RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR, Rajya Sabha member and chairman and chief executive officer of Jupiter Capital has become the President-elect of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and will assume office of the President of FICCI at the conclusion of the 80th Annual Session of FICCI.

 

Chandrasekhar is the chairman and chief executive officer of Jupiter Capital, one of India’s leading venture development, management and investment company, focusing on infrastructure, media and technology ventures of the future.

 

He founded BPL Mobile in 1994 and was one of the earliest investors to spot the Indian telecom opportunity and invest in it. He holds a master degree in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago and is a graduate in Advanced Management from Harvard University, Boston.

 

Chandrasekhar is a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) representing Bangalore (Karnataka). His flagship company, Jupiter Capital, is evaluating and pursing investments in the untapped infrastructure space in areas like transportation, utilities (such as water), electricity transmission and aviation, where new opportunities for private capital are emerging. These opportunities are being pursued through Hindustan Infrastructure Projects & Engineering Pvt Ltd

 

Jupiter Capital’s technology interests include Digital Signal Processing, Wireless Systems, Encryption and Decryption Technologies, C4I Systems and Networked Centric Warfare Systems. Chandrasekhar is pursuing these through a company called Jupiter Strategic Technologies Pvt Ltd

 

Chandrasekhar’s media and entertainment interests are focused on regional language TV broadcasting, radio & digital media. Through acquisitions and organically, he is building two brands, Asianet for regional language television and Indigo for contemporary media and entertainment.

 

Asianet is one of the strongest regional television franchises, which will cover the entire fast growing regions of the south and west India. His media and entertainment investments are being pursued through Jupiter Entertainment Ventures Pvt Ltd