Pankaj Patel is President–Elect of FICCI

Mr. Pankaj R. Patel, Chairman and Managing Director of Zydus Cadila - Cadila Healthcare Ltd. has been elected President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) for the year 2017. 

Zydus Cadila is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of healthcare therapies in over 50 countries worldwide. The group has 1200 researchers across 19 sites converging to look at differentiated medicines for the future. From APIs to vaccines, biosimilars and niche technologies, the company looks at different ideas and concepts to bridge unmet healthcare needs.

Mr. Pankaj Patel is actively involved in various educational institutions and is on the advisory committees and academic councils of several educational institutions such as Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, IISER, Kolkata, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, The Ahmedabad University and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. He is the Executive Chairman, Vice President and Trustee of the Gujarat Cancer Society and Chairman of the Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, a Regional Cancer Centre and one of the largest cancer centres of India, reaching out to the needy and underprivileged cancer patients.

Mr. Patel will take over from Mr. Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group, during the FICCI AGM to be held on 16 and 17 December 2016 in New Delhi.