Mangaluru : Vathika Pai has been unanimously elected as president of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) for 2017-18.

Vathika(28) is the 53rd and youngest president of the chamber and was elected at the 77th annual general meeting of the trade body on September 28. She will be assisted by Isaac Vas, honorary treasurer, P B Abdul Hameed, vice-president, Shashidhar Pai Maroor, honorary secretary, Prashanth C G, honorary secretary.

The directors are Nitte Yathiraj Shetty, K Ganesh Kamath, Aditya Padmanabha Pai, Amith Ramachandra Acharya, Praveen Kumar Bangera, Ananth G. Pai, Nissar Fakeer Mohammed, B A Nazeer, Ananthesh V Prabhu, K Dinesh Rao, and M Ganesh Bhat, directors.