PROFILE OF BUSINESS DELEGATES Mr. Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group Business Interest: Chemicals & Fertilizers, IT & ITES, Media & Entertainment, Power, Energy & Gas, Tea, Education & Skill Development, Sports & Healthcare Email: [email protected] The RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group has interests across diverse business sectors - Power & Natural Resources, Carbon Black, IT & Education, Retail, Media & Entertainment and Infrastructure, with assets close to INR 32,000 Cr and employee strength of more than 45,000. Over the next five years the Group is expected to invest more than USD 3 billion across its various business projects. The Group’s power generation company, CESC is India’s first fully integrated electrical utility company and is sole electricity distributor in the city of Kolkata as well as several other districts serving 3 million domestic consumers and industrial & commercial users. Phillips Carbon Black, the world’s second fastest-growing carbon black company, and India’s largest, is a part of this Group. The Group also consists of Saregama India, the largest repertoire of recorded music in India. The Group’s IT wing, Firstsource Solutions Ltd, is among the top three pure play Business Process Outsourcing companies in India. Spencer’s Retail Limited, part of the Group, is a multi-format retailer and runs 120 stores, including 37 Hyper stores in over 35 cities in India. Mr. Harshavardhan Neotia, Past President, FICCI & Chairman, Ambuja Neotia Group Business Interest: Hospitality & Tourism, Housing and Real Estate, Education and Skill Development Email: [email protected] Mr. Neotia is the Chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group. Operating through several companies the Ambuja Neotia Group covers the entire spectrum of the Real Estate industry including Housing, Hospitality, Health Care and Education. He was conferred with ‘Padma Shri’ by the Hon’ble President of India in 1999 for his outstanding initiative in social housing. He was also honoured with YPO Legacy of Honour Award in 2005. Ambuja Neotia Group headquartered in Kolkata prides itself in making a difference to the way people live with its forte in real estate and recent forays into hospitality, healthcare and education. Group’s luxury hotels, resorts, villas, clubs & banquets and standalone eating outlets have made a significant mark on the hospitality sector. Its healthcare includes specialty hospitals housing a special ward for underprivileged section of the society. CII-Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for Leadership and The Neotia University represent group initiatives in Education. Mr. Tarun Jhunjhunwala, President, Reliance Industries Business Interest: Energy & Gas, Petrochemical, Plastic & Polymer, Telecom, Retail, Media and Entertainment, Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, Sports Email: [email protected] Reliance Industries Limited, founded by Padma Vibhushan Dhirubhai H. Ambani four decades ago, is India’s largest private sector company with its activities spanning the fields of hydrocarbon exploration and production, petroleum refining and marketing, petrochemicals, organised retail, telecommunication, digital services, media and sports. A significant global player in the integrated energy value chain, in FY 18, Reliance recorded a consolidated turnover of about $63 Billion and Annual Consolidated Net profit of nearly $6 billion. In September 2016 Reliance Jio has built the world’s largest green field 4G LTE wireless broadband network and has become the fastest growing technology company in the World. In 2004, Reliance became the first private sector company from India to feature in the Fortune Global 500 list of ‘World’s Largest Corporations’ and continues to do so. Besides, the Company also persistently features in the respective lists of FT Global 500 and FT Emerging 500 Companies. It ranks amongst LinkedIn’s ‘Top Companies Where India Wants to Work Now’ (2018). Mr. Umesh Chowdhary, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Titagarh Wagons Ltd. Business Interest: Railway, Defence, Ship Building Email: [email protected] Titagarh Wagons is an Indian based Multinational Company in the manufacture of freight and passenger rolling stock with a group turnover of 2000 crores. It is the flagship company of the Titagarh Group primarily involved in Railways, Defence, earth moving machinery division and tractors, tea and ship building. Apart from being a leading manufacturer of wagons and EMU, MEMUs in India, the group has established Indian presence in the world by the acquisitions/activities. TWL in 2010 marked its presence in International markets by acquiring Titagarh Wagons AFR (ex AFR) in France. The Group , with its current acquisition of Titagarh Firema Adler (ex. FIREMA Trasporti), possess the latest technology in designing and manufacturing of rolling stocks, such as EMUs of 160 kmph, High Speed Trainsets of 300 kmph and also Metro Trains (Milan, Genoa, Catania, Fortaleza, etc.) Dr. Purnendu Chatterjee, Founder & Chairman, The Chatterjee Group Business Interest: Pharma & Biotech, IT & ITES, Financial Service Email: [email protected] The Chatterjee Group specializes in the Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Financial Services, Real Estate and Technology sectors in the US, Europe and South Asia. The Chatterjee Group’s company, Haldia Petrochemicals, is India’s 2nd largest with a total capacity equivalent to 7, 00,000 TPA of ethylene. The Group’s TCG Lifesciences wing is a leading contract research services company with 800 plus qualified and trained scientists. The Group has three IT companies under its umbrella, namely, TCG Digital, LabVantage Solutions & Fi-tek; the companies cater to blue-chip corporate in India & overseas. Mr. Satyam Roychowdhury, Managing Director, Techno India Group, Chairman, Aajkaal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Chancellor, Sister Nivedita University Business Interest: Education, Healthcare & Media Email: [email protected] Mr. Roychowdhury, Managing Director of Techno India Group, is a renowned entrepreneur in India. He has utilised his skills to venture into multifaceted arenas of Engineering, Management, Technology, Healthcare, Hospitality, Media and Entertainment. Over the years, by incorporating networking into his activities and accurate strategic thinking, he has evolved as an eminent businessman. Mr. Roychowdhury has received many awards for his contribution towards the field of Entrepreneurship, Education and Culture and has authored & edited many national bestsellers. A passionate globetrotter, Mr. Roychowdhury has travelled around the world in search of knowledge and adventure. Mr. Rudra Chatterjee, Managing Director, Luxmi Tea Co. (P) Ltd. & Chairman, Obeetee Business Interest: Tea & Home Furnishings Email: [email protected] Luxmi is a 15 Million KG tea producer with estates in Assam, West Bengal and Tripura in India and in Rwanda in Africa. Makaibari, acquired by Luxmi in 2013, produces some of the most famous teas in the world. In 2016, Mr. Chatterjee founded Manor and Mews, a UK based Furniture Company that is rapidly gaining customers in US and Europe. He is a director of Luxmi Township that develops vibrant and inclusive urban spaces. Prior to this, Mr. Chatterjee was a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton’s New York office and received his MBA as a Dean’s List candidate from Columbia Business School. Mr. Chatterjee is an adjunct faculty in economics at IMI and is a guest faculty in IIM Calcutta. He writes op-ed columns for The Statesman and is a guest columnist for The Telegraph. Mr. Chatterjee volunteered in Clinton Global Foundation in New York and at the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Mr. Chatterjee is an independent director at Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd, Biswa Bangla Marketing Corporation Ltd and Banglar Dairy. Mr. Sanjiv Puri, Managing Director, ITC Limited Business Interest: FMCG, Hotels, Paperboards, Paper and Packaging, Agri Business, IT Email: [email protected] ITC is one of India's leading private sector companies and a diversified conglomerate with a market Capitalisation of over US$ 50 billion and a turnover of over US$ 8 billion. Its businesses span Consumer Goods, Hotels, Paperboards and Packaging, Agri Business and Information Technology. ITC is the country's leading FMCG marketer, as well as market leader in the Indian Paperboard and Packaging industry and a globally acknowledged pioneer in farmer empowerment through its wide-reaching Agri Business. ITC Hotels is one of the fastest growing hospitality chains in India,. ITC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ITC Infotech, is a specialised full services global player. It is the only enterprise in the world of comparable dimensions to be carbon-positive (12 years in a row), water-positive (15 consecutive years) and solid waste recycling positive (for the last 10 years). Over 48% of the total energy consumed in ITC is from renewable sources. Mr. Yogendra Kumar Modi, Executive Chairman, Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd. Business Interest: Power, Gas & Energy Email: [email protected] Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd. is a leading and fully integrated CBM company and has a turnover of US$37.46 mn. In Upstream category, the company has 100% participation in Raniganj (South) block West Bengal, a total of 156 wells have been drilled, which with planned dewatering and optimisation measures provides a substantial base for production growth. Further 144 wells are planned to be drilled. Gas Gathering Station and related infrastructure are all fully operational at Midstream - Raniganj (South) block with pipeline running