2^nd US - India Conference

Mr Sunil Munjal’s family has promoted the Hero Group, India’s premier automotive manufacturing group that has evolved from being the world’s largest bicycle-maker to being the largest two-wheeler maker. Mr Munjal is actively involved as a business promoter, an institution builder, a social entrepreneur, an angel investor, and as a thought leader. Mr Munjal directly manages the interests of the Hero Enterprise in insurance distribution, auto components, real estate, knowledge services and e-commerce.

He founded BML Munjal University, Hero’s unique higher education venture. Mr. Munjal is also President of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. His contribution to affordable health care has been recognised by the Royal Society of Medicine, London. Mr Munjal has set up Serendipity Arts Trust, a unique social project that aims to revive patronage in the arts.

Mr Munjal currently heads a CII task force on Ease of Doing Business, and is President of the All India Management Association (AIMA). He also chairs a government and industry supported skills’ initiative that seeks to create a professionally competent workforce. Mr Munjal sits on the boards of several iconic academic institutions and was a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry that advised the Prime Minister on economic issues.

India Today chose Mr Munjal as one of the “Faces of the Millennium” for business. In 2016, he won the Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Social and Industrial Peace. In the same year, he was conferred a D. Lit by SRM University, Chennai, and became a Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Directors. He has also received the GlobScot Award from the Scottish government.Mr Munjal’s experiences and insights are widely sought by businesses and institutions, and he has addressed elite audiences around the world.