Confederation of Indian Industry, Kolkata is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded over 111 years ago, it is India's premier business association, with a direct membership of over 6000 organisations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs and indirect membership of over 98,000 companies from around 342 national and regional sectoral associations.