“CII’s potential to contribute to India’s development and growth is truly limitless because business and industry, when it rises above itself, as it did in CII, can and did contribute to national development. Where else can one find an organized, thinking, intelligent, resourceful, nation-oriented Institution such as this ?” Tarun Das in the foreword to his book.
Crossing Frontiers is not “The” CII story but “A” story by one who was given the extraordinary privilege to play a part. It is not a “I” story but a “We” story. Starting in November 1963, Tarun Das spent his entire working life of 46 years un the service of CII and its predecessor associations. He headed the Secretariat from April 1967 upto June 2004 and continued as Chief Mentor till end October 2009. Crossing Frontiers is his perspective of the journey of CII. He will be in conversation with Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII.
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| SPEAKER |
 | Mr. Tarun Das – Author, Crossing Frontiers, Former Chief Mentor CII, Founder Trustee, Ananta Aspen Centre and Ananta Centre
Tarun Das has spent his professional career in the development and promotion of Indian Industry. Starting in November 1963 with the predecessor body of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) he was the Director General and Chief Executive of CII from April 1967 to May 2004 and Chief Mentor from June 2004 to October 2009. His leadership of the organization over three decades has led to strengthening business and strategic ties between India and the world. He is Founding Trustee, Ananta Aspen Centre; Ananta Centre and Founding Trustee, Council on Energy Environment and Water (CEEW); Member, Board of Governors, Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Shillong. |
| He is Trustee, Sasakawa India Leprosy Foundation (SILF); Member, Board of Governors, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations ( ICRIER); Member, Board of Trustees, Public Interest Foundation (PIF); Member, Board of Trustees, Institute of Economic Growth; Member, Apex Council on India@75, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII); Trustee, India@75 Foundation; Trustee, Singapore India Partnership Foundation (SIPF); Lifetime Trustee, The Aspen Institute, USA. He is Co-Chair of US – India Strategic Dialogue; Indo-US-Japan Strategic Dialogue; India- Israel Forum and Member of India- Singapore Strategic Dialogue; India-China Strategic Dialogue; Indo- Turkey Forum. He is Chairman, Advisory Board, JCB India; Member, International Advisory Board of ACE Insurance(USA); Member, Board of Directors, John Keells Holdings PLC (Sri Lanka). |
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| MODERATOR |
 | Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee – Director General, CII
Chandrajit Banerjee is the Director General of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Mr Banerjee has been with the CII for over 28 years and has been the Director General, CII since May 2008. Mr Banerjee is a Post-Graduate (MS) in Economics with specialisation on Economics of Planning and Econometrics from the University of Calcutta. Earlier, he did his Graduation from St. Xavier's College (Calcutta) in Economics (Hons). As Director General, he is responsible for overall operations of CII. Prior to his appointment as Director General, he held several senior positions in CII. Mr Banerjee has been responsible for important areas of work including the Sectoral Verticals - Manufacturing, Services, Agriculture and Life Sciences Sectors and the SMEs. |
| He has led key policy work of CII in the areas of Economic Policy, Financial Services and Corporate Governance (he was also the First Executive Director of the National Foundation of Corporate Governance -NFCG, an organization set up by the Ministry of Company Affairs, Government of India). He continues to be in the Board of Trustees and Governing Council of NFCG as a Member. Earlier Mr Banerjee has served as Head of CII’s regional operations in the Northern, Southern and Western Regions. Over the years Mr. Banerjee has worked out of the CII-Headquarters in New Delhi for several years and has also been based at Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad. He was also in Bangalore to initiate the Centre of Excellence of the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA), which is a state-of-the-art centre for training, conventions and trade fairs. Mr Banerjee is in various advisory committees of the Government of India. He is the Co-chairman of the Governing Council, Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC), a not for profit public private initiative of Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) and CII, established in 2007. He is a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on India. Mr Banerjee is a Member of the Chief Minister’s Advisory Council, Madhya Pradesh and also a Member of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi. He is an advisory board member of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC). Mr Banerjee has been honored with the China-India Friendship Award by the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for his contributions towards the development of bilateral ties between India and China. Mr Banerjee has also been conferred with the decoration of Knight Commander of the Order of Queen Isabella by His Majesty the King of Spain in recognition of his most meritorious achievements and exceptional contributions towards promoting relations between India and Spain. Mr Banerjee is also the Secretariat for several bilateral CEOs Forums. These include Forums with Australia, France, Russia, Canada, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa among others. With 66 offices, including 9 Centres of Excellence, in India, and 8 overseas offices in Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, France, Singapore, UK, and USA, as well as institutional partnerships with 312 counterpart organizations in 106 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community. |
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