Bangalore, February 19: Mr. V. Raja, President and CEO, GE Healthcare South Asia & Managing Director, Wipro GE Healthcare has been appointed as the Chairman of the Medical Electronics Forum of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), an association of Indian business organizations.
In his role as Chairman of the FICCI’s Medical Electronics Forum, Raja will work with FICCI, to promote the medical electronics industry and address issues regarding technology development and manufacturing for this sector.
He will be working closely with various stakeholders including the Government, specialists and doctors, decision makers, ambassadors, High Commissioners & experts from foreign missions in India, experts from UN Organisations, regulatory and other ancillary bodies.
On the occasion of being appointed Chairman, Raja commented, “This is an honour as much as a responsibility. With the intervention of our office bearers and core group members, we will certainly utilise each given opportunity to leverage this forum to become a driving force behind this sunrise sector which is estimated to grow to about $5 billion by 2012.”