Hari Shankar Singhania

Hari Shankar Singhania is the President of J.K. Organisation, a leading Indian Industrial Group, which has its roots extending nearly 100 years. It today ranks among the large Industrial Groups in India. It has multi-business, multi-product and multi-location operations. There are number of companies in the Group, mostly public limited. It has over 30,000 employees. More than 5,00,000 shareholders, Nationwide sales and service network of over 10,000 distributors and a large number of retailers and service centres. Exports to over 80 countries across 6 continents.

J.K. Organization group companies manufacture large range of products including Automotive Tyres & Tubes, Paper & Board, Cement, V-Belts, Oil Seals, Power Transmission equipments, Woolen Textiles, Readymade Suits & Apparels, Food and Dairy Products, Hybrid Seeds, Steel Engineering Files and Cosmetics.

Directorships

 * Chairman, JK Paper Ltd.
 * Chairman, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.
 * Chairman, JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd.
 * Chairman, Bengal & Assam Company Ltd.
 * President, Governing Body, Lakshmipat Singhania Education Foundation.
 * Chancellor, JK Lakshmipat University
 * President, Governing Body, Lakshmipat Singhania Medical Foundation.
 * Chairman, Population Foundation of India, a leading N.G.O. devoted to the cause of Population Stabilization (founded in 1970)
 * President, Managing Committee, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute for Liver, Renal & Digestive Diseases (PSRI), New Delhi.

He has served as

 * President, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris, the world organization of business (1993 - 1994) {the second Indian and third Asian to be the President of ICC}
 * President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) (1979-1980)
 * Vice President, Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry. (1982-1985)
 * Member, Board of Trade of the Government of India (1989-1990)
 * Director, Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) (1983 - 1989).
 * Member, Board of Commonwealth Development Corporation, London. (1996 -1999)
 * Director, Atlas Copco AB (Swedish Company) and Chairman, Atlas Copco (India) Ltd. (1996 - 2002)
 * Member, Indo-French CEO Forum ( 1997-2011)
 * Member, Indo-German Consultative Group (1996-1997)
 * Member, Society, Governing Body and Advisory Board, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India (2002 - 2005).
 * Chairman, Governing Board, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, for 3 consecutive terms of 5 years each (1992 - 2007- Total 15 years).
 * Promoter Member, Governing Board, International Management Institute, India (IMI).
 * Co-Chairman, Indo-US Joint Business Council (1989-1991)
 * Co-Chairman, India-Japan Business Cooperation Committee (1982-1986)
 * Co-Chairman, Indo-Korea Joint Business Council (1986)
 * Director, Shipping Corporation of India (1976 - 1977.)
 * Director, The Oriental Fire & General Insurance Co. Limited (1977 - 1979.)
 * Chairman, Development Council for Pulp, Paper and Allied Industries set up by the Government. (1990-1991)
 * Chairman, Joint Committee on Paper Industry.
 * Member, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, Government of India.(1991- 1994)
 * Chairman, Indian Jute Mills Association (1967 - 1968)
 * President, All India Organization of Employers (1972 -1974.)
 * Director, Urban Mass Transit Co. Ltd. (1993 - 1996)
 * Director, DCM Ltd. (1990 - 2001)
 * Director, DCM Daewoo Ltd (Formally DCM Toyota Ltd) (1984 -1997)
 * And various other Indian/International Institutions and companies.

Appointed by Government of India to serve on various Committees from time to time.

Awards

 * Prestigious National Award "Padma Bhushan" in the year 2003 by the President of India, for his contribution in the field of trade and economic activities.
 * In 2005 was awarded one of the highest Swedish Awards Royal Order of the Polar Star by the King of Sweden for his contribution to the development of Indo-Swedish business relations.
 * “2008 Paper Industry International Hall of Fame Award” by the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, Inc, U.S.A.
 * In 2010 received the “Lifetime Achievement Award for Asia Pacific entrepreneurship” from Enterprise Asia.

Widely traveled overseas, Mr. Singhania is a keen gardener and an enthusiastic photographer.