Shobana Kamineni assumes charge as CII President

Kamineni helms the Apollo Global Projects Consultancy, which steers the planning, design and execution of new projects. She also heads Apollo Pharmacy, presently the fastest growing business within Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited.

Kamineni is also Vice-Chairperson of the KEI Group, a diversified logistics, leisure & infrastructure business. An active CII member, she has been a recipient of prestigious national awards for Entrepreneurship and Leadership.

Kamineni holds a BA in Economics from Stella Maris College, Chennai and an accelerated diploma in Hospital Administration from Columbia University, New York. Rakesh Bharti Mittal, VC, Bharti Enterprises, is the new President Designate,CII.  

Bharti Enterprises is a leading business group with interests in telecom, agri and food business, financial services, retail, realty, and communication and media devices. Mittal is the VC of Bharti Enterprises, Chairman of Bharti AXA Life Insurance, Bharti AXA General Insurance, FieldFresh Foods and Centum Learning. He is also a member of India – Canada CEOs Forum and India Pakistan Joint Business Forum (IPJBF) and several Government Committees and Governing Councils of Institutions of Excellence like ICAR. 

Uday Kotak, Executive VC and MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited is the new VP of CII. He has several awards to his credit and recently he won ET’s Business Leader of the Year award. 

Kotak is the Co-Chair of the India-UK Financial Partnership (IUKFP) with Sir Gerry Grimstone as the other Co-Chair. Kotak holds a commerce degree and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.