Hari Bhartia takes over as new CII president, Muthuraman elected vice-president

New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): Mr Hari S Bhartia, Co-Chairman and Managing Director of Jubilant Organosys Ltd has been elected as the President of CII for the year 2010-11. He succeeds Mr Venu Srinivasan as the new CII President.

A chemical engineering graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Mr. Bhartia has been conferred Distinguished Alumni award by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in the year 2000. ecently, he was awarded the 'BioSpectrum- Person of the Year' 2009.

Mr. Bhartia is married to Kavita, who is a leading fashion designer and retailer, and they have a daughter Aashti 26 years and son Arjun 22 years.

Mr. B Muthuraman, Vice Chairman, Tata Steel, has been elected as the Vice President of CII for the year 2010-11.

A B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Madras, he also holds MBA degree from XLRI Jamshedpur, and underwent an Advanced Management Programme from (CeDEP/INSEAD).

Mr. Muthuraman is recipient of several prestigious awards like Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Madras (1997),Tata Gold Medal, Indian Institute of Metals (2002), CEO of the Year Award, IIMM (2002), National HRD Network Pathfinders Award 2004 in the CEO Category, CEO of the year, 2005, 2009 IIM-J R D Tata Award for 'Excellence in Corporate Leadership, in Metallurgical Industries' from The Indian Institute of Metals, besides many others.

He is an avid reader and a keen cricket and golf enthusiast. (ANI)