Sunil Kanoria takes over as Assocham president

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New Delhi: SREI Infrastructure Finance vice-chairman Sunil Kanoria Wednesday assumed charge as president of industry body Assocham.

"Kanoria has been instrumental in bringing over Rs 34,000 crore (over USD 5 billion) of consolidated assets under SREI which became one of the first NBFCs to get listed on the London Stock Exchange," Assocham said in a statement.

He is also the joint Managing Director of SREI BNP Paribas, a 50:50 joint-venture between SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited and BNP Paribas Leasing Group, France.

Kanoria has been associated with several industry associations - Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC), Hire Purchase & Lease Association, Kolkata (HPLA), Merchants' Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata (MCC) and Federation of Indian Hire Purchase Association (FIHPA).

He has also held the prestigious position as Member of the Working Group on Construction for the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-07) of the Planning Commission, Government of India.

He is currently a council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) as a nominee of the Government of India.

Sandeep Jajodia, CMD, Monnet Group and Ved Jain, past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) have been elected as the Senior Vice-President and Vice President, respectively.