R.V. Kanoria & S.N. Agarwal take over as President & Vice President of ICC India, 11 March, 2008 - New Delhi

Mr. R.V. Kanoria Chairman & Managing Director, Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited & Mr. S. N. Agarwal, Chairman, Bhoruka Group, have taken over as a President & Vice President of ICC India respectively at the conclusion of 77th Annual General Meeting of ICC India held in New Delhi, 11 March, 2008.

Mr R.V.Kanoria, President of ICC India, is an MBA (Honours) from IMD, Switzerland, and Advanced Management Programme from Wharton, USA. He has over three decades of experience in the fields of chemicals, textiles and jute industries.

Mr. Kanoria was elected as Vice President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), after serving its Executive Committee for 17 years. During this period, he headed several Joint Business Councils, including India-Australia, India-New Zealand, India-Netherlands and India-Taiwan JBCs. He has also chaired several Committees and has been a part of the official Indian government delegations for the WTO Inter Ministerial Meetings. He is the vice-chair of the Commission on International Trade and Investment Policy of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris. He is also a member of the Governing Council of the World Chlorine Council.

He is a past Chairman of the Indian Jute Mills' Association and the Indian Cotton Mills' Federation. He is a member of the Executive Committee of FICCI and National Council Member of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) where he also chairs its National Committee on WTO & Trade Agreements. He is also a Member of the Managing Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHD), besides heading its Economic Affairs Committee.

He is on the Board of Cholamandalam DBS Finance Limited and Governing Board of Population Foundation of India, besides on the Board of several other companies. He is an Advisor to the Board of Operation Smile (NGO Organisation with Headquarters in the State of Virginia, USA) in India. This organization has been working since 1982 in corrective surgeries for disfigured children with special focus on facial deformities.

He has had several speaking assignments and media articles to his credit. Most recently, he was a featured speaker at BusinessWeek's : Middle-East Asia Leadership Forum in Dubai in May 2007 and spoke at a Session on "Imagine a World : Aligning Strategy and Corporate Social Responsibility", and a panelist at the International Chambers of Commerce's World Chambers Congress Session on "Threats to multilaterialism" held in July, 2007 in Istanbul. He was a featured speaker at The CEO Insights Forum at Chongqing in October, 2005, and spoke in the Session on "Extending Corporate Boundaries : Assuming Social Responsibility, Creating Harmony, Managing the Environment.

He is the Chairman & Managing Director of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd. (KCI), which is a leading manufacturer of chemical intermediates manufacturing Chlor-Alkalies and Ethanol and Methanol based products. KCI is an ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified Company and is a recipient of several awards in the field of environment management.

Mr S. N Agarwal, Chairman, Bhoruka Group, based at Bangalore, is a graduate engineer and alumni of Harvard Business School (AMP-1985).

The Bhoruka Group has interests in power, industrial gases and IT parks.

Besides, the Group is involved in social welfare services including education, micro finance, skill training, entrepreneurship development and health.

Mr Agarwal has been an Executive Committee Member of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), New Delhi since 1985 and also the President of Karnataka State Council of FICCI-New Delhi. He is the Vice President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce & industry representing India.