Lodha next Ficci president
New Delhi: Rajendra S Lodha, a partner in the Kolkata-based chartered accountants firm Lodha & Co, is to take over from Chirayu Amin as the president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) at the end of the year at the conclusion of the chamber's 74th annual session.

Lodha is at present the senior vice-president of Ficci. In the past, he was the president of Kolkata-based Indian Chamber of Commerce.
A C Muthiah, chairman of Spic and also the chairman of Board of Control for Cricket in India, is expected to become senior vice-president.
Lodha was on the central board and executive committee of State Bank of India. He also holds the post of vice-president of the Indian Council of Arbitration.
He was the advisor to many prestigious global depository receipt and euro issues for several Indian corporates.
He was also the supervised the audit of Reserve Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation of India and Steel Authority of India. He was a member of the working group set up by the government to recast the Companies Act.

Lodha is also a member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India committees on 'takeover code review' and 'disclosure in offer documents'.
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