Planters’ body gets new office-bearers

R Rajkumar, Group Manager, Glendale Estate group, has taken over as Chairman of the Nilgiri Planters’ Association (NPA) for 2017-18. TV Varghese Vaidyan, General Manager, The Coonoor Tea Estates Co Ltd., has assumed office as Vice-Chairman. The other members of the Executive Committee are: K Jagan Thimaiah (Thiashola), KC Ponnappa (Kotada), Mohamed Iqbal (Chamraj), T Gundan (Robroy), George Varghese (Mailoor), KS Nanjappa (Kil Kotagiri), KP Aiyappa (Dunsandale), K Karthiknarayan (Havukal), Pralav Bhansali (Kairbetta), DVM Premkumar (Kamalin), Sanjay George (Katary), Shanmugavel (Glenmorgan) and L Narayanan (Erinkadu).