At the 65th Annual General Meeting of South India Hotels and Restaurants Association (SIHRA) held on 20.09.2016 in Chennai, Mr. K. Syama Raju, MD, Hotel Maurya, Bangalore was re-elected as President, Mr. T. Nataraajan, CEO, GRT Hotels and Resorts was re-elected Hony. Secretary and Mr. K. Chakravarthy as Hony. Treasurer, for the year 2016 – 2017.
The following were vice elected as Vice - Presidents
- Mr. K. Murali Rao, MD, New Woodlands Hotel – Vice President for Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry
- Mr. D. V. S. Soma Raju, Katriya Hotel , Hyderabad, Vice President for Andhra & Telengana
- Mr. R. Nagaraju, The Atria Hotel, Bengaluru, Vice President for Karnataka
- Mr. M. Suresh Pillai, Director, Hotel Horizon, Trivandrum, Vice President for Kerala
Executive committee members
- Mr. K. Syama Raju, Hotel Maurya, Bangalore
- Mr. P. C. M. Santhanam, Fortune Pandiyan Hotel, Madurai
- Mr. Hari Arumugham, Poppys Hotel, Tirupur
- Mr. K. Basavaraj, Hotel Maurya, Bangalore
- Mr. P. G. Venkatraman Babu, New Woodlands Hotel, Chennai
- Mr. R. Srinivasan, Hotel Radha Regent, Chennai
- Mr. M. Suresh Pillai, Hotel Horizon, Trivandrum