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Avinash Agarwal New Narus MD

California based Narus, has appointed Avinash Agrawal as its managing director for India and would operate from the companys Bangalore facility. Avinash brings more than thirty years of experience in global software and management services. In this role, he will be responsible for Narus Indiawide operation and directly overseeing Narus R&D effort here.

Shrihari Bhat Joins FIS

Fidelity National Information Services has appointed Shrihari Bhat as senior vice president and country managerIndia Markets. Shrihari will be responsible for growing the FIS business in the region, heading sales, professional services and operations. Prior to joining FIS, Shrihari was with First Data Corporation and before that with NCR. In both companies, he has been responsible for developing and implementing their strategies in the Indian market.

Sundeep Dronawat Joins BPO Sutra
e-sutra Chronicles has appointed Dr Sundeep Dronawat in the advisory board of BPO Sutra. Dronawat has over fifteen years of experience in Marketing, IT and Entrepreneurship and is currently the president and general manager of Bellwether Software headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He has been the CTO at a Fortune 500 company and CIO at a publicly traded US company and co-founder of Rural America IT.

Former Yahoo! Executive to Head MS OSG
Microsoft has announced recently that Dr Qi Lu, a former executive vice president of engineering with Yahoo! will join the company as president of the Online Services Group. He will join Microsoft from January 2009 and will lead Microsofts efforts in search and online advertising and all the companys online information and communications services.

Nuclues Appoints New Chairman

Nucleus Software has appointed Janki Ballabh as its board chairman and an additional director on the board of directors. Earlier, Ballabh was the chairman of State Bank of India and the State Bank Group. At present, he is associated with UTI Trustee Company as its chairman, and is a director on the boards of Tata AIG Life Insurance.

BMC Appoints New Country Manager
BMC Software has appointed Naveen Reddy as the new country manager for India. He will be responsible for leading the account teams to drive sales and revenue growth across India. A professional with over fifteen years of experience in enterprise technology, Reddy was working with HP as regional manager for HP Software for north and east India.

Rajiv Kaul Joins Blackstone
Blackstone Group has hired on board Rajiv Kaul, former chief executive officer of Microsoft India, and recently a partner with Actis Capital, a private equity fund focused on emerging markets, to head the operations of the latest addition to its portfolio. Blackstone recently acquired a majority stake in the domestic business of CMS Computers.

Infogain Appoints UK and Middle East Heads

Infogain has appointed Mark Collin as vice presidentUK and Europe, to head the companys European operations. He will be working with a highly experienced senior management team based in Manchester. In the Middle East, Neeraj Chhibbar has been appointed as managersales and business development for the Middle East, based in Dubai, and will be responsible for markets in UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Yemen.

Saksena Joins Tellabs
 

Tellabs has named Dr Vikram Saksena as its new executive vice president and chief technology officer. Saksena has over twenty-five years of telecom industry experience. At Tellabs, he will be responsible for technology strategy and business development. He will focus on strategic technology initiatives for Tellabs. Saksena recently served at Sonus Networks as chief technology officer and chief scientist.

Ramadorai Awarded

S Ramadorai, CEO and managing director of Tata Consultancy Services has been awarded with the Nayudamma Award for 2008. It was conferred to him for his outstanding contribution to information technology. Jointly instituted by RMK Engineering College and Nayudamma Center for Development Alternatives, the award consists of plaque, citation and certificate.

CIOL Content Head Wins Electronics Blogs Award
The blog of Pradeep Chakraborty (http://pradeepchakraborty.blogspot.com/), content head and executive editor of Cybermedia India Online(CIOL), won the first ever Electronics Blogs Award, in the Electronic Hardware category, instituted by Electronic Weekly, UKs leading website for electronics professionals. His blog was selected for the award from a shortlist of 10 blogs in the category.

OnMobile, Naukri CEO Awarded

Arvind Rao, CEO and co-founder of OnMobile Global has been named The Ernst & Young Start-Up Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008, while Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO and MD, and Hitesh Oberoi, director and COO of Info Edge (India) were honoured with the award for Entrepreneur Of The YearBusiness Transformation for revolutionizing the online recruitment in India with the launch of Naukri.com.

Mindcrest Hires US Experts
Mindcrest has hired four experienced US lawyers and a training specialist to keep up with the rapid growth expected in 2009. The five new hiresMichelle Vega, Colleen McGill, Rana Rosen, Deirdre Byrne and Mike Duffywill help expand existing service lines and help Mindcrest get into new work areas. Vega, Byrne and Rosen have moved from the New York City and will now be based in Mindcrests Pune office.

Ramachandran Joins Infotech Enterprises

Infotech Enterprises has recently appointed Prof J Ramachandran as its additional director on the board. Ramachandran is BOC chair professor of business policy at the IIM Bangalore. A qualified chartered and cost accountant, Ramachandran obtained his doctorate from the IIM Ahmedabad. His major research interest is in the area of internationalization of firms from emerging economies. He will be focused toward enhancing the overall growth of the company.

Alcatel-Lucent Gets New AVP
Alcatel-Lucent has appointed Paul Tufano as the companys new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Based out of Paris, he will be a member of the companys management committee. Tufano replaces Hubert de Pesquidoux, chief financial officer and president of enterprise business, who has decided to leave the company. Tufano served as executive vice president and CFO of Solectron.

Mehta Quits Avaya

Niru Mehta, vice chairman and managing director, Avaya GlobalConnect has opted to quit the company and will now be shifting base to the US. While the company is looking out for a new CEO, the present president Anil Nair will steer the wheel for Avaya GlobalConnect as the acting CEO. Mehta has served Avaya India for the last eleven years. Under him, Avaya India had grown manifolds both in APAC and globally.

Kawai Joins Infotech Japan
Infotech Enterprises has roped in Nobuyuki Kawai as vice president, sales and representative director, for its subsidiary Infotech Enterprises Japan. In his new role, Kawai will be responsible for business development in Japanese market and creating brand awareness for Infotech Enterprises. Infotech Enterprises commenced its Japan operations in engineering design services in August 2008. Kawai has over thirty-three years of experience in the IT industry including stints with TCS and Siemens PLM software in Japan.

Jeya Kumar,MphasiS CEO Resigns

Jeya Kumar, CEO, MphasiS, has resigned, to pursue external career opportunities. Jeya Kumar, was CEO from February 2008 and will continue as CEO and on the board of directors till a new appointment is announced. Jeya Kumars tenure at MphasiS has been brief but eventful. With his vision and guidance, he steered the company through 2008 and the merger into EDS and its subsequent takeover by HP. Prior to MphasiS, Jeya was with Sun Microsystems where his last assignment was that of senior-vice-presidentservices group and a member of Suns executive management group.

Alcatel Elevates Dolan as President
Alcatel-Lucent has appointment Sean Dolan as its president of the Asia-Pacific region. He would replace Etienne Fouques, who will retire early next year. Before this Dolan worked as chief operating officer with Alcatel, Asia Pacific region. He would be a member of the companys management committee and would be based in Shanghai. His experience and understanding of the region and market opportunities will be crucial for Alcatel in to achieving business success in APAC.

Neeraj Roy in MEF Asia Board

Hungama has announced that the companys managing director and chief executive officer, Neeraj Roy has been appointed as the chairman, Asia Board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), at the recent annual general meeting held during the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau. He replaces Stefan Rust, MEF Asia founder who handled the responsibilities of MEF as a chairman as well. The MEF Asia board will work closely with the Global, EMEA and Americas chapters and continue to bring innovation to the forefront of the telecom, media, entertainment and advertising industry. Having being closely associated with digital ecosystem in the region, Neeraj has been recognized for his contribution in developing an industry for digital content in the region under the Hungama brand.

Ericsson Appoints Achibar
Ericsson has appointed Gowton Achibar as the head of its operation in India and Sri Lanka. As managing director of Ericsson India, Achibar brings extensive leadership and experience from the telecom industry to his new role. Achibar will be responsible for maintaining and strengthening Ericssons leadership position within the market. He will ensure the companys value proposition across its entire portfolio of products and Services are suitable for the market needs.

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