Mr Mukesh Malhotra has been elected as the Vice Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Chandigarh Council for the year 2008 ? 09. The Council is chaired by Mr Partap K Aggarwal, Managing Director, IDS Infotech Ltd.
Mr Malhotra is the President and a member of the Board of Directors of Gates India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Gates Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tomkins Plc UK a $ 6 Billion conglomerate with interests in Industrial & Automotive & Building Products. Gates India has its manufacturing facilities near Chandigarh at Lalru and near Delhi at Faridabad.
An alumnus of Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and Chartered Accountant by profession, Mr Malhotra has over twenty years experience in manufacturing industry and management consulting.
He moved from the world of Finance to General Management when he was promoted to become a CEO from CFO in 2002. Under his leadership Gates India grew its sales over 3 times in 5 years and continues to expand.
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