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Mercer India appoints Anish Sarkar as consulting head
Sarkar joins from the Capgemini group, where he was senior VP, consulting head for India
40 Years Ago... And now: Subhash Chandra's chutzpah shaped his media business
These days Chandra is focused on the other initiatives of the group, primarily infrastructure and education
 "40 Years Ago... And now: Subhash Chandra's chutzpah shaped his media business")
Newsmaker: Abid Ali Neemuchwala
For him, execution is everything
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Lunch with BS: Shital Kakkar Mehra
Soft Skills International head says the demand for soft skills training for executives took off in India when the multinational presence expanded and the corporate world stopped being an old boys' clu
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Tea with BS: Arianna Huffington
Huffington Post president and editor-in-chief offers some simplistic but sage advice on what works in media
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Lunch with BS: Praveen Sinha
Jabong.com co-founder and managing director on how he crams a full-time job, part-time consulting assignments and mentoring programmes all in a week
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Abid Ali Neemuchwala: A CEO in the making
The former TCS veteran's decision to move to Wipro has surprised the IT industry
 "Abid Ali Neemuchwala: A CEO in the making")
Lunch with BS: Rohan Murty, the master of many trades
Murty, junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, talks about how he is fascinated by history and ancient texts, and about his efforts to measure productivity in software companies, such as Info
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Wipro hires ex-TCS top executive Abid Neemuchwala as Group President, COO
Promotes 2 insiders as presidents; changes seen as succession planning
 "Wipro hires ex-TCS top executive Abid Neemuchwala as Group President, COO")
Tea with BS: A M Naik
L&T chairman Naik talks about the three things that worry him most in the run-up to his retirement
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Ex-Tata Motors MD appointed chairman of London Taxi Co
Forster is credited with playing an important part in turning around JLR ops under Tata Motors
Walmart India appoints Ashwin Mittal as CFO
Mittal will replace Jill Anderson, currently the CFO of Walmart India, who will soon repatriate back to Walmart in US
 "Walmart India appoints Ashwin Mittal as CFO")
Meet venture capital pioneer Vani Kola
Vani Kola left behind a stellar career as an entrepreneur in the United States to gamble on the startup ecosystem in India. She has no regrets
 "Meet venture capital pioneer Vani Kola")
Rajesh Dhingra: Anil Ambani's go-to man for defence foray
The former Lockheed Martin India MD is in the core team of Reliance Defence who will be spearheading the business
 "Rajesh Dhingra: Anil Ambani's go-to man for defence foray")
Dark and lovely
V Sunil, the creative head of Wieden and Kennedy India, is dark and successful
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Ranbaxy's global HR head Udbhav Ganjoo quits
According to sources, Ganjoo is expected to join Mylan
 "Ranbaxy's global HR head Udbhav Ganjoo quits")
GoAir appoints Tim Jordan as its commercial head
Jordan will steer the sales and marketing for GoAir
 "GoAir appoints Tim Jordan as its commercial head")
Aditya Thackeray turns entrepreneur
BKC-based Como Stocks & Properties is into property development, construction
 "Aditya Thackeray turns entrepreneur")
Newsmaker: Punit Renjen
Small-town boy to global leader
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Newsmaker: Kabul Chawla
A hidden fortune in New York
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