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11 industry captains in manufacturing council list

M. Ramesh

Chennai , Nov. 22

MR Ratan Tata, Mr Venu Srinivasan, Mr Jamshed Godrej and Mr Baba Kalyani are among the 11 industrialists who will represent industry in the newly-set up National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC).

It is learnt that the member-list of the council was recently approved by the Cabinet. Economists Dr Bibek Debroy and Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Presidents of FICCI, Assocham are also in the council list. Prof. Shekar Chaudhury, Director, IIM Calcutta and Prof. M.S. Ananth, Director, IIT, Chennai, represent the academia.

Other industrialists who are to be members of the council are Mr Mukul Kasliwal, Chairman, S. Kumars group; Mr A.M. Naik, Chairman and Managing Director, Larsen & Toubro; Mr Y.C. Deveshwar, Chairman and Managing Director, ITC; Mr Suresh Neotia, Chairman, Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd; Mr Habib Khorakiwala, Chairman and Managing Director, Wockhardt; Dr Surendra Kapur, Proprietor, Sona Steerings; and Ms Uma Reddy, Proprietor, Hitech Magnetics.

Apart from these, there will be one member from the SSI sector.

The NMCC will have six members from the Government — Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Secretary, Finance, Member (Industry), Planning Commission, Secretary, Heavy Industries, Secretary, SSI and Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

It is expected that a formal announcement of the constitution of the council will be made by the Government shortly.

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