As per Great Place to Work® Institute, the following is the listing of Best Companies to Work for in India. The listing is in order of ranking. 1. Google India Pvt. Ltd. , Industry: Information Technology – Software 2. Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd., Industry: Information Technology – Hardware 3. NTPC Limited, Industry: Manufacturing &…
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Google’s Marissa Mayer appointed as CEO of Yahoo Inc.
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Yahoo Inc. has appointed Marissa Mayer as the company’s CEO. She would be the company’s third CEO in a year. Yahoo, had recently lost its 4 month old CEO Scot Thompson over issues regarding authenticity of his academic credentials. Prior to Scot , Carol Bartz had been the CEO of the company. She was fired…
Barclays appoints Ashwin Chadha as head of its wealth management division
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Barclays has appointed Ashwin Chadha as a Director in the banks Wealth and Investment management division in New Delhi. Barclays, has been operating its wealth and investment management business in the country since 2008. Ashwin, joins from Citi, where he was National Head Investments. He has previously worked with BNP Paribas & UTI.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Builds Equities Team in Asia–Appoints Saurav Chatterjee as Managing Director
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Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a leading global financial services firm, has appointed Saurav Chatterjee, formerly of Morgan Stanley, as Managing Director in the company’s Equity Capital Markets division. Based in Hong Kong, Saurav would be responsible for leading the cash equity sales team and expanding the firm’s equities trading business in Japan. He reports to…
Some Recent Appointments – Verizon India, InMobi, iXiGo, Lenovo
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Verizon Data Services: Santosh Bijur Santosh Bijur has been appointed as the new Managing Director. He succeeds Rahul Saxena who would be moving to a larger role at the company’s HQ in the US. Santosh would be responsible for the companyis IT Strategy and Operations. Earlier he was heading the IT Delivery for call center…
SAP Announces Luisa Deplazes Delgado as Executive Board Member in Charge of HR
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WALLDORF, Germany, July 12, 2012: SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that the SAP Supervisory Board has appointed Luisa Deplazes Delgado as a member of the SAP Executive Board in charge of global Human Resources (HR) and labor relations director. Deplazes Delgado will begin in September 2012, and will be based in Walldorf, Germany. Deplazes…
Manisha Girotra, joins Moelis & Company to lead their Indian Operations
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Moelis & Company has appointed Manisha Girotra, the former head for UBS India as the Country Head for India. She would be responsible for set up and growth of the company’s business in India. Moelis & Company is a global investment bank and offers financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a broad…
Lycos appoints Ned Rhinelander as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President
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WALTHAM, Mass., July 11, 2012 : Lycos, Inc. today announced the appointment of Ned Rhinelander as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Rhinelander’s extensive experience in management of engineering teams will help to lead Lycos in a strategic refocusing of its engineering resources. Rhinelander joins Lycos with over 18 years experience delivering publishing and advertising…
Siegel+Gale Adds Russ Meyer to Its Global Leadership Team
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NEW YORK, July 11, 2012 : Global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale today announced the appointment of Russ Meyer to global strategy director. Meyer brings more than 20 years of brand strategy, account management and marketing experience to the firm. Meyer joins from Landor Associates, where he spent the past 17 years in a variety of…
Cognizant Names Michael Patsalos-Fox to Board of Directors
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Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, has announced that Michael Patsalos-Fox has been elected to its Board of Directors. Mr. Patsalos-Fox, 59, is a Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company, where he has worked for 31 years. During his tenure at McKinsey, Mr. Patsalos-Fox has served on the…
Ricoh India goes Charts Out a Strategic Expansion Plan to Grow 300% in Next 3 Years, goes Aggressive on IT System Integration Services
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Ricoh India Limited, a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Limited, Japan, one of India’s fastest growing IT system integration company, is looking at aggressive expansion plans backed by its core philosophy of comprehensive office solutions, tech-savvy and eco-friendly products and services to meet emerging customer needs. This expansion is a part of Ricoh’s strategy of strengthening…
Severance pay of $ 44 Million for a day on the job …
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Big Shoe Bazaar (Yebhi.com) Raises INR 100 Cr in Series C funding
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Big Shoe Bazaar India Pvt Ltd., the leading online wholesale cash and carry company, announced that it has raised INR 100 Cr in Series C round of funding led by Fidelity Growth Partners India and Qualcomm Incorporated, through its venture capital investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures. Existing investors, Nexus Venture Partners and Catamaran also participated. Big…
Arvind Rao, CEO and MD of OnMobile resigns Mouli Raman appointed interim MD
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Arvind Rao, CEO and MD of OnMobile, a leading Data and Value Added Services (VAS) company has resigned. While the company looks for a new CEO, Mouli Raman, co-founder and Executive Director has been appointed as the interim Managing Director of the company. The resignation comes after a review done by Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh…
Yahoo! India R&D sets up Grid Computing Lab at IIT Madras
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Yahoo! India R&D in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT- Madras) today announced the launch of Yahoo! Grid Computing Lab at the IIT- Madras campus. This cluster of high-end servers at the lab will allow researchers to access web-scale data and conduct research on big data and cloud computing systems. Cloud services…