New Delhi, Dec 15: A C Muthiah, chairman of the Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation (Spic) has taken over as the president of Ficci for the year 2002-03. Muthiah is also a member of the Prime Minister's advisory council on trade and industry, a chamber release said here today.

Y K Modi, chairman of YKM holdings and Modi Telecommunications, and O S Kanwar, chairman, managing director and chief executive officer of Apollo Tyres were elected senior vice president and vice president of the chamber.
They were elected by the newly constituted committee of Ficci which met yesterday under the chairmanship of Muthiah. Bureau Report