Sumit Mazumder is the new president of CII

Shobana Kamineni, Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited has been elected as Vice-President

Sumit Mazumder, Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited, has been elected as the President of CII for the year 2015-16.  He succeeds Mr Ajay Shriram as the new President.

TIL is the manufacturer of India’s largest range of material handling equipment in technical collaboration with world leaders – Manitowoc Crane Group, USA; Hyster (a part of NACCO Materials Handling Group, USA) etc.

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

A graduate of St Xavier’s College, Calcutta, Mazumder obtained a Master’s in Business Administration from Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA.  He also undertook the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA.

Moreover, Shobana Kamineni, Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited (AHEL) has been elected as Vice-President of CII for the year 2015-16. She also heads  Apollo Pharmacy, presently the fastest growing business within AHEL.

Apollo Pharmacy is now India’s largest pharmacy chain with a pan-India network of over 2,000 stores, 14,000 employees and it serves 1,50,000 customers a day.  

Dr Naushad Forbes, Director, Forbes Marshall, has become the President-designate of CII for the year 2015-16. Forbes Marshall is  India's leading Steam Engineering and Control Instrumentation firm. He chairs the Steam Engineering Companies within the group.