Ms Seema Arora

Ms Seema Arora is the Deputy Director General, CII. She is the Principal Counsellor and Head, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development. Ms. Arora catalysed the establishment of the Environmental Management Division in CII and then transformed the activities of the Division into the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development. Ms. Arora initiated the creation of Corporate Sustainability Management framework for building Sustainable Business Enterprises.

As the head of the Centre she networks with Industry, Government and Community based organisations to develop policy instruments and innovative voluntary approaches to Sustainable Development. She is involved with Planning Commission of Government of India to develop a low carbon growth strategy for India, with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India in defining the framework for measuring and rewarding sustainability performance of corporates. She is also providing inputs to defining sustainable development Action plans at State level.

Her main areas of interest are environmental policy, management systems, corporate sustainability, institutional strengthening and capacity building.

Ms Seema Arora has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Delhi University. She is a member of the Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. She is a member of the Stakeholder Council of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).