Anantara Appoints Ganesh as Director

Anantara Solutions, one of the pioneers in second generation outsourcing (SGO), has announced the appointment of LS Ganesh, head, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, as a director on its board. Dr Ganesh has been with the management faculty of IIT Madras since 1987. His expertise has been sought for national and international projects sponsored by World Bank and UNDP.

Vivel Saurabh is Id8labs New CEO
Id8labs has appointed Vivek Saurabh as its new CEO. Saurabh holds an MBA in Marketing and has sixteen years of experience in operations, marketing, and business development in BPO, Telecom, Media, Entertainment, and FMCG industries. He has earlier headed Genpacts Center of Excellence and prior to that he was marketing head for Idea Cellular in the Delhi and NCR region. Saurabh will operate from New Delhi and will also set up Id8labs Delhi operations.

Patni Appoints Boog as Executive Director
Patni Computer Systems has appointed Loek van den Boog as executive director with effect from April 29, 2008. He has been an independent director with the company since March 2005. Boog is backed by over twenty-five years of experience in the software industry. He has held various executive level positions in international software companies as well as chairman and other board positions in a variety of private and public companies.

IAMAI Appoints Balakrishnan as Chairman Emeritus

Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and managing director of Rediff.com and globally a well-known face for the Indian Internet and new media business, is chairman emeritus of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). In his capacity as chairman emeritus, a lifetime appointment, Balakrishnan would head the Council of past chairpersons and provide strategic direction to the association as well as the Internet and Mobile Content and Services industry.

Ohrie to Succeed Chugh as EMC President
Alok Ohrie will succeed Manoj Chugh as president of EMC India & Saarc Region. Ohrie, a twenty-year IT industry veteran in India, joins EMC from AMD where he was VP and MD for AMDs India operations. He will lead EMCs India & Saarc sales and service organizations with responsibility for the regions total revenue, its current and future customers, and EMCs various partners.

Deshpande to Lead Hungamas Wireless Division

Hungama, a leading digital entertainment company, has announced the appointment of Rohan Deshpande as associate director, Wireless Technology. He will be responsible for creating and executing the technology roadmap. This technological strategy will be devised using his expertise, keeping in mind the requirement of digital entertainment products and services in the mobile business across wireless carriers within India and abroad.

Alok Sharma Appointed VP at Headstrong
With an aim to further strengthen its quality function, and to bring a refreshing new way to look at quality, Headstrong India has announced the appointment of Alok Sharma as VP, Quality Management Group (QMG), Headstrong Services India. Sharma comes on board with twenty-five years of experience in the IT industry. He has eight years of quality and process improvement experience in senior management positions at CSC, QAI and NIIT.

Tim Jones Joins QuEST Board
QuEST, a provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing, has added Tim Jones to the Board of Directors of QuEST Manufacturing. He, recently retired as MD of Rolls-Royce, India. Jones joined Rolls Royce in 1985 following a career in the Royal Air Force Regiment.

Zapak, Jump Tie Up with Ishant Sharma

The two gaming divisions of Reliance Entertainment, a part of the Reliance ADA Group, namely Zapak Digital Entertainment, and Jump Games, have tied up with the latest pace sensation of India, Ishant Sharma. As a part of the deal, Zapak.com would be creating and hosting an online game based around the cricketer while Jump Games would be creating a mobile game for him. This would be a browser-based cricket game based on the young Indian cricket prodigy Ishant Sharma.

Shiv Nadar Gets Padma Bhushan

Shiv Nadar, HCL founder and chairman, and chief strategy officer, HCL Technologies, has received the Padma Bhushan, Indias third highest civilian honor. The award, presented by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, has been given in recognition of not just his contribution to trade and industry in India but also his deep commitment to public good.

Apnaloan.com Appoints Shah as VP, Personal Finance
Apnaloan.com Services has appointed Kairav Shah as VP, Personal Finance. A certified financial planner, Kairav has rich and varied experience in the field of personal finance. At Apnaloan.com, he heads the Research, Content, and Personal Finance divisions where he is responsible for drawing strategies and laying execution plans for the new and existing portals of the company. In his earlier assignments at SRE Financial Planners, Kairav launched a highly successful business model for financial planners and was also instrumental in setting up a financial academy for planners.

Ryan to Serve as Interim CEO at SAC

Secure Computing Corporation has announced that its board of directors has named Daniel Ryan to serve as the companys interim chief executive officer. Ryan, who became Secures president and chief operating officer in August 2007, was also appointed to serve as a member of the Secure Computing board of directors. Richard Scott, who has been a Secure board member since January 2006, was appointed as Secures chairman of the board. Scott, who was a board member of CyberGuard from April 2004 to Secures acquisition of CyberGuard in January 2006, is currently chairman and chief executive officer of Richard L Scott Investments, a private investment company.

Rocky COO, CFO for McAfee
McAfee has announced that Albert A Rocky Pimentel has joined the company as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. He will be responsible for leading all worldwide finance, IT, facilities, and manufacturing functions, reporting directly to chief executive officer and president Dave DeWalt. Rocky brings proven business transformation skills across finance, mergers and acquisitions, as well as overall business leadership, said DeWalt.

Avaya Appoints Gulve as MD, Avaya India

Avaya, a global leader in business communications applications, is gearing up for an expansion of its R&D operations in Pune as part of its initiative to increase its foothold in India. Simultaneously, the company has also announced the appointment of Sam (Samir) Gulve as managing director, Avaya India and vice president of Avayas Global Communication Solutions (GCS) division. Since 2005, Avayas R&D operations in India have witnessed significant growth.

Pawar Bags Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Rajendra S Pawar, chairman, NIIT Technologies, has been conferred the Geospatial Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Geospatial Today publication. The award was handed over by Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal. The honor recognizes and rewards the companies and the people who have achieved the highest standards in the geospatial industry and leading the industry.

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