Confederation of Indian Industries
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| Abbreviation | CII |
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| Predecessor | Confederation of Engineering Industry |
| Formation | 1895 |
| Type | Non-governmental trade association |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Services | Policy Advocacy Nurturing Competitiveness International & Business Development Connecting with Society |
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Members
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Direct 8,300+ Indirect 200,000 |
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Key people
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Shobana Kamineni (President) Chandrajit Banerjee (Director General) |
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Employees
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1,100+ |
| Slogan | Charting Change Enabling Development |
| Website | www |
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a premier business association in India which works to create an environment conducive to the growth of industry in the country.
CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded in 1895, India's premier business association has over 8,300 members, from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 200,000 enterprises from around 250 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.
CII works closely with the Government on policy issues, interfacing with thought leaders, and enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and business opportunities for industry through a range of specialized services and strategic global linkages.
With 66 offices, including 9 Centres of Excellence, in India, and 10 overseas offices in Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Singapore, UK, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States, as well as institutional partnerships with 344 counterpart organizations in 129 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.
The CII Theme for 2017–18 is ‘India Together: Inclusive. Ahead. Responsible.'
Ms. Shobana Kamineni, Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited (AHEL) is the President of CII for the year 2017-18. She succeeded Dr. Naushad Forbes, Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall as the new President. Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Bharti Enterprises is President-Designate and Uday Kotak, Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited is the Vice President. Chandrajit Banerjee is the Director General.
A country's policy environment must be conducive for firms to achieve efficiencies that will enable them to reach their full potential and be globally competitive. CII has over 500 ‘Intellectual Groups’ – Councils, Committees, Task Forces, Working Groups, among others – working at the national and regional levels, across industry sectors. These Groups give shape to and articulate Member concerns to Government policy makers, Regulators, Think Tanks etc. They work pro-actively with Government to formulate policies that would empower businesses.
CII aims to sustain India’s international worldwide and also perform towards building CII as the first port of call for foreign delegations that wish to enlist with India and for the national industry that wish to approach traditional and emerging markets overseas.
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