Rajan Bharti Mittal takes over as President of FICCI

Bharti Enterprises Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Rajan Bharti Mittal today took over as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) at the conclusion of its 82nd Annual General Meeting here.

Mr. Mittal, 50, has held several key positions in various industry associations in the past. He is a member of the Managing Committee and Standing Committees of PHDCCI. He is also a Member of the Council of Management of All India Management Association as welll as a Member of the Executive Committee of International Chambers of Commerce – India Chapter.

In FICCI, he was Chairman of the Retail Committee in 2007, Chairman of Infrastructure Committee in 2006, Chairman of Telecom Committee in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and Chairman of Telecom & IT Committee in 2004 & 2005.

He was also the President of Association of Basic Telecom Operators (now known as Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India - AUSPI) during the period 1999-2000.

Bharti Enterprises has interests in telecommunications, financial services, retail, manufacturing, realty and agri-business. Bharti Airtel, a group company, is Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider with operations in India and Sri Lanka.

An alumnus of the Harvard Business School, Mr Mittal is actively involved in overseeing the activities of the group at the corporate level and in many of its new business ventures.

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