Noted Indian business leader Ratan N. Tata has been elected to the Board of Governors of the East-West Centre, a US think tank promoting better relations and understanding among people of US and Asia Pacific.

Ratan Tata elected to East-West Centre board

IANS

Finance Minister P Chidambaram was on Friday effusive in his praise for Tata Group's Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata. After handing over the CII President's award to him, Chidambaram even compared Tata with Sachin Tendulkar

Ratan Tata is as big a draw as Sachin: FM

Business Standard

State-owned iron ore miner NMDC will get a full time chairman by year-end, Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma said today.

NMDC to get a full time chairman before year-end: Steel Min

Press Trust of India

Mahindra & Mahindra today said it has appointed V S Parthasarathy as chief financial officer of the company with effect from November 14.

M&M appoints Parthasarthy as CFO after Bharat Doshi steps down

The government today appointed Usha Ananthasubramanian as the Chairperson and Managing Director of Bharatiya Mahila Bank, the first all-women bank.

Usha Ananthasubramanian is CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank

Anti-virus guru John McAfee, who is facing criminal charges in Central American nation Belize, plans to launch by next year 'D-Central', a gadget to prevent snooping into computers and phones, for less than $100.

Software guru John McAfee to sell anti-snooping device next yr

Uninor CEO Yogesh Malik has resigned and the company has started the process for selecting its new CEO.

Uninor CEO Yogesh Malik resigns

In 2010, Chen sold Sybase to SAP AG for $5.8 billion, more than six times its value at the start of his tenure

Chen's BlackBerry revival task mirrors Sybase in the 1990s

Bloomberg

MKV Rama Rao has taken over the charge of Managing Director of Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL), the power generation Utility of Haryana. Giving details, a spokesman of HPGCL said here today that Rama Rao has worked in various capacities at the coal and gas based thermal power stations and corporate office of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), and brings with him rich experience of more than 35 years in the field of power generation and related regulatory and commercial aspects. He added that before taking over the charge of MD HPGCL, Rama Rao was working as Executive Director (Commercial) at the NTPC corporate office in New Delhi.

MKV Rama Rao takes charge as MD, HPGCL

Newsmaker:> Vipul Chaudhary

Tamil Nadu Petroproducts Ltd has appointed C V Sankar as the Chairman of the Board, accepting the resignation of NS Palaniappan

Tamil Nadu Petroproducts names C V Sankar as Chairman

Nilesh Patel, managing director of NK Proteins Limited (NKPL), who was arrested in connection with the alleged fraud case of National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) was sent to police custody till October 28 today by a local court in Mumbai. Patel was arrested on October 22 by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Mumbai

Nilesh Patel, the Rs 900 cr NSEL defaulter

3M India, the Indian subsidiary of US multinational conglomerate 3M Co, announced the appointment of Amit Laroya as Managing Director of the company with effect from October 1, 2013.

3M India appoints Amit Laroya as Managing Director

Wadia group promoted no-frills carrier GoAir today said it has appointed Girish Nair as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

Girish Nair appointed as CCO of GoAir

Axis Capital on Saturday announced that Nilesh Shah, the current deputy CEO, will take over as the CEO in the next few weeks, replacing Manish Chokhani.

Nilesh Shah to replace Manish Chokhani as CEO of Axis Capital

Hironori Kanayama

As a former union officer, Honda Cars' India chief has an insider's tack on HR and labour relations

Lunch with BS: Hironori Kanayama

Homegrown cellular phone handset maker Micromax said here today that its Chief Executive Officer Deepak Mehrotra has quit the firm.

Micromax CEO Deepak Mehrotra quits; company to find successor

Mehul Choksi

Mehul Choksi's Gitanjali hit by gold curbs, distributor defaults and liquidity crunch

The man who lost 90% of his fortune twice

The government has given GAIL India Chairman and Managing Director B C Tripathi an additional five-year term as head of the state-owned gas utility.

GAIL's Tripathi gets 5-year extension as Chairman

B Ashok, Executive Director (Retail Sales) at Indian Oil Corp, was today chosen to head the company from June next year.

PESB selects Ashok as next Indian Oil Chairman

Former Walmart India head Raj Jain has been roped in as an advisor by the Bharti Group, which today parted ways with the US retail giant to operate stores independently in India.

Bharti ropes in ex-Walmart India head Jain as Group Advisor

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