Shankar Vanavarayar, executive director of ABT Industries in Coimbatore has been elected as the chairman of CII Tamil Nadu State Council for 2023-24
He has been closely associated with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and was the Vice-Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu State Council in 2022-23 and Chairman of the CII Family Business Network Next Gen Committee.
He was also the National Chairman of CII’s Young Indians in 2011-2012.
Shankar is the President of Kumaraguru Institutions and Executive Director, ABT Industries Ltd (A part of the Sakthi group). He has done his MBA from Cardiff University, UK, and a PG diploma in

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