R Mukundan elected President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Exam-focused facts from the 14 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

R Mukundan, Managing Director and CEO of Tata Chemicals, was elected President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2026-27.
Mukundan succeeds Rajiv Memani as the President of CII.
Suchitra K Ella, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech, was appointed President-Designate of CII for 2026-27.
Shashwat Goenka, Vice-Chairman of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, was named Vice President of CII.
Suchitra K Ella was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2022.