Managing Director of logistics major Transport Corporation of India Limited, Vineet Agarwal has taken over as the new President of The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham). He replaces Niranjan Hiranandani, Co-Founder and MD, Hiranandani Group of Companies. Sumant Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power, is the new Senior Vice-President of Assocham.
Agarwal is a graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, USA and completed the Owner President Management program from Harvard Business School. He is also the founding National President of the Young Leaders Council at the All India Management Association. He served as a director on Young President Organization’s (YPO) international board and was previously a member of the Global Agenda councils at the World Economic Forum, board member of the HBS Club of India and at many other institutions.
He has also been involved in various non-government organizations in the areas of creating AIDS awareness programs in association with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2014, he was awarded – ‘Young CEO of the Year’ by CEO magazine and in 2017. He was named among 200 young entrepreneurs nominated by Government of India under the ‘Champions of Change’ initiative. He was also awarded ‘CEO of the Year 2018’ by the Indian Institute of Material Management
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