Nishant Arya, Executive Director of $1.35bln JBM Group, has been elected as the Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Haryana Chapter at the State Annual Session Arya is the youngest to be appointed as Chairman in the history of CII top leadership team till date. The first meeting of the newly elected Haryana State Council of CII for the year 2017-18 deliberated towards "Realizing Make in India by Building Competitiveness".

Arya had been the Vice Chairman for the Haryana State Chapter for the year 2016-17. The top of the line agenda that had been actioned in Haryana during last year under his stewardship included focus towards emerging and high growth sectors like aerospace and defence, competitiveness building, development of MSMEs, sustainability, social development, infrastructure development, etc. across various industry sectors in Haryana with special focus towards Make in Haryana.

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