CII meet charts roadmap for driving next growth wave in Mysuru region

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru zone, convened the CII Mysuru Annual Meet 2026, comprising the annual members’ meeting and a focused session on ‘Driving the Mysuru Region’s Next Growth Wave’, reflecting the collective leadership’s commitment to Mysuru’s next phase of growth.

Nitesh Patil, Regional Commissioner, Mysuru division, who was the guest of honour, observed that Mysuru is well-positioned to capitalise on its strengths in quality of life, talent and infrastructure. He called for a concerted push to translate these advantages into sustained economic and industrial expansion.

Rabindra Srikantan, Chairperson, CII Karnataka State Council, highlighted the strategic importance of accelerating adoption of emerging technologies, strengthening family-business transformation, and advancing manufacturing competitiveness, and encouraged members to leverage CII’s national and State-level platforms for collaboration, capability building and policy engagement.

Vijaykrishnan Venkatesan, Managing Director, Kennametal India Limited, underscored Mysuru’s opportunity to build globally relevant enterprises by deepening strengths in precision engineering and advanced manufacturing, supported by innovation ecosystems and strong industry-institution linkages.

Nagaraja Gargeshwari, Chairperson, CII Mysuru zone, reaffirmed CII Mysuru zone’s continued focus on enhancing regional competitiveness through industry-led initiatives, stronger MSME enablement, and sustained engagement with government and institutions to strengthen the business and investment climate.

During the annual meet, CII announced the CII Mysuru zone office-bearers for 2026–27. Utsav Agarwal, director, Bhoruka Fabcons Private Limited, will serve as the Chairperson, CII Mysuru zone. Savitha Mallappa, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of rProcess Outsourcing Services Private Limited, will serve as Vice-Chairperson, CII Mysuru zone.

The annual meet concluded with a shared resolve to deepen partnerships across stakeholders to position Mysuru as a future-ready hub for manufacturing, technology-led services, entrepreneurship and inclusive growth.