Recently retired from BP plc, Naveen Kshatriya joins First Energy pvt Ltd as Chairman of the Board. First Energy, the erstwhile BP Energy India, was started in 2005 with the concept of delivering small parcels of biomass energy through biomass pellets and efficient smokeless stoves, designed by the Indian Institute of Science. Conceived by…
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TNT Express CEO Marie-Christine Lombard resigns – Bernard Bot interim CEO
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The Supervisory Board of TNT Express today announced that Marie-Christine Lombard, CEO of TNT Express, has tendered her resignation, which was accepted by the Supervisory Board, to pursue an external career opportunity. She will leave the company by the end of September. The Supervisory Board has asked the current CFO, Bernard Bot, to take…
WNS Appoints Adrian Dillon and Renu Karnad to Board of Directors
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WNS (Holdings) Limited (WNS) (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global business process outsourcing (BPO) services, has appointed Mr. Adrian Dillon and Mrs. Renu Karnad to the Board of Directors of WNS (Holdings) Limited. Mr. Dillon is currently a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit and Finance Committees of Williams-Sonoma,…
Info Edge (India) Ltd invests Rs. 12.86 Cr in Zomato.com
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Info Edge (India) Ltd, has invested an additional Rs 12.86 crore ($2.3 million) in Zomato Media Pvt Ltd that runs Zomato.com. This was announced by the company in its filing with BSE on 20th September 2012. Zomato.com, which stated as foodiebay.com is one of the leading website providing restaurant reviews & ratings. The company was…
Deloitte Among Top Ten Places for Working Mothers for Fourth Consecutive Year
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For the fourth consecutive year, Deloitte is among the top ten on Working Mother magazine’s "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" list. The ranking celebrates organizations that set the standard for programs and initiatives responding to the challenges working mothers face, thereby cultivating an engaged, productive workplace. “Recognition from Working Mother is a great honor.…
BBDO Worldwide Wins Network Of The Year At Spikes Asia 2012 Festival Of Creativity
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BBDO was named Network of the Year at the Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, considered the "Cannes" of Asia Pacific. This marks the first time that BBDO Worldwide has won the Network of the Year honor. BBDO agencies were also number one in India, New Zealand and the Philippines, with BBDO Guerrero inMakati City…
Novo Nordisk Ranks 4th Among the World’s Top 20 Science Employers
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Novo Nordisk today was ranked number 4 on the Science 2012 Top Employer list – up from ninth place last year. The company’s ‘innovation leadership’, ‘important quality research’ and ‘respect for employees’ and ability to inspire ‘loyalty among employees’ were cited as key drivers of this impressive global ranking. "We’re proud to have jumped…
World´s Most Attractive Employer–Google
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Based on the preferences of over 144,000 career seekers, with a business or engineering background from the world´s 12 greatest economies, Universum releases the global talent attraction index: "The World’s Most Attractive Employers 2012". The index, split in the business category – preferences from business career seekers – and engineering category – preferences from engineering…
Wipro Recognized as the World Sector Leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
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Wipro Ltd has been included as a member of the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) – 2012 for the third year in succession. This year Wipro has been recognized as the Sector leader for the ‘Computer Services and Internet’ sector. Wipro is one among the 4 companies worldwide and the only one from India…
HDFC Life elevates Vibha Padalkar as Executive Director and CFO
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HDFC Life, one of India’s leading life insurance companies, has elevated Vibha Padalkar as Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Vibha joined HDFC Life in 2008 as CFO and has been a part of the top management team and Executive Committee. During her tenure as CFO, Vibha spearheaded finance, internal audit, risk management, compliance,…
Tata Motors Appointments
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Ranjit Yadav, President – Passenger Card Business Unit (PCBU) Tata Motors has appointed Ranjit Yadav as the President of company’s passenger car business Unit (PCBU). Earlier he was heading the Mobile & IT Business for Samsung India, and in his previous stints has held senior positions in Hewlett Packard, Philips, and Ponds. Neeraj Garg, Vice…
Ajit Menon appointed as Executive Director & Group Head of HR for Dalmia Bharat Group
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Ajit Menon, has been appointed as Executive Director and Group HR Head for Dalmia Bharat Group. In this role he would be based in New Delhi, and would be leading the HR for Corporate, Sugar, Cement and Refractory businesses of Dalmia Bharat Group. In a statement Puneet Dalmia, Managing Director of Dalmia Cement Bharat, said…
Wipro Appoints Shaji Farooq, Global Head of Advanced Technologies, Global Alliances and Go-to-Market Transformation
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Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), has announced the appointment of Shaji Farooq as the Senior Vice President for the company’s newly created Advanced Technologies service line, which will comprise of Social Media, Mobility, Analytics-as-a-service and Cloud. "Dynamic developments in the sphere of Social, Mobility, Analytics-as-a-service…
Manisha Girotra Joins the Board of KPIT Cummins
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KPIT Cummins, a global IT consulting and product engineering company servicing automotive , transportation, manufacturing , engineering and utilities corporations has announced that Ms. Manisha Girotra has joined the board of directors of KPIT Cummins Infosystems Limited, as an Independent director. Ms. Girotra presently heads the Global Independent Investment Bank – Moelis & Co. in…
Work-life Fit And Enjoying What They Do Top The List Of Reasons Why Employees Stay On The Job
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Despite uncertainty in the job market, the top reasons working Americans say they stay with their current employers are work-life fit and enjoying what they do, according to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association (APA). Fewer employees cited concrete reasons for remaining on the job, such as benefits, pay and a lack…