The 65th Annual General Meeting of The Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) was held at SIMA’s head office in Race Course, Coimbatore on Tuesday. During the meeting, Dr.S.K.Sundararaman, Managing Director, Shiva Texyarn Limited, Coimbatore was unanimously re-elected as the Chairman for the year 2024-25.

Durai Palanisamy, Executive Director, Pallava Textiles P Limited, Erode, has been unanimously re-elected as the Deputy Chairman and S.Krishnakumar, Managing Director, Sulochana Cotton Spg Mills P Ltd., Tiruppur, has been unanimously re-elected as the Vice-Chairman.

Dr.Sundararaman, appealed to the Prime Minister to announce Technology Mission on Cotton, address the MMF and textile processing job work inverted duty structure and also issues relating to MMF Quality Control Orders on MMF value chain.