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Newsmaker: Gopichand Katragadda
Innovator who is driven by the unknown
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M&M appoints Anish Shah as head of special projects
Shah joins Mahindra from General Electric (GE), where he was President and Chief Executive Officer for GE Capital India
 "M&M appoints Anish Shah as head of special projects")
Lowe's aapoints Narayan Ram as India Managing Director
Ram will lead the new Lowe's customer support centre in Bangalore
 "Lowe's aapoints Narayan Ram as India Managing Director")
Uninor appoints Tanveer Mohammad as COO
Mohammad was Chief Technology Officer at Bangladesh-based telecom service provider Grameenphone
 "Uninor appoints Tanveer Mohammad as COO")
Sanjiv Singh takes over as Director (Refineries) of IOC
Singh took over from Raj Kumar Ghosh
 "Sanjiv Singh takes over as Director (Refineries) of IOC")
GE appoints Munesh Makhija as MD of India technology centre
Makhija succeeds Gopichand Katragadda, who is joining Tata Sons
 "GE appoints Munesh Makhija as MD of India technology centre")
Avendus PE head Manoj Thakur quits
Thakur was part of the founding team which set up private equity business for Avendus
 "Avendus PE head Manoj Thakur quits")
Tata Sons names Katragadda chief technology officer
Appointment will be effective from August 3
Lunch with BS: Sunil Mathur
It's all about the customer
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Sikka expected to tame attrition at Infy
Sikka, a former executive board member at German software maker SAP AG, is said to have left the company over a power struggle with the management
 "Sikka expected to tame attrition at Infy")
Sikka connects with Infy staff
On Thursday evening, the Bangalore-based company held a town hall for employees
Sikka is minting most coins in Indian infotech: Experts
Sikka's income at SAP itself was much higher than the annual remuneration of Tata Consultancy Services CEO N Chandrasekaran
 "Sikka is minting most coins in Indian infotech: Experts")
Vishal Sikka is Infy's first non-founder CEO
Pravin Rao elevated as COO; Murthy to become chairman emeritus from Oct
 "Vishal Sikka is Infy's first non-founder CEO")
Padmanabhan appointed as Executive Chairman of TQMS
Appointment to the post will be effective from July 1
Tata Sons appoints Sunil Sinha resident director, MENA region
Sinha has been with the Tata group for over 31 years
PMO seeks Oil Minister's views on IOC appointment
B Ashok, Executive Director (Retail Sales) at IOC, was on Oct 9, 2013 chosen to head the company by govt headhunters PESB
 "PMO seeks Oil Minister's views on IOC appointment")
Former BlackBerry India MD Sunil Dutt joins Reliance Jio
Likely to work on developing the company's own-branded handset in future
 "Former BlackBerry India MD Sunil Dutt joins Reliance Jio")
IIT (M) appoints Pawan Goenka as Chairman, Board of Governors
He is taking over as Chairman from eminent scientist M M Sharma
 "IIT (M) appoints Pawan Goenka as Chairman, Board of Governors")
Dell Services ropes in former MphasiS EVP Ganesh Murthy as CFO
Previously, he was finance director for HP GlobalSoft Limited in Bangalore
 "Dell Services ropes in former MphasiS EVP Ganesh Murthy as CFO")
Kaustubh Kulkarni to head India banking for JPMorgan Chase
Replaces Rohit Chatterji, who will now head the bank's emerging Asia M&A business
 "Kaustubh Kulkarni to head India banking for JPMorgan Chase")
