NEW DELHI: Zydus Cadila - Cadila Healthcare Ltd. chairman and managing director Pankaj R. Patel has been elected the president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) for the year 2017.

Patel spearheads Zydus Cadila, an innovation-driven global healthcare company which manufactures and markets a wide range of products ranging from APIs to formulations, vaccines, biologicals and niche technologies. With over 1200 researchers, the group has been at the forefront bridging unmet healthcare needs with novel therapies that are affordable and accessible.

Patel is the chairman of the board of governors and Society, IIM, Udaipur and IIT, Bhubaneswar. He is also on the Board of IIM-Ahmedabad.

He also officiates on the Board of various educational institutes such as Ahmedabad University, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, the Gujarat Law Society, Nirma University etc.

He is the executive chairman, vice president and trustee of the Gujarat Cancer Society and chairman of the Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, a Regional Cancer Centre and one of the largest cancer centres of India, reaching out to the needy and underprivileged cancer patients.