RPG Group's Anant Goenka takes over as FICCI President for 2025-26

Anant Goenka, Vice Chairman, RPG Group, on Saturday took over as FICCI President for 2025-2026, from Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Emami Limited at the apex chamber's 98th Annual General Meeting and Annual Convention.

Vijay Sankar, Chairman, The Sanmar Group has been elevated to Senior Vice President of FICCI.

Puneet Dalmia, Vice President, FICCI & Managing Director & CEO, Dalmia Bharat Limited has joined FICCI leadership as Vice President.


The new FICCI president, Goenka, is also the Vice-President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and the former Chairman of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA).

He was the Managing Director & CEO of CEAT through a transformative 10-year. Prior to joining CEAT, he worked with Unilever and KEC International. He was the recipient of the “Kabiller Science of Empathy Prize” from the Kellogg School of Management in 2023.

Goenka has also been recognised by Forbes as the “Next Generation Business Leader of the Year” in 2017 and as “India’s 40 under 40 Business Leaders” by Economic Times-Spencer Stuart.

He has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BS Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.