Mr. Hartley was a founder member of the Indian Institute of Welding, which was established in 1966. He was elected President of the Institute for the year 1967/68 and the two following years. This was a vital period in the young Institute’s growth and under his able leadership the Institute gained national and international recognition. The Institute was also elected a member of International Institute of Welding.
Mr. Hartley headed the Indian Delegation to the 23rd Annual Assembly of the International Institute of Welding held in July 1970 at Lausanne, Switzerland. As a Past President and a Member of the Council, Mr. Hartley was closely associated with the affairs of the Institute and took very keen interest in its growth and extended generous support – moral and material.
Since 1949 he served Indian Oxygen in various capacities; in 1961, he was appointed Chief Executive-Sales and in 1963 joined the Board of the Company as Assistant Managing Director. In 1971, he was appointed the Managing Director of the Company. Since April 1974 till his death, he was concurrently the Chairman and Managing Director of the Company.
Apart from serving Indian Oxygen, he took keen interest in the development of industry in general and served a number of organisation. He was Chairman of the Eastern Regional Committee of the Indian Engineering Association, which became the Association of Indian Engineering Industry and finally CII. At the time of his death he was Vice President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
He died after a short illness in Calcutta on 20th November 1975. |
