Suchira Iyer, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Wipro Technologies has quit. She had taken over the CMO role in April 2012 fro Rajan Kohli who moved on to another role within the group. (Earlier Report: Wipro Appoints Suchira Iyer as Chief Marketing Officer, IT Business). A Wipro veteran of 19 years, prior to taking…
Jubilant Energy CEO Ajay Khandelwal resigns.
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Ajay Khandelwal has resigned as CEO for Jubilant Energy, and has stepped down the Board of Jubilant Energy with immediate effect. This was announced earlier this week by the Board. The company has kicked off the process of new CEO search and appointment. In the interim a committee comprising of Ramesh Bhatia, COO and…
New leadership appointments at One97
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Banmali Agrawala to take over as President & CEO for GE India Operations
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Banmali Agrawala (Ex Tata Power), has been appointed as President & CEO for GE’s – General Electric business operations in India. His appointment will be effective 1st April 2013, and he will succeed John Flannery. John is moving to the United States to take over as Sr. Vice President – Business Development.
Rajesh Gopinathan would take over as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of TCS
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Rajesh Gopinathan, would be taking over as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of TCS. He would be succeeding Seturaman Mahalingam, who has been in the role since February 2003. Seturaman Mahalingam, or “Maha” as he is known in TCS, started his career with TCS in 1970. He was appointed as CFO in 2003 and Executive…
GE names John Flannery Head of Business Development
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Bharti Airtel restructuring, new leadership roles & appointments.
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Samsung Ventures invests in Cloudant, adds to its Portfolio of Leading Mobile Service Solution and Data Network Companies
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Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (Samsung Ventures) has made a strategic investment in Cloudant, a leading provider of a globally distributed database-as-a-service (DBaaS). Cloudant is privately held business headquartered in Boston, and is backed by top-tier investors including Avalon Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, and Y Combinator. The funding will be used to advance research…
Evernote appoints Ken Gullicksen as Chief Operating Officer
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Alcatel Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen steps down
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3i appoints Samir Palod as Managing Director for India
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3i, a leading international investor focused on mid-market private equity, infrastructure and debt management across Europe, Asia and the Americas has appointed Samir Palod as Managing Director, India, with immediate effect. Samir joined 3i’s Mumbai office in 2005 and is a Partner in the company’s Infrastructure business. During his time with 3i, Samir has worked…
Business Jet company Dassault Falcon Focuses on Growing Indian Market
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Manoj Kohli to take over as Managing Director for Bharti Airtel
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Bharti Airtel, has announced top level restructuring. Effective 1st March 2013, Manoj Kohli would take over as the Managing Director of the company. Presently he is JMD & CEO for Bharti Airtel’s International operations. Sunil Mittal, presently the MD & Chairman, will be re designated as Chairman. Earlier this month, it was announced that…
Are you looking for ways to make your employees feel good about your organization ?
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Are you looking for ways to make your employees feel good about your organization ? Are you looking for some kind of internal brand building exercise or an internal employer branding initiative ?
B-schools increasingly loosing shine in India – only 10% of the graduates are actually employable: ASSOCHAM
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As per an ASSOCHAM report, barring graduates from IIM’s, the B-schools are losing fast shine of attracting corporate India Inc. for campus recruitment and are increasingly facing their survivals. A key finding is that only 10% of the graduates are actually employable despite the robust demand for MBAs .