Rajeev Chandrasekhar is FICCI''s new vice-president

12 Jan 2007

Bangalore: Founder of telecom services giant BPL Mobile and currently chairman and CEO of Bangalore-based Jupiter Capital, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, has been appointed vice-president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry at the conclusion of its 79th annual general meeting held in the Capital recently.

Chandrasekhar is currently a Rajya Sabha member, representing Bangalore. He has served as a member of the prime ministers'' council on trade and industry between 1999 and 2003, member of the advisory committee in the ministry of information technology from 1999 to 2002, chairperson of the government of Karnataka, infrastructure task force from 1999 to 2002. Chandrasekhar is director, Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd.