Mumbai: R Mukundan, managing director, Tata Chemicals, has been elected as the chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) western region for 2013-14. Mr Mukundan joined Tata Administrative Service in 1990 after completing his MBA from FMS, Delhi University. He is an engineer from IIT Roorkee and an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
During his 23-year career with the Tata group, he has held various responsibilities including strategy and business development, operations, corporate quality and corporate planning, projects across the chemical, automotive and hospitality sectors of the Tata group. He has been on the executive committees of various industry forums including Indian Chemical Council, Automotive Component Manufacturers Association, Alkali Manufacturers Association of India, the Council of EU Chambers of Commerce in India, and was deputy chairman CII–western region council.