Shailesh Pathak, a former bureaucrat, has been chosen to serve as the new secretary general of FICCI, the business organization announced on Monday.
Pathak will take over the charge on March 1.
"In a career spanning 37 years, Pathak has spent time in government as an IAS Officer as well as helmed large companies in the private sector."
"His extensive international exposure includes an Eisenhower Fellowship in 2000 as an emerging Indian Leader, an EU Visitor Program hosted by the European Commission 2003, and a Chevening scholarship at the University of Oxford in 2011," FICCI stated.
Arun Chawla, Director General, will retire on June 30, 2023, and move into an advisory position, according to a separate FICCI announcement.
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