Anand Sundaresan, the New Chairman of IESC

Anand Sundaresan,
Vice-Chairman & Managing Director,
SchwingStetter India as – Chairman of the IESC.

As the new Chairman, Sundaresan vows to bring skilling to the forefront.
The Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council (IESC), promoted by the Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (ICEMA), subsidized by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) appointed AnandSundaresan, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, SchwingStetter India as – Chairman of the IESC at the 11th Governing Body Meeting held recently. Prior to taking over the IESC, Sundaresan was the immediate past President of the Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (ICEMA). As part of this new role, AnandSundaresan will be responsible in introducing progressive initiatives that will benefit the skilling industry in the country.

“In India, we have always had a deficit in manpower especially in the infrastructure and construction industry. As the government has been focusing on introducing and implementing policy reforms that will create huge employment opportunities, we at IESC hope to take a region-wise approach and ensure that the benefits of skilling, reach all parts of the country. We seek the support of other equipment manufacturers for providing trainers and the user industry in proactively deputing their employees for skill training. Moreover, if the government makes it mandatory to employee only skill-certified operators in the industry it will help to increase performance standards and instill safety practices while handling construction equipment,” stated Sundaresan.

He comes with over three decades of experience in various Indian and multi-national companies. He joined SchwingStetter India, in 1999 as Executive Director and became Managing Director in January 2002 and Vice-Chairman & Managing director in 2013. As a transformational leader, he steered the business of SchwingStetter India forward by introducing best-of-breed products for the Indian construction industry. Previously, Sundaresan was also the President of Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (ICEMA) & the President of the Employers Federation of South India (EFSI).

AnandSundaresan, will be taking over from Vikram Sharma, CEO of Kobelco as Chairman of the IESC. AravindGarg, Executive Vice President & Head – Construction & Mining Machinery Business at Larsen & Toubro Limited has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of IESC. The term of office will be two years.

IESC is a ‘Not for Profit’ sustainable organisation promoted by ICEMA,subsdized by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to spearhead, skilling of workforce in the Infrastructure Equipment Sector with primary focus on training and certification of operators and mechanics. The Council with 18 founding members from the ICEMA was formed in Jun 2014 with the Memorandum of Association being formally charted and approved. In Aug 2014 the Council was registered at Delhi under the Societies Registration Act 1865, and later in Nov 2014 established its Head Office at Bengaluru (Karnataka).

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