Shekhar Agarwal, Chairman, MD and CEO of Bhilwara Technical Textiles whose term in office is to expire on March 31, 2018 has been re-appointed in the same position for another three years by the board of directors.
Agarwal, at 65 years is a B.Tech (Mech.) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and has done his MS from the University of Chicago. He is the Group Vice Chairman of LNJ Bhilwara Group. The core business interest of the group includes textiles, graphite electrodes, power generations and power engineering consultancy services.
He is presently on the board of various companies such as RSWM, HEG and Maral Overseas. Earlier, he was the chairman of the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry and the President of the Northern Indian Textile Mills Association. He was also the President of National Committee on Textiles of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
