successfully hosted the Grand Gala Business Excellence Awards 2025, on 11 th September, recognizing and celebrating outstanding contributions across Andhra Pradesh’s industrial and entrepreneurial landscape.

📍 Vijayawda

21 Aug 202504:30 am - 08:30 am

AP Chambers organised a meeting with its affiliated associations on 21 August 2025 in Vijayawada.

AP Chambers organised a meeting with its affiliated associations on 21 August 2025 in Vijayawada. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the pressing issues faced by different sectors and the impact of US tariffs on exporters. Presidents and Secretaries of many state-level industry associations participated in the deliberations.

📍 Vijayawda

04 Aug 202504:30 am - 10:30 am

AP Chambers, in collaboration with ITC Limited (Agri Business Division), Guntur, organised a 3-day ‘Home Baking Training Programme’ exclusively for 50 women from 04 to 06 August 2025 at Yogi Bhavan in Guntur.

📍 Guntur

Ends: 06 Aug 2025

02 Aug 202512:30 pm - 02:30 pm

AP Chambers President Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao was invited as Guest of Honour at the National Cottonseed, Oil & Meal Conclave 2025, organized by SEA-AICOSCA in Vijayawada on 02 Aug 2025 to address in the inaugural session.

📍 Vijayawada

30 Jul 202504:30 am - 07:30 am

AP Chambers President Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao participated in the stakeholder consultation meeting on the proposed establishment of a Technology Centre at Koparthy, held on 30th July in Vijayawada.

📍 Vijayawada

29 Jul 202504:30 am - 07:30 am

Integrating MSME\'s with e-commerce platforms and for on boarding them onto the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) network.

AP Chambers in association with National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) conducted MSME TEAM Initiative (MSME Trade Enablement and Marketing Initiative) Workshop on 29 July 2025 in Machilipatnam.

📍 Machilipatnam

24 Jul 202510:40 am - 12:00 pm

AP Chambers conducted an Awareness Session on the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme and TDS/TCS Compliance.

📍 Vijayawada

11 Jul 202504:30 am - 04:30 pm

Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao, President of AP Chambers, was invited as Guest of Honour at the inauguration of the Plastics – Packaging & Printing Expo 2025

📍 Vijayawada

Ends: 13 Jul 2025

09 Jul 202504:30 am - 05:30 am

A delegation of senior officials from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, New Delhi, visited the AP Chambers office in Vijayawada and held discussions with office-bearers and members.

📍 Vijayawada

Ends: 09 Apr 2025

07 Jul 202504:30 am - 07:30 am

AP Chambers President Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao was invited as the Special Guest on the Annual Day of Dr. N.T.R. College of Food Science & Technology.

AP Chambers President Sri Potluri Bhaskara Rao was invited as the Special Guest on the Annual Day of Dr. N.T.R. College of Food Science & Technology, Bapatla, held on 7th July 2025

📍 Bapatla

03 Jul 202504:30 am - 08:30 am

AP Chambers Business Excellence Awards

AP Chambers organised a Curtain-raiser for AP Chambers Business Excellence Awards 03/07/2025 in Vijayawada. Hon’ble Dignitaries Mr. Kolusu Parthsarathy, Minister for Housing, and I & PR; Mr. Kollu Ravindra, Minister for Mines & Geology, and Excise; Dr. G. Lakshmisha, IAS, Collector & District Magistrate of NTR District participated in the Curtain-raiser and applauded for the Contributions of AP Chambers and appreciated for conducting an event like AP CHAMBERS BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS.

📍 Vijayawada

30 Jun 202503:00 am - 01:00 pm

We would like to inform you that the Government of Andhra Pradesh is organising ‘Amaravati Quantum Valley Workshop’ on 30 June 2025 from 8:30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. at Hotel Novotel in Vijayawada.

https://ap.gov.in/#/quantum_workshop

📍 Vijayawada

27 Jun 202511:00 am - 12:00 pm

Circular Economy - Emerging opportunities in AP

📍 Vijayawada

20 Jun 202512:30 am - 02:30 am

Yogandhra

AP Chambers organised a yoga event today 20th June 2025, at Taj Vivanta hotel open Deck . The Event was curated by Dr Tarun Kakani, AP chambers tourism panel Co-Chair.

📍 Vijayawada

20 Jun 202503:30 am - 04:30 am

Meeting Sri Lanka Dinakar, Chairman of the Twenty Point Programme.

A review meeting was held at the AP Secretariat, Velagapudi, chaired by Sri Lanka Dinakar, Chairman of the Twenty Point Programme, along with Sri T. Sivasankar, Chairman of the MSME Development Corporation, and Sri G. Dipak Reddy, Chairman of SEDAP. The meeting focused on “Opportunities and Challenges Pertaining to the MSME Sector in the Backward Districts of Andhra Pradesh.”

📍 Vijayawada

17 Jun 202512:30 pm - 02:30 pm

An interactive meeting was organised by District Collector - Krishna

An interactive meeting was organised by District Collector - Krishna on 17 June 2025 in Vijayawada. AP Chambers’ office-bearers along with several members participated in the meeting.

📍 Vijayawada

17 Jun 202504:30 am - 06:30 am

1st meeting of the state level committee on standardization

1st meeting of the State level committee on standardization was held yesterday 17 June 2025 under the Chairmanship of Chief Scretary. AP Chambers is part of the committee

📍 Vijayawada

14 Jun 202504:30 am - 07:30 am

World Blood Donor Day

AP Chambers in association with Life Share Blood Bank organised a ‘Blood Donation Camp’ on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day today at AP Chambers Office in Vijayawada. Employees from many AP Chambers’ member companies participated in the camp and donated blood.

📍 Vijayawada

12 Jun 202504:30 am - 05:30 am

AP Chambers President Sri Potluri Bhaskar Rao Inaugurates GREEN Energy Expo 2025 at SS Convention Vijayawada .

📍 Vijayawada