He was the world's largest cycle maker, and almost every second cycle sold in the country sported the Hero badge

OP Munjal: The uncrowned cycle king

Business Standard

After the news broke that Sundar Pichai has been appointed as the new CEO of Google, back at Vanavani Matriculation Higher Secondary School, where Pichai studied at Chennai, it was joy and prestigious movement. During the assembly session in the morning students were holding posters made by them, while picture of the same was going in social media, people working at the school's office were hesitant to speak and said they don't have any records showing the new Google CEO studied in the school.Pattu Subrmanian, who heads logistics in the BMW plant in Chennai now, was two or three years senior to Pichai in the School. He remembers Pichai as plain, simple, studious boy who enjoys reading books, ofcourse charming smile all the time. After the school days he had met him in US in a public function, and by the time Pichai was not a shy boy anymore and he was warmly moving with people and involving in intellectual discourse and attracted people through his speech. Hailing from the same school,

Here's how Sundar Pichai made it to top of Google from Chennai

SATYA NADELLACEO, MicrosoftHyderabad-born Nadella was named the company's third CEO in 2014RAJEEV SURICEO, NOKIATook over as head of Nokia after it sold its ailing mobile phone unit to MicrosoftSHANTANU NARAYENCEO, AdobeHyderabad-born Narayen became Adobe's CEO in 2007FRANCISCO D'SOUZACEO, CognizantIndian-origin D'Souza was named Cognizant's CEO in 2007GEORGE KURIANCEO, NetApp IncJoined NetApp in 2011. Was later named CEO of the firm in June 2015

Tech gurus who made India proud

Accenture today announced that it has announced that Rekha M. Menon will be chairman of Accenture in India and Anindya Basu will be country managing director in India. These appointments are effective August 21, 2015. These changes were announced as Avinash Vashistha, chairman and country MD, last month put in his papers to pursue entrepreneurial and corporate leadership opportunities.  As chairman, Menon will play an active role in growing Accenture's business and further strengthening the company's presence in communities across India.  She will continue to be deeply engaged in the company's Inclusion & Diversity and Corporate Citizenship initiatives and will also be responsible for institutional relationships with public authorities and industry associations.  She is currently managing director, Human Resources, for Accenture's growth markets and has been leading the development and execution of the company's human capital strategy for Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Russia, Turk

Accenture India appoints Rekha Menon as chairman

Terry Gou

Gou founded his business in 1974 with a loan from his mother-in-law

Newsmaker: Terry Gou

Yusuff Ali MA

A Padma Shree recipient, Yusuffali expanded his retail empire to India when he launched Lulu Hypermarket in Kochi in 2013

Newsmaker: Yusuff Ali MA

Ashish Bahuguna, former agriculture secretary, has been appointed as the chairman of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

Ashish Bahuguna new chief of food regulator FSSAI

Press Trust of India

Ajay Singh

Lunch with BS: Ajay Singh

BS ReporterHyderabad, 13 July Venture capital firm SAIF Partners has appointed Alok Goel as its managing director. Goel will be looking into early-stage investments at SAIF Partners, which has $4 billion assets under management. "SAIF Partners has one of the finest portfolios in the industry today. I am excited to be a part of this team and leverage my experience in Internet and mobile businesses to help early-stage companies become world-class businesses," Goel stated in a press release on Monday. Prior to SAIF Partners, Goel was heading FreeCharge.in as chief executive officer and redBus.in as chief operating officer. While South African media house Naspers has acquired redBus for $100 million in 2013, ecommerce major Snapdeal has acquired FreeCharge for around $400 million in April this year. Before redBus, Goel worked at Google for five years in various roles, including product management of Google Display Network. He was also heading search and mobile products in India, besides se

SAIF Partners appoints Alok Goel as managing director

E-commerce major Flipkart today said its chief technology officer Amod Malviya will move to an advisory role at the company, and its engineering head Sameer Nigam has quit.

Flipkart CTO Amod Malviya moves to advisory role

Bharti Enterprises today appointed Rahul Bhatnagar as its new Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer.

Bharti Enterprises appoints Rahul Bhatnagar as MD&CFO

London-based miner Vedanta Resources plc has proposed a 28 per cent hike in annual bonus to its Chairman Anil Agarwal to 8,97,000 pounds (Rs 8.85 crore) for the 2014-15 fiscal.
	Vedanta in its annual report to shareholders, ahead of its annual general meeting (AGM) on August 3 in London, said the base compensation for Agarwal will remain unchanged at 1.608 million pounds.
	The company's Remuneration Committee Chairman Euan Macdonald said the firm achieved 37.2 per cent of the maximum performance targets set for the year and "subsequently a bonus of 55.8 per cent of salary is proposed for the Executive Chairman (Anil Agarwal) and Vice Chairman (Navin Agarwal)".
	Anil Agarwal's annual bonus for the last fiscal will be 8,97,000 pounds as compared to 7,00,000 pounds in 2013-14.
	His brother Navin will get 5,33,000 pounds, up from 3,90,000 pounds in the previous fiscal.
	Navin's base salary too has gone up from 9,16,000 pounds in 2013-14 to pound 9,68,000 pounds for the last fiscal. His ...

Anil Agarwal's bonus up 28% to Rs 8.85 cr in FY15

The Singapore-based Jungle Ventures has announced that Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, will come on board as a Special Advisor.

Ratan Tata to join Jungle Ventures as Special Advisor

PTI Automatic

The founder chairman of Sona Koyo was known for being passionate about his work and his joint venture with Maruti

Surinder Kapur and his 'golden' legacy

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp<9984.T> said on Wednesday it had hired former LinkedIn Corp executive Deep Nishar as managing director of investments as the Japanese telecoms conglomerate targets growth overseas to counter a shrinking domestic market.

Ex-LinkedIn executive Deep Nishar joins SoftBank as MD

Reuters

Infrastructure financing firm IDFC today appointed former Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) as independent director.
	The appointment has been made with immediate effect, IDFC said in a filing on the BSE.
	"This is subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing annual general meeting of the company," it said.
	Rai also worked as Financial Services Secretary. He was director on several boards including the State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank and Life Insurance Corporation of India.
	He was instrumental in setting up the India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited and was also on the board of that company.

IDFC appoints former CAG Vinod Rai as independent director

Ericsson on Friday announced the appointment of Paolo Colella as new head for India. He will assume office from September this year.

Ericsson appoints Paolo Colella as India head

IANS

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson today appointed Paolo Colella as India Head with effect from September 1.

Ericsson appoints Paolo Colella as India Head

Kamil Hamied

Hamied joined Cipla eight years ago. Low profile and quiet, he seldom spoke to the media - or even his employees

Newsmaker: Kamil Hamied

Retail broking firm HDFC Securities has appointed Dhiraj Relli as its Managing Director and CEO.
	Relli takes over this position from Aseem Dhru, who returns to HDFC Bank as Group Head - Business Banking, Rural, Commodity and Agri-lending businesses.
	Commenting on the change in ranks, Dhru said, "I am thankful to all my colleagues at HDFC Securities for their support, without which it would not have been possible to achieve what we have over the past five years.
	"If HDFC securities is seen as one of the leading retail broking houses in the country today, it is because of their collective effort and commitment. Relli, a distinguished leader with rich experience, will take the helm at HDFC securities."
	Relli has an experience of over two decades in the banking and financial management space. He joined HDFC Bank in 2008, before which he worked with Centurion Bank of Punjab and ICICI Bank.
	HDFC Securities, a subsidiary of HDFC Bank offers both retail and institutional broking with 250

HDFC Securities appoints Dhiraj Relli as MD and CEO

Jet Airways former executive director Saroj K. Datta died in Mumbai on Wednesday. Datta was a part of core team which launched the airline in 1993 and was its executive director till his retirement in 2011. Datta (79) shaped the network and fleet strategy at Jet Airways drawing from his four decade experience in aviation sector. He also worked on airline's initial public offering in 2005 and  the acquisition of Air Sahara in 2007 and was a mentor to  junior colleagues.While Jet Airways has always  been led by a foreign chief executive officer,  Datta was often the man working behind the scene in crucial decisions.  Whether it was aircraft acquisitions, leases, strategic plans or even industrial relations Datta was involved in all of them.  Datta, or  SKD to his colleagues worked as deputy director in network planning and international relations in Air India before joining Kuwait Airways in 1987. He returned to India after the first Gulf War in 1991 and joined Naresh Goyal to launch the

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