♦ Manish Singhal was apopointed Secretary General of  Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

♦ He had earlier worked as Deputy Secretary General of The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Singhal succeeded Deepak Sood.

♦ Manish Singhal had also worked with various Indian transnational companies, including Tata Motors, Eicher (Volvo), Tata Auto Comp Systems, Moser Baer India and BEML.