JK Paper Managing Director Harsh Pati Singhania will take over as the President of the apex industry chamber Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) at its annual general meeting here on February 12.
Singhania who is currently Senior Vice President of the chamber would succeed Rajeev Chandrashekhar.
He served as the Vice President of PHDCCI and chairman of various committees in Ficci. Singhania is also the member in the Organising Committee for Commonwealth Games, 2010.
The theme of the 81st annual general meeting of Ficci is - 'Security, Governance and Global Economic Crisis' which would be inaugurated by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Other dignitaries who would attend the meeting include Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CPI (M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury and Corporate Affairs Minister P C Gupta.