Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry

(FICCI)

FICCI Logo
Motto	Industry's Voice for Policy Change
Founded	1927
Founder	G D Birla, Purushottam das Thakurdas
Dissolved	N/A
Type	Chamber of commerce
Tax ID no.	N/A
Focus	Policy advocacy
Location	Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi - 110001. INDIA
Coordinates
Origins	N/A
Area served	Worldwide
Products	N/A
Services	Business promotion, networking, policy reforms
Method	Industry Government Policy Dialogue, Media attention, Events, Research
Members	over 250000 companies
Owner	N/A
Key people	Harshavardhan Neotia (President) Pankaj. R. Patel (Senior Vice President) Rashesh Shah (Vice President) Alwyn Didar Singh (Secretary General) Arbind Prasad (Director General)
Subsidiaries	Confederation of Indian Food Trade and Industry FICCI Arbitration and Conciliation Tribunal FICCI Alliance for Consumer Care FICCI Ladies Organisation FICCI Aditya Birla CSR Centre for Excellence Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSME) FICCI CASCADE
Revenue	Unknown
Endowment	Unknown
Employees	less than 500
Volunteers	Unknown
Mission	To enhance efficiency and global competitiveness of Indian industry To expand business opportunities for Indian corporates in domestic and foreign markets
Website	ficci.com
Formerly called	N/A

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is an association of business organizations in India. Established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by GD Birla and Purushottam Das Thakurdas, it is the largest, oldest and the apex business organisation in India. It is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation. FICCI draws its membership from the corporate sector, both private and public, including SMEs and MNCs. The chamber has an indirect membership of over 2,50,000 companies from various regional chambers of commerce. It is involved in sector specific business policy consensus building, and business promotion and networking. It is headquartered in the national capital New Delhi and has presence in 12 states in India and 8 countries across the world.

Office Bearers

President

Harshavardhan Neotia is the President of FICCI. He is the founder of one of the first joint sector companies in India, "Bengal Ambuja Housing Development Limited" in partnership with the government of West Bengal. His maiden project, "Udayan" was declared a ‘Model Housing Project’ by the union government. One among the pioneers of modern Public–private partnership (PPP) housing system in Kolkata, he also serves as a member on ‘Board of Governors' of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Mr. Neotia was conferred with Padma Shri by the President of India in 1999 for his outstanding initiative in social housing. He is one of the youngest Padma Shri awardess from India. He is an alumnus of Harvard University

Senior Vice President

Pankaj Patel is the Senior Vice President, FICCI. He is currently the Chairman and Managing Director, Zydus Cadila – Cadila Healthcare Ltd.

Vice President

Rashesh Shah is the Vice President, FICCI. Shah started Edelweiss, which is one of India’s leading diversified financial services conglomerates.

Secretary General

Dr Alwyn Didar Singh is the Secretary General, FICCI. He is a retired civil servant who until recently served as the Secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. Previously, he was Member (Finance), National Highways Authority of India, Department of Road Transport and Highways at New Delhi and has also served as Joint Secretary with the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Ministry of Commerce (Foreign Trade)He is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi and also holds a management degree from University of Birmingham

Director General

Dr Arbind Prasad is the Director General, FICCI. Prior to FICCI, he was Senior Adviser (Power & Energy) and State Adviser for Orissa and West Bengal in Planning Commission (India). He was also on the Board of Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), and Bhartiya Vidyut Nigam (Bhavini). He is a B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Masters and Ph.D. in Management from Yale University

Immediate Past President

Jyotsna Suri is Immediate Past President, FICCI. She is the Chairperson & Managing Director of Bharat Hotels that runs the luxury hotels chain The LaLiT Hotels, Palaces and Resorts under The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group. She is also a member on the International Executive Committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and Executive Member, Hotel Association of India

Harshavardhan Neotia is President, FICCI

Pankaj R Patel is Senior Vice President of FICCI

Dr Alwyn Didar Singh is Secretary General, FICCI

Services

ATA Carnet

ATA Carnet is an international customs document that expedites temporary import of equipment into foreign countries with relief from duties and taxes. FICCI is India’s sole national issuing & guaranteeing association for ATA Carnets ATA Carnets are used by TV / Film crews, journalists, engineers, musicians and industry for temporary moving equipment across borders. FICCI issues and endorses carnets, guarantees the payment of duties and taxes to customs (both domestic and foreign) authorities

Allied Organisations

Confederation of Indian Food Trade and Industry

Confederation of Indian Food Trade and Industry (CIFTI) caters to Indian food Industry. It deals with policies, trade affairs and capacity building. CIFTI provides institutional support and partners with the Government and the Indian private sector in promotion and development of Indian food processing industry. CIFTI was established by FICCI in 1985

Arbitration and Conciliation Tribunal

FICCI Arbitration and Conciliation Tribunal (FACT) provides arbitration services for settling commercial disputes. FACT was established in 1952 and aims at settling business disputes outside the traditional framework offered by courts of law through arbitration and conciliation, as the case may be.

Alliance for Consumer Care

FICCI Alliance for Consumer Care (FACC) is a dedicated centre set up by FICCI along with Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India to enhance consumer care practices and facilitate stakeholder interaction. It facilitates prompt redressal of consumer grievances, a dialogue between the business and consumers and promotion of responsible business practices.

Ladies Organisation

FICCI Ladies Organisation was established in 1983 to promote entrepreneurship and professional excellence among women in India.

Aditya Birla CSR Centre for Excellence

Aditya Birla CSR Centre for Excellence is a joint initiative of FICCI and the Aditya Birla Group. The center aims at development of inclusive and holistic CSR practices. This center also organizes the Businessworld FICCI CSR Award, an annual award aimed at identifying & recognizing remarkable CSR initiatives.

Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSME)

Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is an affiliate body of FICCI. It was established in December 2013. It aims to connect MSMEs with mentors, incubators & accelerators and assist them through capacity building programs & services; deliberate of policy concerns of the sector; and provide regular interface between Industry, Government and regulators. In terms of the scope of work CMSME is similar to FICCI with the only differentiation being the exclusive focus on Micro, Small and Media enterprises in India.

CASCADE

FICCI Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying Economy (CASCADE) was launched on 18 January 2011 and aims to run consumer sensitization drives on the impact of using smuggled, contraband and counterfeit products across India. The body is also engaged in capacity building of law enforcement agencies and research. It has estimated an annual tax loss to government of India due to smuggling and counterfeits at Rs 26,190 crore.

Initiatives

Millennium Alliance

FICCI's Millennium alliance aims at supporting and scaling-up low-cost, innovative solutions. It is a joint initiative of FICCI, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India and the United States Agency for International Development. It was launched during July 2012 as an inclusive platform for social impact funds, venture capitalists, corporate foundations, early investors, and donors to support and scale innovative solutions for base of the pyramid populations in India and around the world.

Invest India

Invest India is a public-private partnership between Government and FICCI. A joint venture between FICCI (51% equity), Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (India) (34%) and State Governments of India (0.5% equity each), Invest India was given a clearance by the Indian cabinet during September 2009 to set up under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956. The initiative aims at speedy implementation of foreign investment projects in India and improving the climate for domestic investments.

Technology Commercialization

DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme

India Innovation Growth Programme is a joint initiative by the Department of Science and Technology (India), Lockheed Martin Corporation, Indo-US Science & Technology Forum, IC² Institute at the University of Texas, Stanford Graduate School of Business and FICCI. The program aims at accelerating innovative Indian technologies into the global markets. This program was launched in March 2007 by Lockheed Martin, FICCI, and the University of Texas, IC² Institute. Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum partnered November 2008 onwards The program is open to Indian nationals who have developed innovative technologies across a variety of sectors. The program received 819 applications in 2012

DRDO–FICCI Accelerated Technology Assessment and Commercialization (ATAC) Programme

DRDO and FICCI started the ATAC programme in February 2009 with an objective to create commercial linkages for DRDO technologies for use in civilian products and services. The Explosives Detector Kit developed by DRDO is being commercialized under this initiative. Bio-toilets based upon the bio-digester technology developed by DRDO is another such technology being commercialized under the program. It is projected that DRDO will install 18000 bio toilets across India in cooperation with various states, Union Territories, FICCI and Ganga Action Plan. Besides, over 10000 bio-digesters are being installed in passenger coaches of the Indian Rail.

Notable alumni

Some prominent business leaders from India that led FICCI as President include Krishna Kumar Birla (1974–75) Hari Shankar Singhania (1979–80) R. P. Goenka (1986–87) Chirayu Amin (2000–01) A C Muthiah (2002–03) Habil Khorakiwala (2006–07) Rajeev Chandrasekhar (2007–08) Rajan Mittal (2009–10)

Amit Mitra, noted economist and the current Finance Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal was Secretary General, FICCI during 1994–2011. Dr Rajiv Kumar replaced him during 2011. He relinquished his position on October 23, 2012 making way for Dr A Didar Singh, who took charge in November 2012.

Naina Lal Kidwai is the Past President, FICCI. She the first Indian woman to graduate from Harvard Business School. and currently is the Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India.

Naina Lal Kidwai was the President of FICCI in 2013

Amit Mitra was Secretary General FICCI during 1994–2011

See also

• Confederation of Indian Industry
• Indian Merchants' Chamber
• NASSCOM
• ASSOCHAM

External links

• Home page of FICCI
• FICCI Blog