President's Message

Dear Friends,

As you are kindly aware that MCCI, over the last 124 years, has worked as a bridge between businesses and the policy makers to create a conducive economic environment for the industry to prosper and flourish. MCCI, as one of the leading Chambers of Eastern India, works on the goal to take Indian industry to a higher growth trajectory, so that all the stakeholders in the economy are benefitted.

Betterment of the MSME sector has always been a priority area for the Chamber. MCCI believes that if given sufficient support, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have the potential to transform economies, encourage creation of new jobs, and foster equitable economic growth. In order to accomplish this vision and assist MSMEs in their endeavors, MCCI has been running the MCCI MSME Help Desk since 2018, at the Chamber and in the districts of West Bengal, in association with the Department of MSME & Textiles, Govt of West Bengal. The Chamber has also been continuously organising MCCI GST Help Desk since 2022 in association with CGST & SGST Commissionerates and MCCI ESIC Help Desk since May 2025 in association with ESI Corporation.

MCCI through its various programs and initiatives, endeavours to enhance activities in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Livestock, that promote rural development. The objective is to discuss strategies & models that have to be developed by the private sector to succeed in rural markets in these areas. The focus is also to take feedback from corporates regarding their initiatives in rural areas and also to address problems & difficulties encountered while carrying out business.

On its mission to reach out to Tier II & Tier III towns in the state, the Chamber has held programmes in different industrial and business hubs of West Bengal including Haldia, Asansol, Durgapur, North Bengal. The Chamber also connected with the business units in the districts of West Bengal to take its mission forward.

MCCI looks to the future with confidence in its capacity to serve the people and the business community of Eastern region and in the process, contribute to the economic development of the State in particular and the country as a whole.

We hope to have you all in this exciting journey of growth and development.

With warm regards and best wishes,

Priti A Sureka

About the President

PRITI A SUREKA

 Executive Director, Emami Limited

An Advance Management Program graduate alumnus of the Harvard Business School, Smt.
Priti A Sureka is an exemplary woman corporate leader in the world of Indian industry.
With her strategic ingenuity, entrepreneurial initiatives and dynamic leadership, she has
successfully established her place among the top women corporate leaders of the
country. As an Executive Director of Emami Limited and a key member of the Group’s core
advisory team, she drives the FMCG business to maintain its leadership position as an
Indian MNC.

As a leader, she has effectively contributed to setting the vision for the Company and
roles for the different brands basis her industry experience spurring the organization
on its growth path. Innovation being her forte, she played a major role in driving the
overall transformation of the organization from a traditional marketing company to a
digitally transformed organization. Priti leads her team of professionals from the front,
continuously raising the bar to ensure sustained high growth rate.

Priti, with her strong sense of strategy and game changing entrepreneurial initiatives, has
contributed significantly to the growth of Emami Group, which has eminent presence
across personal care & healthcare business, edible oil and spices, paper, ball point tip, real
estate and retail industry. Priti also heads CRI Ltd., the Group’s ball point manufacturing
business, the global leader in the world, as it’s Chairperson.

Priti was featured in the 2023 list of ‘Most Influential Women’ of Business World, one of
India’s premier business magazines and was felicitated with the ‘Corporate Woman
Leader’ award in the Consumer Products category by CII at the prestigious platform of CII
Corporate Women Leadership Awards 2023. CNBC TV18 also featured her in the same
year in their list of India’s top seven Indian ‘Heiresses’, who are leading their family
businesses successfully. In 2024, leading English mainline daily, The Telegraph felicitated
Priti with ‘Telegraph She Award’ as one of the avant-garde women achievers in the
Business Leadership Category.

Priti holds membership in various distinguished associations such as FICCI Ladies
Organization (FICCI FLO), Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and the Ladies Study Group
(LSG) of Indian Chamber of Commerce. She is the first woman president of the
Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Kolkata, marking a historic milestone in its
125-year history.

A strong advocate for women empowerment, Priti actively supports the Udayan Shalini
Project that provides education to underprivileged girls. She also conceptualized the
Nanhi Saraswati Initiative – A Girl Child Education Support Program providing educational
support like smart classrooms, financial aids and scholarship programs, career counselling,
infrastructure support, smart parenting and teachers training. She is also an active
member of Emami Group’s various CSR initiative forums.
Apart from being a driven businessperson, Priti has a wide range of interests. She is an
avid reader and a music aficionado as well as a keen debater and elocutionist.