Manash Sarkar has taken over as the CEO of NTPC-SAIL Power Private Company Ltd, state-run NTPC said today.

Manash Sarkar takes over as CEO of NSPCL

Press Trust of India

Savji Dholakia

For the last few days, Surat-based diamond exporter Savji Dholakia has been inundated with job applications. Every day, 35-40 resumes are landing at his desk from people eager to work for him. Overnight, Dholakia appears to have become a highly sought-after employer.There is good reason for that. Last Sunday, the 50-year-old founder and partner (manufacturing and management) of Hari Krishna Exports gave away flats, cars and jewellery to over 1,200 of his employees as part of a radical "loyalty programme". The idea was to "extend gratitude" to employees who had helped the company grow. So, 491 employees received cars, 207 got funds for buying residential flats and another 570 were gifted jewellery. Each of them received 'gifts' worth Rs 4 lakh. Call it philanthropy or manpower-management, but for Dholakia this gesture was an outcome of "the most valuable lesson learnt - the art of humanity".Dholakia's story is what dreams are made of. From a farming family from Amreli in Gujarat's Saura

Newsmaker: Savji Dholakia

Business Standard

The Sebi order is vindication of Sinha's stand, but it has not brought him much relief as his money is still stuck. The legal team is hopeful that the order will be of great help in taking the recovery suit forward

Newsmaker: Kimsuk Krishna Sinha

A K Srinivasan will be the next Director (Finance) of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), the nation's most profitable company.

A K Srinivasan to be next Director, Finance, of ONGC

Bharat Ram

Bharat Ram was born in the fabled old city of Delhi to Lala Shiram and Lady Shriram on October 15, 1914. Bred in a Spartan strict regimen under his world famous father, his education was in a Madrasa, in Modern School (Kashmere Gate) and St Stephen's College.  A genuine all-rounder at Delhi University, he excelled in academics, represented Delhi University in Hockey and Tennis and captained St Stephen's at Cricket.  He took these interests further with him when he started the DCM Hockey and the DCM Football tournaments both of which quickly developed an All India flavour and even went beyond with contenders from Iran and South Korea playing in these tournaments.  He also started the first Indian professional golf tournament entitled the DCM Open.Lala Bharat Ram was instrumental in the rescue of the Delhi Golf Club from being converted into a Government housing colony (which is what happened to the second 18-hole that comprised the golfing facilities built by the British - Kaka Nagar!).

The man whose love for life spread beyond needs of business

Sinha is a director in 2 firms - Gobinda Tea Trading and Kriti Infrastructures

Who is Kimsuk Krishna Sinha?

Meena Ganesh & K Ganesh

The poster couple of Indian entrepreneurship are past masters at work-life balance

Dinner with BS: Meena & K Ganesh

Veteran industrialist and three-time MLA, 'Pollachi' N Mahalingam died on Thursday following cardiac arrest suffered at a function in Chennai. The 91-year old Mahalingam is the Chairman of the over Rs 5,000 crore Sakthi Group of Companies and Anamallais Bus Transport Ltd (ABT Services).The end came during the Gandhi Vallalar Vizha, which he has been organising for the past 40 years. He was rushed to a private hospital but declared brought dead, according to reporters.Mahalingam survived by wife, three sons M Manickam, M Balasubramaniam and M Srinivasan and a daughter.Born in 1923 in Pollachi in Coimbatore district in an agricultural family, Mahalingam was an alumnus of Loyola College in Chennai. An Engineering graduate from Anna University he was also awarded Honorary Doctorate by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He was also recipient of 'Padma Bhushan' and elected to the State Assembly from Pollachi constituency in three times on Congress ticket.Ends

Veteran industrialist Pollachi N Mahalingam dies at 91

There is a sombre mood in the corridors of Hindustan Unilever (HUL), the Indian subsidiary of the world's second-largest consumer goods company, Unilever. One of its most popular executives and the second-most powerful individual at Unilever, Harish Manwani will retire from the company in December. Manwani, 61, who is COO at Unilever, will continue to be the non-executive chairman at HUL, a company where he began his corporate life way back in 1976 after graduating from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, one of the oldest management institutes in  Mumbai.As a management trainee, Manwani was diligent and hardworking. He is also regarded as a sharp marketing mind with a sound understanding of emerging markets. This combination of skills - his tendency to put in long hours and come up with good ideas  besides being able to deliver on targets - ensured a rapid rise through the ranks to a position second only to Unilever CEO Paul Polman.Before his elevation to the number tw

Newsmaker: Harish Manwani

Jeff Bezos

The Amazon founder spoke about topics, both personal and professional, with an infectious wit

I'll go back to Seattle with a kick in my step, says Bezos about India trip

BS Reporter

The inauguration of the Tumkur food park, near Bangalore, last week is the first part of Kishore Biyani's foray into food & beverages. He has ambitious plans for this business...

Biyani dreams big in food business

Maruti Suzuki's former chief operating officer Mayank Pareek who managed the top auto maker's marketing and sales division has replaced Ranjit Yadav at Tata Motors to become its president of passenger vehicle business unit.Pareek who resigned from Maruti by the middle of this month, will relocate to Mumbai and join the firm on October 1. Yadav will now head Tata Motors' international business of passenger and commercial vehicles, a statement from Tata Motors said today. Negotiations between Pareek and Tata Motors had been going since the past few weeks. Tata Motors has been seeking an expert help especially in the sales and marketing department to turn around its fortunes ever since the death of its managing director Karl Slym in January this year.  "Mr. Pareek will also be a member of the Corporate Steering Committee. His extensive experience in the passenger car market will play a significant role in harnessing Tata Motors growth potential to help position the company as one of the l

Ex-Maruti sales executive joins Tata Motors

Sanjay Varma

Varma was number three in 1999 when the company was founded

Sanjay Varma: Indian who played a role in Alibaba's early success

Anil Agarwal, the billionaire controller of Vedanta Resources Plc, announced late on Thursday that he and his family had agreed to give 75 percent of their wealth to charity.

Vedanta's Anil Agarwal to donate most of fortune to charity

Reuters

Deepinder Goyal

September 23-Hello Poland. Country#16 for Zomato!August 22-Country#14  & #15, Zomato now in Czech Republic and SlovakiaThese are not headlines in Indian newspapers, but updates on Zomato Founder & CEO Deepinder Goyal's Facebook page. Goyal not only uses it to share updates, but also to hunt for talent and share an opening. The latest update is on Zomato's fourth acquisition overseas this year. The restaurant discovery service has acquired Gastronauci, Poland's leading restaurant search service, increasing its presence to 16 countries.Backed by $37 million it raised from Sequioa Capital and Info-Edge (India) in 2013, Zomato has acquired four companies globally in three months. These include New Zealand-based restaurant search service MenuMania in July 2014, Lunchtime.cz and Obedovat.sk, the popular restaurant guides in Czech Republic and Slovakia for a combined $3.25 million, in August, 2014. These will help it make inroads in Central and Eastern Europe.With these acquisitions,

Newsmaker: Deepinder Goyal

Former Nokia India head P Balaji will be joining country's second largest telecom firm Vodafone India as its regulatory and external affairs director next month.

Former Nokia India head P Balaji to join Vodafone India

Lalit Modi might be famous for his penchant for cricket administration and his ongoing tussle with International Cricket Council chief N Srinivasan, but a significant portion of his earnings come from his father KK Modi's empire. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be paying enough attention to the family business for a while. The man famous for having made Indian Premier League (IPL) a household name, is seeking reappointment as the director of  Godrfey Phillips India (GPI), the flagship of the KK Modi group. But, corporate governance experts are against it pointing out that he has not attended even one board meeting of the company for the year 2013-14. Yet he got a remuneration of Rs 1.7crore.Explaining the rationale for Lalit Modi's remuneration, the company had said, "Lalit Kumar Modi has been a prominent member of the board serving the company over last two decades. Presently, he is a non-executive director in the company. In recognition of his strong entrepreneurial skills and valu

No work but big pay for Lalit Modi

Private lender South Indian Bank has appointed V G Mathew as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for three years.
	"...The Reserve Bank of India has conveyed their approval for appointment of V G Mathew as MD & CEO of the Bank for a period of three years," the bank said in a filing to the BSE.
	Mathew's appointment will come to effect from October 1, 2014.
	He was the Executive Vice President of the bank earlier.
	For the quarter ended June 30, the bank had posted net profit of Rs 126.65 crore, up from Rs 114.84 crore over the corresponding period a year ago.

South Indian Bank appoints V G Mathew as new MD & CEO

Private sector lender ING Vysya today said its heads for operations and branch banking have quit, and have announced their replacements.

ING Vysya's heads of operations, retail banking quit

Newsmaker: Sundar Pichai

Country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India today appointed RS Kalsi as head of domestic marketing and sales following the resignation of Mayank Pareek from the company.

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