HYDERABAD: Finance minister T Harish Rao has unanimously been elected as president of All India Industrial Exhibition (AIIE) Society, which organises the annual Numaish and manages several educational institutions.
AIIE Society office-bearers on Saturday met the minister, took his consent and announced his name as president of the prestigious society.
AIIE Society secretary Dr B Prabha Shankar, in an official release issued on Saturday, said that the AIIE Society would be able to continue to build on the rich legacy under the leadership of the newly-elected president Harish Rao. “Further, we will increase to provide affordable education in Telangana through educational institutions run by AIIE Society .
Former health minister Etala Rajender had resigned from the post on June 15 and was the president of the Exhibition Society since 2014.