Speakers

Chandrajit Banerjee
Director General of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Mr Banerjee has been with the CII for 22 years and has been the Director General, CII since May 2008.

Mr Banerjee is a Post-Graduate (MS) in Economics with specialisation on Economics of Planning and Econometrics from the University of Calcutta.

As Director General, he is responsible for overall operations of CII. Previously Mr Banerjee has been responsible for important areas of work including the Sectoral Verticals in the Manufacturing, Services, Agriculture and Life Sciences Sectors and the SMEs. He led key policy work of CII in the areas of Economic Policy, Financial Services and Corporate Governance (he was also the Executive Director of the National Foundation of Corporate Governance – NFCG, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Company Affairs, Government of India). Mr Banerjee has worked in all four regions of CII and has served as head of CII’s regional operations in the Northern, Southern and Western Regions. He was also overall incharge of CII’s internal Administration, HR and Finance.

Mr. Banerjee worked out of the CII-Headquarters in New Delhi for several years and also been based at Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad.