Harsha Vardhan Agarwal takes over as FICCI President for 2024-2025

Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Emami Limited, today took over as FICCI President for 2024-2025, from Anish Shah at the apex chamber's 97th Annual Convention held in New Delhi.

Anant Goenka, Vice Chairman, RPG Group, has been elevated to Senior Vice President of FICCI. Vijay Sankar, Chairman, The Sanmar Group, has joined FICCI leadership as Vice President.

Agarwal is a second-generation leader of the USD 3.1 bn diversified business conglomerate Emami Group. He was awarded as one of India's Hottest Young Business Leaders in the prestigious 'FORTY UNDER 40' list by The Economic Times & Spencer Stuart in 2016.

With his extensive multi-functional knowledge and experience, Agarwal spearheads the FMCG business of the Group - Emami Limited as its Vice Chairman & Managing Director. Agarwal is also a key member of the diversified Emami Group’s strategic think-tank that drives the organisation’s growth.

Goenka is Vice Chairman of the RPG Group, a USD 4.8 bn conglomerate with interests in the tyre, infrastructure, pharma, IT and speciality sectors. He is also the Vice-President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and the former Chairman of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA).

Goenka was the Managing Director & CEO of CEAT through a transformative 10-year. The period from 2012 to 2023, during which the company witnessed a 25X rise in market capitalisation, received Lighthouse recognition from the World Economic Forum, and won the prestigious Deming Grand Prize in 2023, making it the first tyre company in the world to receive this accolade.

Prior to joining CEAT, Goenka worked with Unilever and KEC International. He was the recipient of the “Kabiller Science of Empathy Prize” from the Kellogg School of Management in 2023. Anant has also been recognised by Forbes as the “Next Generation Business Leader of the Year” in 2017 and as “India’s 40 under 40 Business Leaders” by Economic Times-Spencer Stuart.

Goenka has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BS Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Vijay Sankar is the Chairman of The Sanmar Group, which is headquartered in Chennai, India, with manufacturing facilities in the Mexico, Egypt, and several locations across South India. The Group has a strong presence in key industry segments – Chemicals (including Speciality Chemicals), Engineering Technologies (Products and Steel Castings) and Shipping and has a turnover of approximately US$ 1.6 billion.

Sankar is an Independent Director on the Boards of TVS Motor Company Limited, Transport Corporation of India Limited, Oriental Hotels Limited and Kaveri Retreats and Resorts Ltd. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of Chemplast Sanmar Limited.

He also serves as a Vice President of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association, Trustee of The Childs Trust Hospital and the Voluntary Health Services (VHS). He serves on the Board of Governors of the Medical Research Foundation (Sankara Nethralaya) and CPR Environment Education Centre. He also serves as a member of the Governing Body of The Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai.

Sankar is the Honorary Consul General of Denmark in Chennai. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the J L Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant.

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