Noushad, Managing Director, Walkaroo International Pvt Ltd and Mahalingam Ramasamy, Founder and Chairman, Arche Global, have been appointed as the new Chairman and Vice Chairman of CII Coimbatore Zonal Council for the year 2026 – 27, respectively.

Noushad is the Managing Director of Walkaroo International Pvt Ltd. He spearheads all growth initiatives for the group and has been instrumental in taking the organisation to its current level of growth. He is currently the National President of Confederation of Indian Footwear Industries (CIFI), Chairman of CII Task Force on Non-Leather Footwear 2024, State council member of CII Tamil Nadu chapter, Chart Member, TIE Kerala, BoG member of NITC and Research council member of CLRI.

Mahalingam Ramasamy, Founder and Chairman, Arche Global also co-founded Yavar, an AI startup pioneering Agentic AI for enterprise workflows and sustainability, and Xoog, a blockchain-powered decentralized communication platform advancing trust, privacy, and collaboration in the digital era. He was the Chairman of Connect Coimbatore for the year 2022, 2023 and 2024. He was also the Convenor of ICT Panel, CII Coimbatore Zone during 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.