CII Pune organised its 18th Annual Day in February in Pune. Following the Annual Session, the Council announced Viren Joshi, Chief Executive Officer & President, Sigma Electric Manufacturing as the Chairman of CII Pune Zonal Council for the year 2018-19. He has taken over the Chairmanship from Nitin Chalke, MD – India, Eaton.
Joshi has over 35 years’ experience in leading large engineering MNCs in India, Asia, MEA and Europe. He set up Parker Hannifin operations in India and South Asia; and over 15 years led it to a leadership position in the fluid power market.
He has wide experience in growing new businesses from startups and managing rapid growth and performance at large engineering MNCs. He has wide experience in M&A and is a keen practitioner of Lean Enterprise, Profitable Growth Strategy, Policy deployment, Balance Score Card and Talent Development. He has received a National Award from The President of India, for a paper on Alternate Sources of Energy. He has attended global programs on Leadership, Change Management, Balanced Score-card, Talent Development and Mergers & Acquisitions.