Presently, Mr. Puri is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Gandhinagar, Chairperson-in-charge of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development and Chairman of the CII International Council. He is also a Director on the Board of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and a Member of the Governing Board of the National Council of Applied Economic Research.
Mr. Puri is a Past President of CII, the apex business and industry association in the country. He has served as the Chairman of the Expert Group constituted by the Fifteenth Finance Commission of the Government of India to promote agri-exports, Member of the technology discussion group ‘Farm to Table - driving India’s agriculture sector digitally’ constituted by NITI Aayog and Member of the BRICS Business Council - India Chapter. He was also the Chairman of the ‘Action Council on ESG in Business’ under the aegis of Business 20 India, the official dialogue forum with the global business community during India’s G20 Presidency, as well as Co-Chair of the ‘Business Commission to Tackle Inequality’ set up by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva.
Mr. Puri has been recognised amongst ‘India’s Top 100 Influential People powering Technology & Innovation’ by MIT Sloan Management Review India. He was conferred with the ‘AIMA - JRD TATA Corporate Leadership Award’ by AIMA and ‘Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace’ by XLRI, Jamshedpur. Earlier, he was honoured with the ‘Business Leader of the Year Award’ by AIMA, ‘Best CEO Award’ by Business Today, and ‘Transformational Leader Award 2022-23’ by the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability. He was named by Fortune India as the ‘Best CEO in the FMCG category’ in 2025 and featured as part of ‘Best CEOs 2024 in the Diversified Conglomerate category’. He has also been presented with the ‘IMPACT Person of the Year 2020 Award’ by exchange4media, a leading online news platform, ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award of the year 2018’ by IIT Kanpur, and bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate by XIM University, Bhubaneswar.
Other Directorships in Companies / Body Corporates
ITC Limited | Chairperson & Managing Director |
ITC Infotech India Limited | Chairperson & Non-Executive Director |
ITC Infotech Limited, UK | Chairperson & Non-Executive Director |
ITC Infotech (USA), Inc. | Chairperson & Non-Executive Director |
Surya Nepal Private Limited | Chairperson & Non-Executive Director |
Invest India | Non-Executive Director |
Indian School of Business | Member, Executive Board |