In his first three weeks, CM Vijay met more than 25 industry bodies and companies at the Secretariat — from CII, FICCI and MCCI to BMW, Yamaha, Renault, TVS, MRF, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra and Saint-Gobain — assuring full government support for expansion and jobs.
In his first three weeks, CM Vijay met more than 25 industry bodies and companies at the Secretariat — from CII, FICCI and MCCI to BMW, Yamaha, Renault, TVS, MRF, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra and Saint-Gobain — assuring full government support for expansion and jobs.
Between May 15 and May 29, 2026, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay held a steady series of meetings at the Secretariat with Tamil Nadu’s leading industry bodies and companies — a clear signal that investment and jobs would be at the centre of his government.
| Date | Industry bodies and companies |
|---|---|
| May 15 | CII (B. Ravichandran, C. Devarajan); TAFE (Mallika Srinivasan, Dr. Lakshmi Venu); BMW Group India (Thomas Dose); Yamaha Motor India (Jim Aota) |
| May 18 | FICCI; Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Ramco Group (P.R. Venkatrama Raja); Renault India (CEO Stephane Deblaise) |
| May 19 | Apollo Hospitals (Dr. Preetha Reddy, Dr. Suneeta Reddy); Minebea Mitsumi (chairman Katsuhiko Yoshida); Hatsun Agro (R.G. Chandramogan) |
| May 20 | TANSTIA (small industries); ACMA (auto components, Aditya Ganesh); SIMA and TEXPROCIL (textiles) |
| May 22 | MRF (K.M. Mammen, Arun Mammen); Kothari Industrial Corporation (Jinnah Rafiq Ahmed) |
| May 25 | TVS Motor (Sudarshan Venu); Tamil Nadu Hotels Association |
| May 26 | Ashok Leyland (chairman Dheeraj G. Hinduja) |
| May 29 | Mahindra & Mahindra automotive (Velusamy); Saint-Gobain India (CEO N. Sridhar) |
Tamil Nadu is India’s leading manufacturing State, home to the country’s biggest automobile cluster. Reviews of the industries department on May 14 and these meetings laid the groundwork for the investment agreements that followed in later months.
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