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Visakhapatnam, November 12: R Mukundan, President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Co-Chair of the 31st CII Partnership Summit, spoke about technology at the inaugural session of the summit.
He said India is committed to making AI in India and making AI work for India. He also said countries should deepen international cooperation in emerging technologies beyond AI, naming nanotechnology and biotechnology, along with cooperation on cyber security.
About R Mukundan :
- Current roles: He is President of CII for 2026-27, having taken office in May 2026. He is also Managing Director and CEO of Tata Chemicals.
- Succession: He succeeded Rajiv Memani, Chairman of EY India, who served as CII President for 2025-26.
- Education: He is an alumnus of IIT Roorkee and holds an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.
- Tata Group career: He joined the Tata Administrative Service in 1990 and has spent more than three decades with the Tata Group, working across the chemical, automotive and hospitality sectors.
- Tata Chemicals: He has been with the company for over two decades. He held several senior roles, including Vice President, Chief Operating Officer for chemicals, and Executive Vice President, before becoming Managing Director.
- CII association: He served as CII President-Designate in 2025-26 and chaired the CII Western Region in 2013-14.
- Honour: He has received an honorary doctorate in Business Administration from XIM University.
- Policy focus: He has argued that India should move beyond ease and cost of doing business and focus on the “speed of doing business” as the next phase of reforms.