The four new additions to the IAC will join current members like Rekha Menon, Chairperson & Senior MD India, Accenture, Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairperson, India Advisory Board, Advent Private Equity, Pavan Mocherla, MD, BD-India/South Asia, Advamed, Simon George, President, Cargill India, Sandip Patel, GM, IBM India & South Asia & MD IBM India, Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India and others.
The additions to the IAC are Ramesh Ramadurai, Managing Director, 3M India, Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell Technologies India, Sarthak Ranade, Managing Director, Janssen India (The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson) and Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India.
“The IAC comprises a highly influential network of senior India-based executives and thought-leaders committed to growing trade and investment between the United States and India,” Ambassador (Ret.) Atul Keshap, President, USIBC said in a statement.
“As the newest members of this group, we expect Ramesh, Alok, Sarthak, and Anant will enable USIBC to rise to new heights its policy leadership in the life sciences, digital technology, and manufacturing sectors,” he added.
Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson, Salesforce India who has assumed the role of IAC Chair said the council plays a strategic role in the way business and government engage.
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Formed in 2017, The India Advisory Council serves as a premier strategic body for representatives of Indian companies and Indian affiliates of American companies—including CEOs, presidents, managing directors, and chairpersons—to collaborate on a forward-looking advocacy agenda in India. Representing all major sectors, the IAC bolsters USIBC’s mission to promote bilateral trade and investment between the U.S. and India and spearheads coordinated advocacy for cross-cutting initiatives including global health, supply chain resiliency, and the energy transition.
