Sanjiv Goenka, the Chairman of RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, has once again been nominated as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur by the Honourable President of India. This duration of this post will be for a period of one year from 27.06.2021 to 26.06.2022.

This is the fifth time Goenka has been bestowed this honour.

"It is a real honour and a privilege to be able to serve an iconic institution like the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,'' Goenka said after the announcement.

Expressing delight at the nomination, Director of IIT Kharagpur Professor V K Tewari said, "The whole Institute is delighted to get Dr Goenka's guidance and direction for the next one year and take this Institute to higher grounds of excellence."

Sanjiv Goenka's RP Group has 45,000 employees and over five hundred thousand shareholders.

The Group’s businesses spans across eight sectors – Power & Natural Resources, Carbon Black, Retail & Consumer, Media, Entertainment, Sports, IT & Education, include flagship companies such as CESC Limited, Phillips Carbon Black Ltd, Firstsource Solutions Ltd., Spencer’s Retail and Saregama India Ltd.

In April 2001, Dr. Sanjiv Goenka took over as the youngest-ever President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), and the International Management Institute, Delhi, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata.

Sanjiv Goenka is a former President of All India Management Association (AIMA) and was the youngest President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.