TVS Supply Chain Solutions’ R Dinesh appointed CII president

TVS Supply Chain Solution’s executive vice-chairman, who has assumed office as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry for 2023-24, takes over from Sanjiv Bajaj, CMD, Bajaj Finserv.

Autocar Pro News Desk By Autocar Pro News Desk calendar 26 May 2023 Views icon3110 Views Share - Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Whatsapp

The national council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), at a meeting on May 25, elected new office-bearers for the fiscal year 2023-24. R Dinesh, Executive Vice-Chairman of TVS Supply Chain Solutions, has assumed office as the president of CII for 2023-24. He takes over from Sanjiv Bajaj, Chairman and Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv Limited.

R Dinesh, a fourth-generation TVS family member, has been engaged with CII for many years at the state, regional and national levels. He started TVS Supply Chain Solutions (erstwhile known as TVS Logistics) in 1995.  The company, under his able leadership, has transformed into a billion-dollar company which has a presence across continents and catering to customers in over 50 countries.

Dinesh has won many awards including ‘Icon of the Year’ from ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu for the year 2018, Entrepreneur of the Year Award for ‘Services’ category by Ernst & Young in 2017.  He is also the recipient of TiECON’s ‘Next Gen Entrepreneur of the Year 2014’ award and ‘Emerging Entrepreneur’ award by CII in 2010.

Sanjiv Puri, Chairman and Managing Director of ITC Limited, takes over as President-Designate of CII for the year 2023-24. Spearheading the ITC Next vision, Sanjiv Puri has driven an extensive strategy reset to define new vectors of growth for each business with greater focus on consumer-centricity, agility, resilience and innovation to build an even more competitive, future-ready, climate positive and inclusive enterprise.

Rajiv Memani, Chairman of the India region of EY (Ernst & Young), a leading global professional services organisation, takes over as Vice-President of CII. Memani is also a member of EY’s global management body as the Chair of its Global Emerging Markets Committee.

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