Kamal Bali,President and Managing Director, Volvo Group India, Bengaluru has been elected asChairman of CII Southern Region for the year2023-24.

He was the Deputy Chairman of CII Southern Region in 2022-23 and was the Past Chairman of CII Karnataka for the year 2017-18. He was also the Chairman of Manufacturing Sub-Committee, CII-SR during 2020-21 and Co-Chairman ofEntrepreneurs & Startup Forum, CII Southern Region in 2019-20. He is a member of CII National Council.

Bali is serving in various distinguished institutionswhich includes; asBoard Member, Volvo Financial Services India;Board Member,Invest Karnataka Forum (IKF); Independent Director on the Board of the Commercial entity of Department of Space, Government of India; Member of the Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology – Gandhi Nagar among others.

R Nandini, Managing Director, Chandra Textiles Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore has been elected asDeputy Chairperson of CII Southern Region for the year 2023-24.

Nandini is an active member of CII.She is a Member of CII Southern Regional Council and Co-Chairperson ofCII National Council Task Force on Rural Development and Migrant Workforce.

Nandini is serving as a Director in the Board of Cognizant Foundation, the CSR arm of Cognizant Technology Solutions and also an Independent Directoron the board of Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (TIDCO), a release said.