CII elects Mr K Vaman Kamath as President

01 May '08

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Mr Kamath holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Mr Venu Srinivasan, Managing Director, Sundaram-Clayton Ltd has been elected as the Vice President of CII for the year 2008-09

Mr Srinivasan is the Managing Director of Sundaram-Clayton Ltd, a leading automotive component manufacturer and the Chairman & Managing Director of TVS Motor Company Ltd, India's third largest two-wheeler manufacturer.

Mr Srinivasan is the Honorary Consul General of Republic of Korea, Chennai and is a Member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade & Industry. He also held positions as President of Automotive Research Association of India and President, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

Mr Srinivasan was chosen as a 'Star of Asia' by the Business Week International, along with the Chairman of Toyota, Japan.

He was the first Indian industrialist to be conferred with the honorary "doctorate degree in science" by the University of Warwick, U.K. for excellence in manufacturing and contribution in the field of technology and R&D. He also received the Jamshetji Tata Life Time Achievement Award for the year 2004 by the Indian Society for Quality.

Both Sundaram-Clayton Ltd and TVS Motor Company have been awarded the prestigious Deming Prize by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE), Japan.

He holds a Bachelor's Degree of Engineering from Madras University and a Masters Degree in Management from Purdue University, U.S.A.

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII )

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