Biography of A.M.Naik

A. M. Naik is the Chairman and Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro, one of the most popular Indian companies. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan,India's 3rd highest civilian award,on January 26, 2009. Mr. Naik was also the recipient of the prestigious 'Economic Times Awards-Business Leader of the Year' award, for the year 2008. Anil M. Naik joined L&T in 1965 as a junior engineer and shortly became the youngest manager in Larsen & Toubro's history. Mr. Naik hails from Ambabari Now in Daman in Maharashtra where he studied. He did his engineering from Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidhyalaya Engineering college, VV Nagar, Anand one of the reputed institutes of India. His father was a teacher. After joining L&T as Junior Engineer in 1965, he rose rapidly through its ranks; he became General Manager in 1985, and Vice President (Operations) and Member of the Board in 1989 (in charge of the erstwhile Group II, now bifurcated into E&C and Heavy Engineering). In 1995, he was appointed President (Operations) and in April 1999, he took over as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. On December 30, 2003, he was appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director. Naik is also extensively involved in social work and is currently developing the educational institution set up by his father in a region called Kharel, Gujarat.proud to be anaval Mr.Naik has been announced as an awardee of the Padma Bhushan in India on 26 Jan 2009.

Honours the positions
Honorary Consul General for Denmark.
Senior member of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Member of the Board of Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.
Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers.
Member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Recipient of Gujarat Garima Award 2009. Awarded on 22 January, 2009

by
Anand Kumar Pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Profile of Yves Carcelle

Yves Carcelle
Chief Executive Officer of the Fashion and Leather Goods Group, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton


This person is connected to two different industries


BACKGROUND
Yves Carcelle serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Fashion and Leather Goods Group of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Mr. Carcelle serves as President of the LVMH Fashion Group of Fendi S.R.L. He served as a Director of Christian Dior SA. .

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Anand Kumar Pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Biography of Ratan Jindal

Ratan Jindal
Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Member of Share Transfer Committee, JSL Ltd.
Age:48
This person is connected to 29 board members in 3 different organizations across 4 different industries.


BACKGROUND
Ratan Jindal has been Managing Director of Jindal Stainless Limited since July 2003. Mr. Jindal serves as the Managing Director of FZE. He served as Managing Director of Nalwa Sons Investments Ltd. (formerly Jindal Strips Ltd.) since 1989. He has been Vice Chairman of JSL Ltd. (formerly, Jindal Stainless Limited) since July 2003. Mr. Jindal serves as Non-Executive Director of Jindal Steel & Power Limited. He serves as a Directors of Shalimar Paints Limited, Sanibel Tea ... Ltd., Jindal Stainless UK Limited, Jindal Stainless Mauritius Limited, Massillon Stainless Inc., USA, Nalwa Farms Pvt. Ltd. He serves as a Member of Board of the International Stainless Steel Forum. Mr. Jindal served as a Director of Nalwa Sons Investments Ltd (formerly Jindal Strips Ltd) from1979 to November 18, 2005. He is a commerce graduate and has attended the Advanced Management Programme at Wharton Business School, U.S.A.

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Anand Kumar Pandey
Pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Biography of Dinesh Shah

Dinesh Shah
Managing Director, Executive Director and Member of Compensation Committee, Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd. 1010
Age:57
Total Annual Compensation:9,740,323 INR
As of Fiscal Year 2009
This person is connected to 10 board members in 2 different organizations across 3 different industries.


BACKGROUND
Dinesh J. Shahra has been the Managing Director and Director of Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd. since January 7, 2006. Mr. Shahra served with Ruchi Private Limited. Mr. Shahra serves as a Non Executive Director of Ruchi Infrastructure Ltd. He served as a Director of Kilitch Drugs (India) Ltd until September 29, 2007. He holds B.E in Chemical Engineering.

By,
Anand Kumar Pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Biography of M. S. Unnikrishnan

M. S. Unnikrishnan
Managing Director, Executive Vice President, Additional Director, Member of Executive Council, Member of Share Transfer & Shareholders Grievance Committee, Member of Borrowing & Investments Committee, Member of Overseas Investment Committee and Member of Strategic Business Development Committee, Thermax Ltd. 88
Age:48
Total Annual Compensation:10,374,941 INR
As of Fiscal Year 2009
This person is connected to 8 board members in 2 different organizations across 1 different industries.


BACKGROUND
M. S. Unnikrishnan has been Managing Director of Thermax Ltd., Holding company of Thermax Surface Coatings Ltd., since July 1, 2007 and serves as its Executive Vice President. Mr. Unnikrishnan serves as a Member of Executive Council of Thermax Ltd. He has been an Additional Director of Thermax Ltd. since July 1, 2007.

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Anand kumar Pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Biography of Gregory R. Page

Gregory R. Page
(born 1952 in Bottineau, North Dakota) is the president and CEO of Cargill, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He joined Cargill in 1974, and has served in various worldwide posts for the company, including serving as the corporate vice president of Excel Corp. (currently a Cargill-owned business platform), before rising to its CEO in 2007. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of North Dakota.

On June 1, 2007, Page succeeded Warren Staley as Chief Executive Officer of the global food-and-agriculture giant.


by,
Anand Kumar pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Biography of Ian M. Cook

Ian M. Cook
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Colgate-Palmoli-e Co. 140140
Age:57
Total Annual Compensation:$1,075,000 USD
As of Fiscal Year 2008
This person is connected to 140 board members in 4 different organizations across 2 different industries.



BACKGROUND
Ian M. Cook has been the Chief Executive Officer of Colgate-palmolive Co., since July 1, 2007 and has been its President since July 2005. Mr. Cook has been the President of Colgate-Palmolive Canada, Inc. a subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive Co., since 2005 and its Chief Executive Officer since 2007. He is responsible for all Colgate's businesses, except Latin America and Hill's and also responsible for Colgate's most competitive businesses in North America and Europe, Asia, ... Central Europe and Africa. He served as Executive Vice President of Colgate-Palmolive Co. from October 2002 to September 30, 2005 and its Chief Operating Officer since July 9, 2004. Mr. Cook served as President of Colgate North America of Colgate-Palmolive Company until September 30, 2005 and also served as its Executive Vice President from October 2002 to September 30, 2005. He joined Colgate in the United Kingdom in 1976 and served a series of senior management roles around the world. He has been the Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive Co. since January 2009. Mr. Cook has been a Director of Pepsico, Inc., since March 14, 2008, Colgate-Palmolive Co. since July 1, 2007 and Colgate-Palmolive Canada, Inc. since 2007. He serves as a Director of Catalyst, Inc. Mr. Cook is a graduate of London University (Guildhall).

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Anand kumar Pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Biography of Kalanithi Maran

Kalanithi Maran, born 1965, is the Chairman and Managing Director of Sun Network, No. 1 media company in South Asia and Asia Pacific Region which owns television channels, FM radio stations, and newspapers in South India. He got into the business at the age of 27, when satellite broadcasting took off in the early 1990s and started his career with monthly news video called Poomaalai which was circulated among Tamil Nadu public thru video lending library. He is a son of the Late leader Murasoli Maran and a grandnephew of DMK president M Karunanidhi, and the brother of Dayanidhi Maran, India's ex-Minister for Communications and Information Technology & the current textiles minister.

He was a 1999 recipient of the International Young Business Achiever award from the Worldcom group, New York. Kalanithi Maran was also among the few representatives at a roundtable with visiting U.S. President Bill Clinton. He was India's 20th richest person ranked by Forbes.

Sun TV was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange on April 24, 2006, with 10% of the shares widely held and 90% still owned by Maran.

Maran entered the prestigious Forbes list of billionaires in 2007. He is now ranked 349th in the world.

Early life
Schooling at Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai.
Graduate of Loyola College, Chennai.
Received MBA from the University of Scranton.
Amateur radio operator callsign VU2PUG.
He was Working for Kunkumam in the late 1980s.
Started own monthly video newsmagazine, Poomaalai, in 1990.
Founded SunTV on April 14, 1993.
TV channels
Tamil

Sun TV
KTV
Sun Music
Sun News
Chutti TV
Comedy Thirai (available only in Sun DTH)
Adithya TV (another channel for comedy - available to Cable TV's also)

Malayalam
SuryaTV
KiranTV
Telugu

GeminiTV
TejaTV
Gemini News
Kushi TV
Navvula Tera
Gemini Music
Gemini Cable Vision(comedy channel)

Kannada
UdayaTV
Ushe TV(COMEDY)
Udaya2
Udaya Movies
Udaya Varthegalu
Chintu TV

FM stations
SFM
S FM was re branded as RED FM across 38 cities in INDIA on 14 August 2009.

Tamil
Suryan FM - Chennai - 93.5 MHz
Suryan FM - Coimbatore - 93.5 MHz
Suryan FM - Tirunelveli - 93.5 MHz
Suryan FM - Tiruchirappalli - 93.5 MHz
Suryan FM - Madurai - 93.5 MHz
Suryan FM - Pondicherry - 93.5 MHz

Telugu
SFM(Visakha)- Vishakapatinam(Vizag) - 93.5 MHz
SFM Hyderabad - 93.5 MHz
SFM Tirupathi - 93.5 MHz
SFM Rajahmandry - 93.5 MHz
SFM Warangal - 93.5 MHz
SFM Vijayawada(Bejawada) - 93.5 MHz

Kannada
SFM Bangalore - 93.5 SFM-MYSORE
SFM-MANGALORE MHz

Hindi
SFM Bhubaneshwar - 93.5 MHz
SFM Jaipur - 93.5 MHz
SFM Indore - 93.5 MHZ
SFM Pune - 93.5 MHz (Now Red FM)
Shareholder of
Red FM (India)

Print Media

Tamil
Dinakaran - (morning daily)
Tamil Murasu - (evening daily)
Kungumam
Mutharam
Vannathirai
Kunguma Chimizh

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Anand kumar Pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Biography of N. Chandrasekaran

N. Chandrasekaran B.Sc., MCA
Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Executive Director, Tata Consultancy Services Limited 99
Age:46
Total Annual Compensation:2,743,000 INR
As of Fiscal Year 2009
This person is connected to 9 board members in 1 different organizations across 1 different industries.


BACKGROUND
N. Chandrasekaran has been Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited since October 2009. Mr. Chandrasekaran served as Chief Operating Officer of Tata Consultancy Services Limited. Mr. Chandrasekaran's responsibilities included global delivery, sales in North America, the United Kingdom, EMEA, Iberoamerica and India, quality, service offerings, business process outsourcing, technology alliances and information systems. He also ... manages corporate responsibility in the Marketplace, specifically for customer relationships. He served as Global Operations Director, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Sales and Operations and Head of Europe operations of Tata Consultancy Services Limited. He joined TCS on January 27, 1987. He is a member of Computer Society of India and senior member of IEEE. He has been Executive Director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited since September 2007. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Applications from the Regional Engineering College -Trichy, in Tamil Nadu, India in 1986 after obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology.

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anand kumar pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Biography of Michael Geoghegan

Michael Geoghegan

Michael Geoghegan CBE (born 4 October 1953) became the HSBC Group's chief executive on 26 March 2006, he joined HSBC in 1973 and has previously lead the group's South American and European operations.

Early life
Mr Geoghegan was born in Windsor, UK, and was educated in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


Career
He joined the HSBC Group in 1973 as an International Manager and, since then, spent twelve years in North and South America, eight years in Asia, seven years in the Middle East and three years in Europe. Mr Geoghegan arrived in Brazil in March 1997 to establish the Group's operations in the country following the creation of Banco HSBC Bamerindus S.A. He was appointed a Group General Manager of HSBC Holdings plc in the same year.

In January 2000 he became responsible for all of HSBC's business throughout South America and chaired the Group's Regional Executive Committee. In October 2000 he became President of HSBC Investment Bank Brasil which resulted from the Group’s acquisition of CCF and the incorporation of certain activities of HSBC Brasil.

HSBC announced on the 28 November 2005 that he would replace Stephen Green as Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Holdings when Mr Green became Group Chairman. Having been appointed Chief Executive and a Director HSBC Bank plc on 1 January 2004, he gave up the position of UK CEO on 6 March 2006 which was in turn filled by Dyfrig John, Geoghegan becoming Deputy Chairman of HSBC Bank plc in preparation for his move to the Group Chief Executive role on 26 May 2006.

Geoghegan is paid an annual salary of £1,070,000 for his role as chief executive.

Mr Geoghegan was previously President of HSBC Bank Brasil S.A.- Banco Multiplo, and of HSBC Investment Bank Brasil HSBC Seguros S.A. Now, he is Chairman of HSBC Bank USA, HSBC USA Inc. and HSBC Bank Canada.

Personal life
Mr Geoghegan is Chairman of Young Enterprise UK which seeks to give students business experience while still in full-time education. HSBC has supported Young Enterprise for over 20 years as part of its commitment to financial education, and has 1,500 employees who volunteer their time for the organisation in schools across the UK.

In June 2003 he was honoured with a CBE (Commander Of The British Empire) by Her Majesty the Queen in recognition of his contribution to British business interests in Brazil. Mr Geoghegan is married with two sons.

by
Anand kumar Pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Biography of John J. Harris

John J. Harris
Executive Vice President, Chairman of Nestlé Waters and Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Waters, Nestlé S.A. 2727
Age:58
This person is connected to 27 board members in 2 different organizations across 1 different industries.


BACKGROUND
John J. Harris has been Chairman and Executive Vice President of Nestle Waters S.A. since December 2007 and has also been its Chief Executive Officer since December 1, 2008. Mr. Harris has been Executive Vice President of Nestle SA since February 2008. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Nestle Purina Europe of Nestle Waters S.A. since 2002. He was Top Manager of the Nestle Purina Europe unit since 2002. In 2005, he became responsible for Nestle Purina's operations ... in Asia, Oceania and Africa. Mr. Harris has worked for the Nestle Company for over ten years, first as a Senior Vice President at the Worldwide Petcare Strategic Business Unit, based in Switzerland. He served as President of the Friskies Petcare Company. Before joining Nestle, Mr. Harris held various positions with the Carnation Company in Los Angeles. Mr. Harris serves as the Chairman of the Pet Food Institute's Board of Directors. He has been a Director of Nestlé Waters since December 2007. He serves as a Director of UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mr. Harris received his BA from California State University and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Businessin 1974.

by
Anand kumar pandey
pgdm sec-a
3rd sem

Murthy’s wife sells 2 mn Infosys shares for Rs.4.3 bn (Lead)

Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys’ Technologies co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, sold two million shares of her holding in the IT bellwether for over Rs.430 crore (Rs.4.3 billion/$91.5 million), the company said Thursday.
In a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges, the global software major said post-sale, Sudha Murthy’s holding in the company had declined to 7,314,600 shares from 9,314,660 shares.

In a related development, Infosys’ co-founder and chief executive S. Gopalakrishnan purchased 400,000 shares for around Rs.86.6 crore (Rs.866 million/$18.4 million) from the market Thursday.

“Post-purchase, Gopalakrishnan’s holds 6,656,726 shares,” the company said.

The blue chip company’s share of Rs.5 on par ended at Rs.2,218 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Thursday.

Infosys chief mentor Narayana Murthy sold 800,000 shares Oct 22 from his holding in the company for Rs.177 crore (Rs.1.77 billion/$37.9 million) to set up a venture capital fund in India.

As one of the co-founders of the global software major, Murthy’s holding in the company post-selling is 2.38 million shares

Pratham USA names IIT Bombay graduate as chairman

Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) Arvind Sanger, an Indian American with a B. Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has been appointed chairman of Pratham USA, which helps underprivileged children in India to learn reading and writing skills.

The National Board of Directors of Pratham USA appointed Sanger as chairman of the board Oct 19. His predecessor and co-board member Vijay Goradia, who held the position since Pratham USA’s founding in 1999, nominated him, the institution announced.

In 2007, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded Pratham a $9.1 million grant to scale its innovating learning techniques across the country in a campaign known as “Read India”. To date, the campaign has reached over 34 million children in 21 Indian states.

Arvind Sanger founded Geosphere Capital Management, a global long-short equity hedge fund, in 2007. This fund focuses on natural resources and industrial companies globally with offices in New York and Singapore.

Between 2002 and 2007, he was a portfolio manager at SAC Capital, and was one of the most senior equity portfolio managers, managing a team of six investment professionals in New York and Singapore.

Prior to his tenure at SAC, he had a 15-year career as a top-ranked sellside oil services and equipment analyst at a number of firms, including Deutsche Bank, DLJ (1995-2000), and Kidder Peabody.

Arvind graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, with a B.Tech in 1984 and received his MBA from Tulane University in 1987.

India’s upturn now hinges on rich economies: Pranab Mukherjee

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Even though India braved the global financial crisis better than other countries, a meaningful recovery depends on how quickly some key economies turn the corner, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Friday.
“By merely generating demand in the domestic economy and exploring markets for exports, it is not possible to have a sustainable recovery,” Mukherjee told the annual Hindustan Times Leadership summit at the Taj Palace Hotel here.

“Developed economies of Europe, Japan and US account for 62 percent of our exports. Another of our key export sectors is information technology. But it has also been hit, because outsourcing has been reduced badly,” he said.

“Recovery is halting, slow - whether it will be steady I cannot say right now. I still have to wait for the figures to come,” said the finance minister, adding: “Third quarter and four quarter - I am confident. We will reach the targets.”

Mukherjee, one of the senior-most cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh government, said the road ahead for the Indian economy was long, arduous with many hindrances. “We have to go a long way. The journey won’t be easy.”

The finance minister said there were several forecasts on India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth, including those by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and the Reserve Bank of India - which were also working on some studies.

He said he was hoping for a growth of between 6-6.5 percent during the current fiscal. At the same time, he said, pressures on the price line were still to abate and estimated the annual inflation rate at 6-6.5 percent by the year-end.

The finance minister said he was also trying to garner political support for a host of economic legislations - such as a new companies act, labour reforms and opening up of the pension and insurance sectors.

Cricket bat maker Sanspareils launches apparel range

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Cricket equipment and bat manufacturer Sanspareils Greenlands (SG) Wednesday launched a new range of apparel including shoes and backpacks.
“With the introduction of this new range, SG is now offering consumers the same quality and standards that have made us the leading cricketing equipment manufacturer in the world,” said Sanspareils director Puneet Anand.

The new range includes shoes, T-shirts, track pants, caps, backpacks and other sportswear for both men and women.

Since its inception in 1931, SG has become the largest exporter of cricket bats and cricket protective equipment from India, the company said in a statement

Idea Cellular to invest Rs.4,500 crore on expansion

Kolkata, Oct 27 (IANS) Idea Cellular, the Aditya Birla Group’s telecom arm, will pump in around Rs.4,500 crore this fiscal for expanding operations to cover all the 22 telecom circles in the country, the company said here Tuesday.
“We now have presence in 20 circles. We will soon launch operations in Assam and the North-east to make our presence felt in all 22 telecom circles,” Idea’s operations director Ambrish Jain told reporters.

The company has a subscriber base of 5.1 crore, with the figure going up by 50-60 percent year-on-year, Jain said on the sidelines of the launch of the company’s services in Kolkata and West Bengal circles.

As part of its expansion in the eastern and north-eastern parts of India, Idea Cellular will invest Rs.1,200-Rs.1,500 crore this year, of which Rs.600 crore is earmarked for West Bengal.

“In West Bengal, we will raise our investment to Rs.1,200 crore over the next three years,” he said.

The company rolled out services with both per-second and per-minute tariff plans in the state.

“We are the first operator giving choice before the subscribers to opt for a per second or per minute pulse,” Jain said, adding that however, the per second tariff mode was not sustainable in the long run in India.

Turning to the state, he said there will be an initial network coverage of 1,150 cell sites, and coverage will be expanded to over 2,800 cell sites by next March.

He also said the company will lay more stress on the West Bengal circle, which has a mobile penetration of only 24 percent, as against the highly competitive market of Kolkata city that has a mobile tele-density of 73 percent