Harsha Vardhan Agarwal of Emami appointed FICCI President

Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Emami Group, Harsha Vardhan Agarwal,  assumed the office of the President of the business lobby group, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for 2024-25, on 21 November 2024. Harsha Vardhan Agarwal succeeded Anish Shah.

Other office bearers of the FICCI for FY 2024-25

The new set of office bearers of FICCI for the 2024-25 also took over their offices along with the new President Harsha Vardhan Agarwal. 

Senior Vice President of FICCI - Anant Goenka who is the Vice Chairman of the RPG Group,which has diversified business interest in the infrastructure, tyre, information technology (IT), pharma, and speciality sectors.

Vice -President of FICCI - Vijay Sankar who is the Chairman of the Sanmar Group, , headquartered in Chennai. The diversified Sanmar has business interest in India and abroad with presence in engineering technologies, chemicals, and shipping.

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is one of the major business lobby groups in India which represents the interest of the business groups.

It lobby with the government to make polices which is faovurable to business and companies it represent.

It was set  up in 1927 and claims to be the largest business organisation in India.

Headquarters: New Delhi.

Heads of the other business lobby group in India 

There are many business lobby groups in India which represent the interest of companies and Industry.Some of the important ones are as follows:

Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)

President- Sanjay Nayar

Headquarters: New Delhi

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

President- Sanjiv Puri,CMD of ITC limited 

Headquarters: New Delhi 

NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies)

It is an association of Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing  companies in India. 

President: Debjani Ghosh (her terms ends in November 2024)

Next President - Rajesh Nambiar

Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh