Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo

Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo is the  Chairman of India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA), the apex industry body representing the entire electronics and semiconductors ecosystem in India, with a special focus on mobile handsets and their component value chain. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential industry leaders contributing to the evolution of India’s manufacturing and industrial policy landscape.Mr. Mohindroo has had an outstanding academic record, having topped the university twice. He is an alumnus of the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi, from where he completed his MBA. His professional career spans over four decades across a diverse range of global and Indian industries, including sugar, food, telecom, information technology, retail, media and broadcasting, DTH, international trading, infrastructure (industrial parks and port infrastructure), steel, woollen knitwear, textiles, personal care, oleochemicals, paints, pigments, and dyes.He has been a consistent and committed supporter of the Government of India’s vision to establish the country as a global manufacturing hub. In December 2014, Mr. Mohindroo was nominated as the Chairman of the Fast Track Task Force (FTTF) constituted by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to accelerate manufacturing activity related to mobile handsets and their component ecosystem in India. The extraordinary growth of mobile phones manufacturing and exports from 2.5 billion USD in 2014-15 to 70 billion USD plus in 2025-26 and exports from negligible to 30 billion USD in 2025-26 is widely attributed to the efforts of this task force. His vision of integrating India into global value chains while simultaneously building strong national champions for long-term economic sustainability has 
been well recognised and widely accepted by the Government of India.Driven by a long-term industrial vision, Mr. Mohindroo has articulated and led the ambition of building a trillion-dollar electronics industry by 2032, supported by a globally competitive manufacturing ecosystem spanning semiconductors, mobile phones, consumer electronics, medical electronics, automotive electronics, the Internet of Things (IoT), emerging technologies, electric vehicles, agricultural electronics, defence electronics, IT hardware, and R&D infrastructure. His focus on scaling manufacturing to meet both domestic demand and global export markets has received strong commitments and endorsement from policymakers and industry stakeholders across multiple geographies