New Delhi, May 12 -- The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Tuesday elected its new office bearers for 2026-27, with R Mukundan, Managing Director and CEO of Tata Chemicals, assuming office as President.

Mukundan takes over from Rajiv Memani following the election of new office bearers by the newly constituted National Council of CII.

The industry body also appointed Suchitra K Ella, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech, as President-Designate for 2026-27. Shashwat Goenka, Vice-Chairman of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, has been named Vice President.

Mukundan joined the Tata Administrative Service in 1990 after completing an MBA from FMS, University of Delhi. He is a distinguished alumnus of IIT Roorkee, a Fellow of the I...