R M Khanna and Vijay K Thadani have been elected Chairman and Deputy Chairman, respectively, of the Confederation of Indian Industry (Northern Region) for 2010 -11. The newly elected Council of CII (NR) met at the close of the 36th Annual Session in New Delhi. R M Khanna is a first generation entrepreneur and is currently the MD of Stanley Engineering Pvt Ltd. Khanna is the first ever Chairman of the CII Northern Region hailing from Chandigarh, where CII Northern Region is headquartered. R K Saboo was the first Chairman of AIEI (CII in its pre CII avatar) in North India.