Harshavardhan Neotia Elected FICCI’s president

20 November, New Delhi

Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Friday named Harshavardhan Neotia, chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group, as its president elect for 2016.

The federation announced that Neotia will take over from the incumbent Jyotsna Suri, who is the chairperson and managing director of Bharat Hotels, after the FICCIannual general meeting which will be held next month.

FICCI said that Ambuja Neotia Group covers the entire spectrum of the real estate industry, including housing, hospitality, health care and education.

In 1999, Neotia was conferred with Padma Shri for his outstanding initiative in social housing.

Harshavardhan Neotia did his schooling in La Martiniere for Boys, Kolkata and obtained B.Com (Hons.) degree from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Subsequently he completed the Owner President Management Program (OPM) from the Harvard Business School, USA.

Neotia is a member on the Society of Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Shillong. He is a member on the First Court of Tripura University.

Currently, Neotia is a member of the Rajasthan chief minister’s advisory council, and member of the West Bengal chief minister’s core committee on industry.