Dr. Suchitra K. Ella, Co-founder and Managing Director, Bharat Biotech International Limited takes over as CII Vice President for 2025-26. She was instrumental in founding Bharat Biotech way back in 1996.

In the past decade, Dr. Ella has co-founded and nurtured several companies in veterinary sciences, agri-biotech parks, food processing including pre-clinical toxicology and research institute.

In 2022, Dr. Suchitra K. Ella was honoured with Padma Bhushan for her outstanding contributions to society and industry. She is also recipient of SAARC women award, Colombo; Business Achievers Award, SIMA, Singapore among others. Dr (Mrs) Ella was the Chairperson of CII Andhra Pradesh State from 2012-13, Founder Chairperson of CII’s Indian Women’s Network from 2013-15, and Chairperson of CII Southern Region for the year 2022-23.

The newly constituted National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at a meeting elected its new office bearers for the year 2025-26.

Rajiv Memani, Chairman and CEO of EY India has assumed office as the President of CII for 2025-26. He takes over from Sanjiv Puri, Chairman & Managing Director of ITC Ltd. Memani was the President-Designate of the Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2024-25 and Vice President for the year 2023-24.

R. Mukundan, Managing Director & CEO of Tata Chemicals Limited takes over as CII President-Designate for 2025-26.