Confederation of Indian Industry
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| Abbreviation | CII |
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| Predecessor | Engineering and Iron Trades Association |
| 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 7,900+ Indirect 200,000 |
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Key people
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Naushad Forbes (President) Chandrajit Banerjee (Director General)Shobana Kamineni (Executive Vice Chairperson) |
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Employees
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1,000+ |
| Slogan | Building Business Leadership |
| Website | www |
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is an association of Indian businesses 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, CII has over 8000 members, from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 2,00,000 enterprises from around 240 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.
CII works closely with 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 64 offices, including 9 Centres of Excellence, in India, and 8 overseas offices in Australia, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Singapore, UK, and United States, as well as institutional partnerships with 224 counterpart organizations in 90 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.
The CII Theme for 2014-15 is ‘Accelerating Economic Growth,to strengthen a growth process that meets the aspirations of today’s India, while the theme for 2016-17 is building ' Building National Competitiveness' among industries.
Dr. Naushad Forbes, Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall, is the President of CII for the year 2016-17. He succeeded Mr Sumit Mazumder, Chairman and Managing Director, TIL Limited as the new President. Ms. Shobana Kamineni, Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited (AHEL) is President-Designate and Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Bharti Enterprises 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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