New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Vijay Setia, managing director of Chamanlal Setia Exports Ltd, was Thursday elected unanimously as president of All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA).

‘Setia was elected for a two-year term from 2010 to 2012. Setia succeeds Vijay Arora, managing director of LT overseas, who served as the president from 2009,’ said the association in a statement.

Mohinder Pal Jindal, managing director, Best Foods, was elected as president-in-waiting.

Setia has served as a past president of AIREA, its vice president from 1993 to 1996, and eight years as vice president of the Punjab Rice Millers Association.