Rajan Bharti Mittal, vice chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises, has been appointed as the president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

The 50-year-old Rajal took over the charge from Harsh Pati Singhania after the conclusion of FICCI's 82nd AGM, which was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Harsh Singhania is the MD of JK Paper Ltd.

Before taking new charge, Mittal was its senior vice president.

Mittal joined Bharti Enterprises after completing his graduation from Panjab University. A grad of Harvard Business School, he is keenly involved in supervising the activities of the company at the corporate level.

Mittal's Bharti Enterprises has interests in telecommunication, financial services, retail, construction, real estate and agro-business. It also has JVs with several MNCs including AXA for financial services, Del Monte for its agriculture operations and Wal-Mart for retail and wholesale business.

Bharti Airtel, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is Asia's top integrated telecommunication services provider. (With Input from Agencies)