NEW DELHI, November 14, 2013. Mr. Sidharth Birla has become the President-elect of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) for the year 2014.

Welcoming the announcement, Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai, President of FICCI,  said " I have worked closely with Sid over the last two years and have no doubt that FICCI will benefit enormously  from his leadership and continuing engagement at FICCI.’

 Mr. Sidharth Birla will assume the office of the FICCI President at the conclusion of the 86^th Annual General Meeting of FICCI on December 21, 2013 in New Delhi.

 Aged 56 years, Mr.  Birla holds an MBA Degree from IMEDE (now IMD), Switzerland and a Science Degree (Honors in Physics) from Calcutta University. He is also an Alumnus of the Harvard Business School.

 He is a Company Director and Entrepreneur with core business interests in manufacturing. He is Chairman of Xpro India Limited - a polymers processing company where he is also the founder, and of Digjam Limited, manufacturer of woollen worsted suiting fabrics. He has financial sector interests and links in private business, and an enduring connect with corporate laws, having chaired FICCI’s Corporate Laws Committee for an extended period. He is a Government nominee on the Central Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (now in his 3^rd such term).

 Mr. Birla is a Trustee on some family educational and philanthropic bodies, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani.