The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. The organisation works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes. The confederation is headquartered in New Delhi. The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ...

Function

CII catalyses change by working closely with government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range of specialised services and global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major emphasis is laid on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry identify and execute corporate citizenship programmes. CII undertakes extensive research, interacts with key government officials and disseminates information through regular publications, seminars and events.

With 55 offices in India, 8 overseas in Australia, Austria, China, France, Japan, Singapore, UK, USA and institutional partnerships with 240 counterpart organisations in 101 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.

History

CII was established in 1895. The initial partners were five engineering firms, all members of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In the beginning, the name of the organisation was Engineering and Iron Trades Association (EITA). EITA was set up with a goal to pressurise the British government to place government orders for iron and steel and engineering goods with companies based in India (the practice then was to place government orders with firms based in UK). The name was subsequenrly changed to Indian Engineering Association (IEA), Engineering Association of India (EAI), Association of Indian Engineering Industry (AIEI), Confederation of Engineering Industry (CEI) and finally to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 1992.

Membership

CII Founded over 110 years ago, it is India’s premier business association, with a direct membership of over 5800 organisations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs and indirect membership of over 95,000 companies from around 325 national and regional sectoral associations.

Publication

Associations Council (ASCON) department of CII prepares and publishes ASCON Industry Monitor every two months. The Industry Minitor is organised according to production, sales and exports figures for each industry or industry segments. The figures in the monitor usully compares performance over the corresponding time one year ago.

Trade Fair

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing a biannual trade fair called IETF India since 1975 providing platform for Buyer – Seller Interactions for international and Indian audience. It attracted a participation of 1,15,000 in 2005 (the last time it was organized) it's next edition [IETF India 2007] is scheduled to start from 13th Feb2007.

External links

• CII web site
• CII India Technology Fair
• CII India Tech Fair Starting