State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) today said K V Rao has taken over as the company's new Director (Finance).

K V Rao is new Director-Finance at HPCL

Press Trust of India

M Ravindran has taken over as Director (Human Resources) of Gail (India). Ravindran has over 33 years of experience in the fertilizer and Oil and Gas industries - particularly in gas transmission, petrochemicals and city gas distribution sectors.

M Ravindran takes charge as Gail director

Business Standard

Newsmaker: William Pinckney

BS Reporter

Russian conglomerate Sistema today announced the elevation of Vsevolod Rozanov, CEO of its Indian telecom firm SSTL, as the new Senior Vice-President and CFO of the company.

Sistema elevates SSTL's Vsevolod Rozanov to group CFO

David Karp sold his Tumblr blogging service to Yahoo last week for $1.1 billion. The school dropout had realised as far back as 2000 that video would one day rule gadgets.When David Karp was 14, he was clearly a bright teenager. Quiet, somewhat reclusive, bored with his classes at the Bronx High School of Science. He spent most of his free time in his bedroom, glued to his computer.But instead of trying to pry him away from his machine or coaxing him outside to get some fresh air, his mother, Barbara Ackerman, had another solution: she suggested that he drop out of high school to be home-schooled."I saw him at school all day and absorbed all night into his computer," says Ackerman. "It became very clear that David needed the space to live his passion. Which was computers. All things computers."Now 26 years old, Karp never finished high school or enrolled in college. Instead, he played a significant role in several technology start-ups before founding Tumblr, the popular blogging servic

Practical mother, visionary son

JSW Steel Ltd has elevated Vinod Nowal to the position of Deputy Managing Director with effect from May 23, 2013.

Vinod Nowal promoted as deputy MD of JSW Steel

Known as 'Prince Gurunath', he is the team principal of one of the successful teams in IPL - Chennai Super Kings

Who is Gurunath Meiyappan?

Ivan Menezes moves in as chief executive of Diageo from July 2013 from his role as chief operating officer since March 2012

Newsmaker: Ivan Menezes

S Chandru, has taken over charge from Sangeeta Prasad as the COO, Mahindra World City Developers Limited from April 16, 2013

Mahindra Lifespace appoints Sangeeta Prasad as CEO

Sangeeta Prasad, chief executive officer (CEO), Mahindra World City Developers Limited has been elevated to the position of CEO - Integrated Business Cities and Industrial Parks business in Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited, the Real Estate arm of the Mahindra Group.

Axis Mutual Fund

Nigam was till now managing products across asset classes at the asset management arm of private sector lender Axis Bank

Axis MF appoints Chandresh Nigam as MD & Chief Executive

To oversee the rapid ramp-up of India operations, Japanese auto major Honda Motor Company (HMC) has changed its global organisation structure.  Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, the managing officer of the company, has been given the additional charge of vice-president of Asian Honda Motor and president and CEO of Honda Motor India.Matsumoto will be based out of India and head all Honda companies in the country. In his new role, Matsumoto would be responsible for planning and developing Honda's new vehicles, five in all, that the company plans to launch in Asia, including India, in the next five years. Among its new products would be diesel variants of sedans and utility vehicles, a new category that Honda is trying to gain a foothold in.The appointment comes on the heels of HMC announcing an investment of Rs 2,500 crore to double its manufacturing capacity in India to 240,000 units annually, to set up a diesel engine manufacturing unit and a forging plant at Tapukara in Rajasthan.Matsumoto, who ha

BS People: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto

Archana Bhargava, Executive Director, Canara Bank, has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of the Bank

Archana Bhargava new CMD of United Bank of India

GMR Infrastructure Ltd has announced that Subba Rao Amarthaluru, Group Chief Financial Officer, has decided to pursue his career interests elsewhere.

GMR's Group CFO steps down

An armed commando squad will guard him all 24 hours in a day

Mukesh Ambani's 24x7 Z-security cover to cost him Rs 15 lakh a month

The Home Ministry has tasked country's lead anti-Naxal operations force CRPF to take the responsibility with immediate effect

Mukesh Ambani gets 'Z' category security

Swiss International Air Lines has appointed  Markus Altenbach as their new General Manager, India.

Swiss International Air Lines appoints new India GM

Viacom18 has announced the appointment of Ajit Andhare as the Chief Operating Officer of its films business - Viacom18 Motion Pictures.

Viacom18 appoints Ajit Andhare as head of films biz

Bajaj Auto chairman says the industrialist was a gentleman and well respected amongst businessmen and in political circles

Goenka did not believe in hostile takeovers: Rahul Bajaj

The total remuneration of $263,700 for 2012 included $1,20,000 for services rendered as Chairman of a company called Mendocino Brewing Company

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K V Rao is new Director-Finance at HPCL

M Ravindran takes charge as Gail director

Newsmaker: William Pinckney

Sistema elevates SSTL's Vsevolod Rozanov to group CFO

Practical mother, visionary son

Vinod Nowal promoted as deputy MD of JSW Steel

Who is Gurunath Meiyappan?

Newsmaker: Ivan Menezes

Mahindra Lifespace appoints Sangeeta Prasad as CEO

Mahindra Lifespace appoints Sangeeta Prasad as CEO

Axis MF appoints Chandresh Nigam as MD & Chief Executive

BS People: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto

Archana Bhargava new CMD of United Bank of India

GMR's Group CFO steps down

Mukesh Ambani's 24x7 Z-security cover to cost him Rs 15 lakh a month

Mukesh Ambani gets 'Z' category security

Swiss International Air Lines appoints new India GM

Viacom18 appoints Ajit Andhare as head of films biz

Goenka did not believe in hostile takeovers: Rahul Bajaj

Vijay Mallya gets Rs 1.5 cr pay from US, UK firms