Mahindra Satyam, has appointed Manoj Chugh, as Global Head: Business Development. In the new role Manoj will be supporting the integrated entity’s business expansion plans across accounts and geographies. Manoj Chugh has led four diverse businesses to a position of Leadership in the Information Technology Industry, in addition to pioneering new businesses/ categories in…
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Kimberly-Clark Lever appoints Calvin Lyngdoh as HR Head for India
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Kimberly-Clark Lever, has appointed Calvin Lyngdoh as Director, Human Resources in India. He would be reporting to Managing Director, Prakash Iyer. Calvin joins Kimberly-Clark Lever from Nokia where he was Head of Development, Leadership and Talent Acquisition. In his new role, he will oversee and lead Kimberly-Clark Lever’s human resource programs and initiatives in India.…
Russell Parera (ex KPMG) to join Price Waterhouse
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PE investments in India in Q4’12 (Oct-Dec ’12) drop 74%: PwC’s MoneyTree™ India Report
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Key highlights from PwC’s MoneyTree™ India Report on PE (Private Equity) Investments in India in Q2 – 2012. The findings are part of the fourth PwC MoneyTree™ India report, a quarterly study of private equity investment activity based on data provided by Venture Intelligence. PE firms invested 1,010 million USD across 82 deals in…
Key changes in KPMG India core leadership team
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Lifestyle is planning to invest an additional Rs. 600 Cr. over next three years to expand its retail foot print
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Lifestyle, a part of the $5-b Landmark Group of Dubai is planning an investment of an additional Rs. 600 Cr to widen its retail foot print across key Indian cities. As per a report in Business Line – Lifestyle is confident that the growth trend registered in the last five-six years will resume soon,…
TCS expands UK operations in Liverpool
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Tata Consultancy Services, a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions firm, is expanding its operations in the UK. The company has invested in a new delivery center in Liverpool, dedicated to delivering government services that require Impact Level 3 (IL3) security constraints. TCS plans to use the facility to deliver services to the Home…
Unilever to invest €50 million in Khamgaon, , Maharashtra over three years
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Key Highlights of the Announcement: – Investment to set up its first Asian aerosol deodorant manufacturing facility in Khamgaon, Maharashtra. – Investment of €50 million to be phased over 3 years. – The proposed facility would generate direct employment for over 150 people and indirect employment for about 200 people. Unilever has proposed investing €50…
Persistent Systems appoints Mritunjay Singh as joint Chief Operating Officer
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Persistent Systems, the Pune based a software product and technology company has appointed Mritunjay Singh as its joint Chief Operating Officer (COO). He joins from Infosys, where he was the delivery head for the financial services and insurance application development and maintenance unit. He has over 20 years of experience in the Financial Service, Insurance,…
Bessemer Venture Partners extends Series A financing to Anunta, an Application Delivery as a Service company
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Bessemer Venture Partners has invested in Anunta Technology Management Services, an Application Delivery as a Service company. The Series A financing is expected to help Anunta build its product platform in its entirety, boost sales and marketing, and extend it reach globally. Anunta, has been founded by Ananda Mukerji, founding CEO of Firstsource Solutions and…
David Kwon elevated as MD & Corp. VP for AMD – Asia Pacific Japan
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AMD has elevated David Kwon as Managing Director and Corporate Vice President for Asia Pacific – Japan (APJ) region. He will be focussing on strengthening AMD’s component channel business, the consumer notebook and desktop business, and commercial business growth. In his new APJ role, Kwon will report to John Byrne, Senior Vice President and…
Most Unusual Questions From Job Seekers: OfficeTeam Survey
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Companies with Strong Collaboration Between the C-suite and CIO are Four Times as likely to be Top Performers : PwC Survey
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5000 employees to transition from Reliance Communication to Ericsson, as a part $1 billion managed services contract.
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Reliance Communication, has signed an 8 year managed services agreement with Ericsson. The same is valued at $ 1 billion, and is a full scope management of wireless and wire line network for Western and Northern states of India. As a part of the engagement, about 5000 employees will move from Reliance communication to…
Suchira Iyer quits as CMO for Wipro Technologies
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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…