New Chairman, Vice-Chairman for CII-TN State Council

R Dinesh, Joint Managing Director of TV Sundram Iyengar & Sons Limited, and MD of TVS Logistics Services Limited has been elected as the Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu State Council for the year 2012-13. His name was announced at the first meeting of the reconstituted Tamil Nadu State Council held in Chennai on yesterday.

Dinesh has been closely associated with the CII and was the Vice Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu State Council during the year 2011-12 and was also the Chairman of CII Madurai Zonal Council during 2008-09. He has also held position as Chairman of Infrastructure Task Force, CII Tamil Nadu during 2011-12. He is also an Associate Member of both Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. Recently the CII has honoured Dinesh with the ‘Emerging Entrepreneurs’ Award.

Meanwhile, Narayan Sethuramon, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, WS Industries (India) Ltd, Chennai has been elected as the Vice Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu State Council for the year 2012-13. Sethuramon is an active member of CII and was one of the founding members of CII’s Young Indians (Yi). He was the National Chairman of Yi during 2006-07. He is also a member of the CII National Committee on Exports and Imports and member of National Councils on Manufacturing and Public Policy.

Narayan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Production Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and a Master of Science in Industrial Administration from Purdue University, West Lafayette, the US.