Mr. Subodh Bhargava

Former Chairman Tata Communication ,Chairman Emeritus Eicher Group,Boards of several Tata Companies,Past President of CII

Mr. Subodh Bhargava holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Roorkee. He started his career with Balmer Lawrie & Co., Kolkata before joining the Eicher group of companies in Delhi in 1975 and is now the Chairman Emeritus, Eicher group.

He is the past President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers; and the Vice President of the Tractor Manufacturers Association. Over several years, he was therefore a key spokesperson for Indian industry, contributing to and influencing government policy while simultaneously working with industry to evolve new responses to the changing environment.

Mr. Bhargava has been closely associated with technical and management education in India. He was the Chairman of the Board of Apprenticeship Training and Member of the Board of Governors of the University of Roorkee; The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi; Indian Institute of Management, Indore and the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad.

He was also a Member of the senior panel of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) set up for a comprehensive evaluation of research in engineering and technology; and on the committee set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Department, Government of India for policy perspectives for management education in India.

Mr Bhargava was Chairman of Tata Communications Ltd and Viom Networks Ltd (earlier known as WTTL-Info Ltd). He is associated with several other companies as Director, some of which are Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Carborundum Universal, Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare, SRF Limited, Batliboi Limited, Larsen & Toubro Limited, etc.