Kolkata: Sumit Mazumder, former national president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and former chairman of TIL Ltd, passed away at his residence in Kolkata on Sunday. He was 77 and is survived by his wife, Manzu Majumder.
A graduate of St Xavier's College, Kolkata, Mazumder earned a Master's in Business Administration from Sam Houston State University, Texas and completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard University. He went on to serve as executive chairman of Tractors India Pvt Ltd.
He was CII national president in 2015–16. He played a pioneering role in establishing the International Mining & Machinery Exhibition and the Global Mining Summit.