Tata Motors today said Karl Slym, who was slated to take over as the company's Managing Director from October 1, has taken up the assignment ahead of schedule.

Karl Slym joins Tata Motors as MD ahead of schedule

Press Trust of India

Sarojini Damodaran Shibulal, the 57-year old CEO of Infosys, is a true geek. His favourite pastime is to pull apart gadgets and put them together again. At home, he is the official technician who fixes and installs all things electronic.

Newsmaker: S D Shibulal

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Spending around three years with engineering and construction company Larsen and Toubro (L&amp;T), Ravi Uppal is now set to join Naveen Jindal-led JSPL and may steer its operations as Managing Director.

After L&T, Ravi Uppal set to join JSPL

Intelligent, ethically correct; very aware of the ways of the world; someone who considers all aspects before taking a decision. This is how someone who has worked with Shruti Shibulal, the daughter of Infosys co-founder and CEO S D Shibulal, describes Shruti.

BS People: Shruti Shibulal

Saina Nehwal has signed up a 40-crore deal with Rhiti Sports Management company, making her the country's highest paid sportsperson outside of&nbsp; cricket.

Saina signs 40 crore deal with Rhiti Sports

UBS India today said it has appointed Nitin Jain as the head of its fixed income, currencies and commodities business.

UBS India names Nitin Jain as fixed income head

Turner International Asia Pacific Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Networks and Content Distribution Anshuman Misra has put in his papers at the company after a 14 years stint.

Anshuman Misra quits Turner International 

Making smart moves is par for the course for Pankaj Patel, Chairman and Managing director, Cadila Healthcare Ltd. By making strategic acquisitions and alliances, Patel, a second generation entrepreneur, has propelled a Rs 250 crore company into an empire with annual revenues of more than Rs 5,200 crore &mdash; and, that too, in a period of less than two decades.

Seasoned deal-maker 

King of branded apparel

India's largest telecom player, Bharti Airtel has restructured its board of directors and that of subsidiary Bharti Infratel. The changes have been effected in view of the proposed IPO of Bharti Infratel, said a company statement.

Manish Kejriwal joins Bharti Airtel board

Subash Menon who stepped down from telecom software product company Subex as the CEO &amp; MD on Thursday has decided to focus on his other business interests.

Subash Menon to focus on newer areas after quitting Subex

Amitabh will take charge as the CMD of PTC India as well as PFS, a non-banking finance company promoted by PTC India Ltd and classified as Infrastructure Finance Company by the Reserve Bank of India.

PTC India appoints Deepak Amitabh as CMD

Ravi Uppal will take over as the managing director of Jindal Steel &amp; Power Ltd (JSPL) from October 1, said a company statement. Uppal joins JSPL from L&amp;T where he was the managing director and chief executive of the power division. He will report to the company chairman Naveen Jindal.

Uppal takes over as JSPL MD from Oct 1

A 50-year old Englishman from Derby, UK, Karl Slym found it tough to acclimatise to India when he shifted base to the sub-continent in 2007. Yet, of the eight-odd countries he has lived in, Slym and his wife Sally&mdash;whom he met thirty years ago while she was sorting out his claim at the insurance office, post Slym crashing his car&mdash;chose to buy their first house in the capital.

Newsmaker: Karl Slym

Naik, currently Chairman and Managing Director, will get a monthly salary of Rs 22 lakh, perquisites of Rs 25 lakh a year, commission of 0.3% of annual operating net profit after tax, besides a host of other benefits in his new role.

L&T chief Naik's annual salary to jump over 35% in new role

Engineering and construction firm Larsen and Toubro (L&amp;T) today said Ravi Uppal, Whole-Time Director and President (Power), has put in his papers.

Ravi Uppal quits L&T

Ford India today announced appointment of Vinay Piparsania as the company's new Executive Director, Marketing, Sales and Service.

Ford India appoints Vinay Piparsania as marketing, sales head

They are Indian advertising&rsquo;s hottest creative duo and their over Rs 100-crore deal with Dentsu this week (under which the Japanese agency has bought 51 per cent in Taproot but has allowed the existing management to continue running the agency) has simply reinforced their position in the industry.

Newsmakers: Agnello Dias and Santosh Padhi

During the heyday of mobile value-added-service (VAS) provider OnMobile, CEO and Managing Director Arvind Rao was known as a man with a Midas touch. Today, he is no longer at the helm of the company, having resigned in ignominy under allegations of financial malfeasance within the firm which he, as CEO, has shouldered responsibility for.

Newsmaker: Arvind Rao

Shinzo Nakanishi, the 65-year-old managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), spent the better part of last week visiting and apologising to injured colleagues across half a dozen hospitals in Gurgaon, Haryana.

Newsmaker: Shinzo Nakanishi

Ravinder Kumar Rishi is a multi-faceted businessman about whom the Indian press, especially the pink papers that specialise in bombastic headlines, was extremely bullish. &quot;Another Indian scripts success in Europe&quot; screamed one headline. Another wrote an editorial about Rishi that was headlined: 'Flying High'. Yet another said: &quot;Vectra scoops Czech truckmaker Tatra&quot;.

Newsmaker: Ravinder Kumar Rishi

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