The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) awarded the JICA President Award for 2015 to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for contributing to the National Project ie. Champions for Societal Manufacturing (earlier VLFM) over nine years. The JICA President Award recognizes projects and individuals and groups who contribute to development of human resources, society and the economy of developing nations. Mr Venu Srinivasan, Chairman – CII VLFM Initiative and Chairman of Sundaram Clayton received the award on behalf of CII from Mr Hidetoshi Irigaki, Vice President, JICA at the President Award Ceremony held on 22 December at New Delhi.
This year, nine projects were awarded the JICA President Award across the globe, and CSM is one of the best.
22nd December 2014
New Delhi