Mr Adi Godrej, Chairman of the Godrej Group, has been elected as the President of CII for the year 2012-13. He succeeds Mr B Muthuraman. Mr Godrej is a Director of numerous firms including being Chairman of Godrej Industries Ltd., Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., Godrej Household Products Ltd., Godrej Properties Ltd., Godrej Hershey Ltd., Keyline Brands Ltd, U.K, Rapidol Pty Ltd., South Africa. He is also the Chairman of The Board of Trustees of the Dadabhai Naoroji Memorial Prize Fund.

Mr S Gopalakrishnan (Kris), Co-Founder and Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited, is President Designate of CII for the year 2012-13. Mr Gopalakrishnan along with N R Narayana Murthy and five others, founded Infosys in 1981. Kris served as Director (Technical) and his initial responsibilities included the management of design, development, implementation, and support of information systems for clients in the consumer products industry in the U.S.

Recognised as a global business and technology thought leader, Kris was recently voted the top CEO (IT Services category) in Institutional Investor's inaugural ranking of Asia's Top Executives and selected as one of the winners of the 2nd Asian Corporate Director Recognition Awards by Corporate Governance Asia. In January 2011, the Government of India awarded Kris the Padma Bhushan, the country's third highest civilian honour.

Mr Ajay S Shriram, Chairman and Senior Managing Director of DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited (DSCL) and Chairman of its subsidiary company, Shriram Bioseed Ventures Ltd. has been elected as the Vice President of CII for the year 2012-2013.

DSCL, based in India, is a Company with a group turnover of approx. Rs 5000 Crore. It comprises Agri Businesses, Chloro Vinyl Businesses and Value added Businesses. Mr Shriram is actively involved in various industry associations and educational bodies. He is the Chairman of the Governing Body of Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and a Trustee of SOS Children Villages of India.