M Ponnuswami, Chairman & Managing Director of Chennai-based Pon Pure Chemical India Pvt Ltd, has been elected Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu State Council, for 2018-19.

S Chandramohan, President & Group CFO, Tractors & Farm Equipment Ltd, has been elected Vice-Chairman.

Ponnuswami was the Vice-Chairman of CII TN State Council in 2017-18, and Convenor of the Membership Panel.

Pon Pure Chemical, a chemical manufacturer and part of the Pon Pure Chemicals Group, has 28 branches in India besides a presence in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Bangladesh, Australia, and West Asia.

Chandramohan is also Chairman of the Agriculture and Food Processing Task Force, CII Southern Region. He was earlier Chairman of CII Chennai Zone in 2015-16 and Chairman of the Finance and Taxation Sub-Committee of CII Southern Region in 2016-17.