Sumit Mazumder elected as President of Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2015-16

Sumit Mazumder on 7 April 2015 was elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2015-16. He succeeded Ajay Shriram.

He is the Chairman and Managing Director of the TIL Limited, India’s largest manufacturer of material handling equipment.

Mazumder is also the Executive Chairman of TIPL (Tractors India Pvt. Ltd.) which is a distributor for Caterpillar, USA, in India, Nepal and Bhutan for earthmoving, construction, mining equipment and power systems.

Besides, Dr. Naushad Forbes was elected as the President-designate of the CII for the year 2015-16. He is the Director of Forbes Marshall, India's leading Steam Engineering and Control Instrumentation firm.

Shobana Kamineni was elected as the Vice-President of the CII for the year 2015-16. She is Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited (AHEL).