Kumar, who is a prolific writer and speaker, was called "a rising superstar" by The Economist

NewsMaker: Nirmalya Kumar

Business Standard

Every two years, the Thinkers 50 publishes what it calls the 'definitive list of thinkers'. The last one, published in 2011, puts Dr Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing and Co-Director of Aditya Birla India Centre at London Business School, who is slated to join the Tata Group as a member of its group executive council from August 1, at No 26. Indeed, very few management thinkers anywhere in the world even come close to matching his impeccable credentials.

Nirmalya Kumar: 'An outlier among marketing professors'

Tata Group today said Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing at the London Business School, would be joining Tata Sons with effect from August 1, 2013 and would report to group chairman Cyrus P Mistry.

Nirmalya Kumar to join Tata Sons with effect from Aug 1

Press Trust of India

NRI businessman M A Yousuf Ali has picked up a 4.47% stake in Federal Bank, thereby becoming the biggest individual shareholder in the Kerala- based lender.

NRI businessman M A Yousuf Ali picks up stake in Federal Bank

Bharat Forge may run multinational operations, but its promoter says his roots are firmly embedded in Pune

Lunch with BS: Baba Kalyani

Newsmaker: Basab Pradhan

Pepe Jeans

Premium jeans and casual wear segment player Pepe Jeans today said it has appointed Kavindra Mishra as chief executive officer from July 5.

Pepe Jeans India appoints Kavindra Mishra as CEO

Pipe solutions major Jindal Saw today said it has appointed Neeraj Kumar as its new Group Chief Executive Officer and Whole Time Director.

Jindal Saw appoints Neeraj Kumar as Group CEO

Times Television Network, the broadcast arm of Benett Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL), has appointed Nemish Sanghvi as associate vice president for its branded content division.

Nemish Sanghvi joins Times Television as AVP, Branded Content

Newsmaker: Raj Jain

P>Over a year ago, STRONG>Pradeep Jain/STRONG>, the 43-year-old chairman of Parsvnath Developers Ltd, was gung-ho about the Indian property market.

NEWSMAKER: Pradeep Jain

&nbsp;It's hard to believe but true. Within a day of the launch of his brand new English daily Sakaal Times, STRONG>Abhijit Pawar/STRONG>, managing director of the Rs 350-crore Pune-based Sakal Media Group, was taking a flight to Disneyland (Orlando) for a month-long vacation with his family  wife and two children, aged eight and six years.

NEWSMAKER: Abhijit Pawar

P>Way back in 1997, the odds were stacked against STRONG>Kwang Ro Kim/STRONG>, LG's softspoken boss in India.

Kwang Ro Kim: Can Kim repeat the LG magic?

P>State Bank of India Chairman Om Prakash Bhatt is known for playing by the book.

NEWSMAKER: O P Bhatt

P>For the last few months, a crack team of three senior executives selected by Anil Ambani has been working on an unusual mandate  to break into the closed club of Hollywood movies that has been dominated by well-entrenched studios and moody stars who are hard to get as they demand money that is sometimes more than the total budgets of many Bollywood movies put together.

Anil Ambani: Hollywood, here I come

P>Vijaypat Singhania, chairperson of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has never been afraid of pushing himself to new heights despite being on terra firma for over 70 years .

NEWSMAKER: Vijaypat Singhania

P>In spite of an orchid&#39;s legendary inability to bloom in most habitats, STRONG>K Ragavendra Rao/STRONG> has ensured Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd is blooming globally.

K Ragavendra Rao: In full bloom

P>For years, anyone who has witnessed the rise and rise of the Mittal family  from denizens of Ludhiana to becoming movers and shakers in the national capital  the most noticeable face of the three brothers has been Sunil, the second of three sons of the late Sat Pal Mittal, a politician who was a Congress MP from Haryana in the 80s.

Rakesh Mittal: No more easy days

P>When the 58-year-old chairman of the Virgin Group dangled on a pair of safety harnesses at a height of around 30 storeys in Mumbai to unveil the Virgin Mobile&#39; logo brand on a skywalk&#39; stunt, it did not take anyone by surprise.

NEWSMAKER: Richard Branson

P>This February, India&#39;s largest IT services provider  Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services  announced that it had appointed Ajoyendra Mukherjee as the global head of human resources, following incumbent S Padmanabhan&#39;s move to Tata Power as an Executive Director, Operations.

S Padmanabhan: Poor optics

P>It's like a homecoming for Chandrasekhar (Chandu) Bhaskar Bhave, the newly-appointed chairman of India&#39;s capital market regulator.

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