FICCI

FICCI is the rallying point for free enterprises in India. It has empowered Indian businesses, in the changing times, to shore up their competitiveness and enhance their global reach. With a nationwide membership of over 1500 corporates and over 500 chambers of commerce and business associations, FICCI espouses the shared vision of Indian businesses and speaks directly and indirectly for over 2,50,000 business units. It has an expanding direct membership of enterprises drawn from large, medium, small and tiny segments of manufacturing, distributive trade and services. FICCI maintains the lead as the proactive business solution provider through research, interactions at the highest political level and global networking.

Set up in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business organization of Indian business. Its history is very closely interwoven with the freedom movement. FICCI inspired economic nationalism as a political tool to fight against discriminatory economic policies. That commitment, drive and mission continue in the ever-changing economic landscape of India, chasing always newer agenda.

In the knowledge-driven globalized economy, FICCI stands for quality, competitiveness, transparency, accountability and business-government-civil society partnership to spread ethics-based business practices and to enhance the quality of life of the common people

• Its Core Competence are in the diverse field such that it is a
  • A reservoir of experience and expertise in diverse fields
  • Quality service provider
  • Forum for continuous government-industry interface for evolving a shared vision on economic matters
  • Information superhighway for corporates in India and abroad
  • Rallying point for track-two business diplomacy for promoting global trade and investment
  • Professional Committees on all segments of the economy
  • Highly trained, experienced and accomplished multidisciplinary intellectual capital as its Secretariat
  • Internationally acclaimed state-of-the-art office infrastructure for conferences, board meetings and business consultations
  • Specialized organizations and think-tanks to address the present and futuristic issues and challenges
  • Strong database with connectivity to every conceivable networks to access and provide data online to industry, government and business organizations
  • Professional approach for evolving quick solutions to economic and industrial issues
  • Perspective groups to visualize the future challenges and requirements of the industry
  • International Business Forum to help and guide overseas business partners
  • Institutionalized advisory groups to provide customized consultancies in quality assurance, energy auditing and sustainable and environmental issues
  • A state-of-the-art food testing laboratory which has been the referral point for the emerging multi-billion food industry in the country
  • Well-conceived social outreach programmes targeted at the civil society
  • Strong global connectivities

Its headquaters are located in the heart of New Delhi. FICCI is also the nodal point for the Indian Chapters of:

• • Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI)
  • G-15 Federation of Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (G-15 FCCIS)
  • Indian Ocean Rim Business Forum (IORBF)
  • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  • SAARC Chambers of Commerce and Industry