The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today elected Mr. Arun Nanda, executive director and president – Infrastructure Development Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd the Chairman of the CII, Western Region.
Mr Nanda holds a Degree in Law from the University of Calcutta, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA) and Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS).
He is also currently on the Boards of several companies in various capacities. He is the Chairman of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts (I) Ltd, Owens Corning (I) Ltd and Mahindra Consulting Engineers Ltd, Vice-Chairman of Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd and Mahindra World City Developers Ltd and Director of Mahindra World City (Jaipur) Ltd, Mumbai Mantra Media Ltd and Union Bank of India. He is also on the Advisory Boards of Barco Company Ltd and Schneider Electric India Pvt Ltd.
Mr Nanda has been awarded the “Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur” (Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour) by the President of the French Republic, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy. He has also received the “Real Estate person of the Year” Award from GIREM Leadership Awards (Triple Tree) in India, “CA Business Achiever Award - Corporate” at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Award 2009 and “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his outstanding contribution to the Hospitality Industry and the Service Sector by the Golden Star Awards 2010.
Mr Nanda was previously the Deputy Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Western Region for 2009-10. Mr Praveen Toshniwal was elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Western Region for 2010-11.
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