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Trivedi Joins Naaptol

Naaptol.com, Indias premier comparison based social shopping portal, has announced the appointment of Hari Trivedi as its president with immediate effect. Based in Mumbai, Trivedi will be responsible for overall sales and marketing at Naaptol. He would also be initializing lowest price offers and deals on Naaptol for its users. Haris thorough experience and Naaptols budding business enterprise would be apt to meet the need of the consumers and sellers. Hari Trivedi is acknowledged as an expert in managing retail, sales and software development for e-commerce. He is famously known as the Godfather of Readers offers in India which has now become an industry in itself.

Rajbir Switches Jobs

Rajbir Mojumdar has changed his organization from Ramsarup Industries, a mid-sized steel manufacturer to Kalpena Industries. He was working at Ramsarup as CIO and has joined Kalpena also as a CIO.

Khera Quits Aptech
Aptech MD Pramod Khera has recently relinquished his position in the company. Khera steered Aptech as its CEO and MD from the year 2001, with a vision to develop Aptech. into a recognized global leader across a spectrum of Learning Services. Khera would continue to be associated with the company as its non executive director and contribute for the further growth of the company. Ninad Karpe, who was earlier inducted in Aptech as its CEO would now take over from Khera and lead the company as its CEO and MD.

Tikoo New MD of RFS
Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), a provider in designing and manufacturing of cable, antenna and tower systems, announced the appointment of Kuldeep Tikoo as the new managing director of its Indian operations. Tikoo would be focusing on strengthening the RFS brand in the sub-continent, as well as overseeing the operations of two new, hi-tech manufacturing sites.

TSYS Names Sethi as MD

TSYS, a provider in outsourced payment services, appointed Amit Sethi, a veteran of the global payments industry, as managing director of TSYS India and South Asia. He would be based in New Delhi and would be responsible for all business development and outsourcing activities in the region. During his 25-year career in the payments industry, Sethi has held several executive positions with companies such as Visa International, KPMG, Bank of America, HSBC, etc.

Airtel CEO Sells all his Holdings
Bharti Airtels chief executive officer and joint managing director, Manoj Kumar Kohli has sold his entire stock holding in the company. According to BSE, Kohli has sold 53,000 shares for the net value of Rs 3.11 crore and remaining 70,000 shares for the net value of Rs 4.1 crore through open-market transactions.

Mani is AMI CEO
American Megatrends India (AMI India), a provider in storage and computing solutions, recently announced the appointment of Sridharan Mani as its director and chief executive officer for India operations. He would be responsible for growing business in Asian, African and Middle-Eastern markets for AMIs products and services. His current responsibilities include leading AMI Indias operations and increasing market share for vehicle tracking, storage, embedded and BIOS solutions.

Mascon Appoints Mansharamani
Mascon Global (MGL), a leading IP-led domain-centric technology solutions provider, announced the appointment of Kamal Mansharamani as CEO of Growth Platforms and Alliances. Mansharamani will report to MGL chairman and global CEO, Sandy K Chandra. Mansharamani will take responsibility for MGLs Technology Solutions Group, including ERP and identity management solutions.

Indu is SYSTIME COO
SYSTIME, a CMS Group company and the Oracle JD Edwards Practices, has appointed Indu Khattar as its chief operating officer. In this position of COO, Indu will be responsible for global delivery and resource management, global HR and recruitment, global IT, global quality, training and workplace management group (administration) functions. Indu brings to SYSTIME 21 years of senior management experience with Fujitsu ICIM and Wipro.

Lindoff Quits Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson has announced that its chief technology officer (CTO), Mats Lindoff, has decided to leave the company effective from pursue new career opportunities. March 31, 2009, to Ronald Ron Louks, currently head of technology, Americas, and deputy CTO, Sony Ericsson, will assume the role of CTO.

ISI Appoints Sheehan
Image Solutions (ISI), a provider of software and services to streamline and manage the regulatory approval process in the life sciences industry, has appointed Eric Sheehan as director of its software operations, Europe. He will manage and drive European software operations reporting directly to Adam Sherlock, managing director, ISI Europe. Eric is responsible for ISI Europes software-related professional services which comprise implementation, installation, configuration, validation, project management and support.

Reshuffle at Bharti
Bharti Airtel has reshuffled top-level management to lay the foundation for the companys next phase of growth. The company has appointed Sanjay Kapoor to the newly created position of deputy CEO. Sanjay was earlier the companys president for mobile services. In his new role, Sanjay will look after mobile, telemedia and direct-to-home (DTH) television services. He will report to Manoj Kohli, the companys CEO and joint managing director. As part of the reorganisation, Bharti Airtel has appointed Atul Bindal as president, mobile services and K Srinivas as joint president, telemedia services. Atul Bindal currently heads the telemedia business, while K Srinivas is executive director (East), mobile services and in-charge of Sri Lanka operations. Both Bindal and Srinivas will report to Sanjay Kapoor. David Nishball will continue as president, enterprise services, and will report to Kohli.

Mishra Joins Glodyne
Binod K Mishra has joined Glodyne as head of NREGS projects and would lead the e-Shakti project Bihar, which Glodyne has bagged under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). He would lead the team based out of Patna, Bihar. Mishra brings 30 years of rich experience in handling operations, maintenance, systems planning, designing & implementation of large technology projects. Prior to this, Mishra was head of integrated customer operations at Reliance Communication.

Siva Appoints Swaminathan
Siva Ventures (SVL), the flagship company of the C Sivasankaran promoted Sterling Infotech Group announced the appointment of P Swaminathan as the president of Siva Ventures. Swaminathan will be a part of corporate senior management and will be closely associated with the groups strategy and growth plans in its varied activities.

Deshmukh at SAP
SAP India has announced the appointment of Sanjay Deshmukh as vice president, business user, SAP, Indian subcontinent. In his new role Deshmukh is responsible for driving the growth of the SAP Business Objects suite of products in India targeting the business user. SAP BusinessObjects comprises business intelligence, enterprise performance management and governance, risk and compliance solutions. Sanjay also leads a team focused on using the SAP NetWeaver platform to help customers accelerate business innovation and efficiency through strategic IT solutions.

Two New Directors at Moser Baer

Moser Baer has appointed Frank E Dangeard and Viraj Sawhney as its board of directors. Frank Dangeard was chairman and CEO of Thomson, a provider of digital video technologies, solutions and services, from 2004 to early 2008. Earlier, he was senior executive vice president of France Telecom, a global telecommunications operator. He is chairman or member of a number of boards or advisory boards of international companies and non-profit organisations. Dangeard was educated in France and the United States.

Bartz Resigns from Intel Board

Intel has announced that Carol A Bartz, CEO of Yahoo!, has resigned from the companys board of directors and from the boards audit committee and finance committee. Intel has appointed John J Donahoe, president and chief executive officer, eBay, and Frank D Yeary, vice chancellor, University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley), to serve on the companys board of directors.

CSC Appoints Brady
CSC has appointed Bryan Brady as vice president of investor relations. In his new role, Bryan Brady will report to Mike Mancuso, chief financial officer. Bill Lackey, director of investor relations, will retire after a transition period. Brady has held several executive positions with the company, including corporate controller and vice president of finance for CSCs European operations.

NXP Appoints Paliwal
Neeraj Paliwal has been appointed as the new country manager and vice president of NXP India and also the SoC design manager in the firm. Rajeev Mehtani, vice president and country manager, NXP India, has quit from the post. He resigned from the company in January. Headquartered in Bangalore, with operations in Delhi and Mumbai, NXP India is a player in the semiconductor space. Prior to joining NXP Semiconductors, Rajeev Mehtani was the product line manager at Philips Semiconductors.

Oracle Elevates Comfort

Oracle Financial Services Software, a provider in business software solutions, announced the appointment of William T Comfort, Jr, as the chairman of the board of directors with effect from March 24, 2009. Prior to this position, Comfort was associated as independent director of the board.

Ratan Tata Steps Down from TTML Board
Tata Teleservices Maharashtra has announced that Tata group supremo, Ratan Tata, has exited from the board of Tata Teleservices Maharashtra (TTML) as chairman and director of the company. AR Gandhi has also ceased to be a director of the company, effective from the close of business hours of March 23, 2009. Amal Ganguly has been appointed as an independent director of the company and Kishor A Chaukar has been appointed non-executive director and chairman of the board of directors effective from March 24, 2009.

New Members at WiMax Forum
WiMax Forum, a worldwide consortium focused on global adoption of WiMax, announced the addition of four new members to its board of directors. The new members are Ali Tabassi, senior vice president of global ecosystem and standards for Clearwire; Dave Williams, senior vice president of wireless technology at Comcast Cable; Thomas Lee, vice director of industry standards department for Huawei Technologies; and Bao-Shuh Paul Lin, vice president and general director of the Information and Communications Research Laboratories at Taiwans Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). WiMax forum board has members from Airspan Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Aperto Networks, British Telecom, Fujitsu, Intel, KDDI, KT, Motorola, Nokia-Siemens Networks, Samsung, Sprint, and ZTE.

Indian Geek Invents Sixth Sense
Pranav Mistry, a researcher at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) hailing from Gujarat, has created a digital prototype of a portable sixth sense device that can seamlessly channel Internet information into daily routines. The invention is being currently evaluated by corporations including Google, Microsoft, HP and Samsung. This sixth sense device can turn any surface into a touch-screen for computing, controlled by simple hand gestures.

UST Names Varghese as India Country Head
UST GlobalSM (UST), a provider of IT services and solutions for Global 1000 enterprises, has announced that Alexander Varghese will take on the role of country head, India where he will be responsible for managing the UST development centers in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, and Bangalore. Varghese will focus on people and process management as well as compliance.

Chandra Joins BIGFlix
BIGFlix, a provider in online and offline movie rental service, recently announced the appointment of Pankaj Chandra as the chief lead for its online business. He would be responsible for driving the performance of online movie rental service at BIGFlix.com, said a press release. Pankaj would also be spearheading the marketing function for the movie rental service of BIGFlix.com, it added. Pankaj brings with him over 15 years of experience in media, e-Commerce and marketing. Prior to joining BIGFlix.com, Pankaj was working with Kuoni Travels Group.

Dutton as GM, VMware
Vmware has appointed Andrew Dutton as general manager of VMwares Asia Pacific and Japan region. Dutton is responsible for strategic planning, business development and management of key functions for the region, including sales, channels, services, finance and marketing. Dutton joins VMware from Computer Associates where he was senior vice president and general manager of international business, responsible for sales and business operations throughout the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) regions

Intuit Appoints Bedi
Intuit has established a Global Business Division for India and appointed Umang Bedi as managing director for India operations. Bedi will be leading the marketing of the companys products in India. According to Brad Smith, Intuit president and CEO, the companys focus is to improve the financial lives of people whether it is personal income tax planning or managing finances for small businesses.

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