Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
23, Institutional Area
Lodi Road
New Delhi-110 003
Tel: +91-11-2462 1874
Fax: +91-11-2463 3168
Email: info@cii.in
Website: www.cii.in
Chandrajit Banerjee (CB) is the Director General (DG) of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). CII is India’s apex industry organisation, proactively enhancing the competitiveness of Indian Industry.
CB has been with CII for almost 40 years and has been serving as its Director General since 2008. In this post, he is responsible for the overall operations of CII.
CB is a Member of a number of important Government advisory bodies at the national and state levels. As DG of CII, he leads and contributes to many policy level dialogues / discussions to enhance the competitiveness of Indian industry and towards the economic development of India.
He holds / has held Trusteeship and Board Member posts in many institutions including Institute of Economic Growth (IEG); Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT), Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST); Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM); World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council of India; Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) etc. He is also a Member of the Managing Committee of SPORTSCOM and Governing Council Member of Sector Skill Councils. CII Foundation and India@100 Foundation, which are promoted and supported by CII, are also institutions where CB is a Board member. CB is also a Director of Singapore India Partnership Foundation (SIPF). He is a Director on the Board of “Invest India” which is set up by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
He is also Secretariat for many bilateral CEOs Forums constituted by the Government of India such as Australia, France, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Sweden, South Africa and many more.
Prior to his appointment as Director General, CB held several leadership positions in key areas including sectoral verticals of manufacturing, services, agriculture and life sciences as well as the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector. He has also led CII’s policy work relating to macroeconomic policy, financial services and corporate governance.
He was the first Executive Director of the National Foundation of Corporate Governance (NFCG), an organisation set up by the Government of India.
CB has been honoured with the Special National Level Awards “Knight” order and other Highest level civilian awards by a few important and significant countries. These have been bestowed on him for his International relations and connects to promote economic collaboration.
He has been honoured with Honorary Doctorate (D. Phil Honoris Causa) and Honorary Doctorate in Business Management from some leading National level Universities / Institutions.
Chandrajit Banerjee is a Post-Graduate (MS) in Economics with specialisation in Economics of Planning and Econometrics from the University of Calcutta. Earlier, he did his graduation from St. Xavier's College (Calcutta) in Economics (Hons).
As an apex industry body, CII works closely with the Government of India and industry to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India. CII is a non-government, not-for-profit industry-led and industry-managed organisation serving directly and indirectly 365,000 enterprises, both private and public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs. More than 332 national and regional sectoral and industry bodies are members of CII. CII has over 600 sectoral and subject-based committees and other groups to advance policy issues for the country and focus on competitiveness of Indian industry.
With around 70 offices, including 12 Centres of Excellence, in India, and 9 overseas offices in Australia, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Singapore, UAE, UK, and USA, as well as institutional partnerships with around 255 counterpart organisations in 102 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community. The CII Centres of Excellence offer a range of services for Indian industry in the areas of quality, manufacturing excellence, green building and energy conservation, water, logistics, leadership management, competitiveness, sustainable development, food & agriculture, and innovation, entrepreneurship & start-ups.