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Deorukhkar Wins Gold
Yahoo! India has announced a grand prize winner for UnCannies, the platform to showcase the best advertising work in print, outdoor, radio, online and broadcast media. Deepti Deorukhkar of Public Ambience, Mumbai, won the Gold at UnCannies for her Back Seat Quickie campaign for Cupid Condoms. UnCannies also picked three silver prize winners, who were awarded Apple iPhone each.

Nakajima Quits NEC
Toshio Nakajima is stepping down as president and CEO of NEC Electronics amidst ongoing losses, sagging sales and a proposed merger with Renesas Technology. Nakajima will be replaced by Junshi Yamaguchi, executive vice president and member of the board.

Watchdata Gets Pan
Watchdata, a smart card solution provider, has appointed Jack Pan as its vice president of international business development and marketing. Pan will be responsible for creating and promoting a business model for SIMpass, a developed mobile payment solution that can be readily deployed around the world.

Pushkar @ HDS West
Hitachi Data Systems has appointed S Pushkar as regional director for western India. He would be responsible for the companys overall business growth and would lead the enterprise, mid-market and channel teams in the western region.

Jadhav Joins Geometric
Geometric has appointed Priya Jadhav as its vice president of finance. Jadhav has fifteen years of experience in the areas of financial planning, treasury and accounting, pricing and cost productivity, and will be in-charge of the finance function at Geometric.

Sarma is Trai Chairman
Dr JS Sarma has been appointed as the chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Sarma succeeds former Trai chairman Nripendra Mishra. An IAS officer of 1971 batch, Sarma is a member of the TDSAT, and was earlier the DoT secretary and the Telecom Commission chairman.

Meow on Twitter
Sockington, a cat on Twitter has become an instant celebrity with over half a million followers. The group following this cat is called the sock army. The posts are written by the cats owner Jason Scott, who also has got instant recognition and has been busy giving media interviews.

Yahoo! Appoints Tadanki
Yahoo! India has appointed Arun Tadanki as managing director with the mandate for expanding and consolidating business also in sub continental Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. In his new role, Tadanki will be based out of Delhi and report to Keith Nilsson, senior vice president, emerging markets.

Raman to Spearhead TVS
SS Raman, director, TVS Electronics has been appointed as the whole-time director and CEO, TVS-Electronics, and managing director for the recently formed TVS-e Servicetec. The company expects Raman to add greater value to both the businesses.

Vertex Appoints Gaur
Vertex has appointed Keshav Gaur as CEO India and as a member of Vertex main management board. Gaur will lead the business in India. Gaur was earlier country head, Fidelity Business Services India with the responsibility of managing the captive center of FIL, UK.

Premji Takes Salary Cut
Azim Premji, the chairman of Wipro Technologies, decided to set an example with his salary cut of 10%. According to Wipros SEC filing, Premji was paid $84,729 as salary and allowances in 2008-09, down from $107,701 in the previous fiscal. Besides, he also got a lower amount of $105,710 as commission/incentives, compared to $127,621 in 2007-08. However, top executive directors have been given a hike.

CSC Appoints Chopra
CSC has announced the appointment of Vivek Chopra as president of its India operations. He will be responsible for managing CSCs sourcing capabilities from India and other delivery centers. In addition, Krishnaswamy Subrahmaniam has been named managing director of CSCs India operations.

Rana Joins DIGILINK
Structured cabling solutions provider, DIGILINK has appointed Kerman Rana as VP, sales and marketing. Rana comes in with twenty-three years of experience in sales, marketing, and establishing and developing new businesses with multiple companies including Philips, Viewsonic, Priya, etc.

Talukdar is Fujitsu CEO
Fujitsu India has appointed Pallab Talukdar as the chief executive officer for its India operations. Prior to this Talukdar was director, enterprise business with Dell. An alumni of IIT-Kharagpur and IIM-Calcutta, Talukdar has played a critical role in different organizations in the IT industry, during the last twenty-two years.

Emerson Promotes Kumar
Emerson Network Power has elevated Ankesh Kumar as senior manager, channel products (India). Prior to this, Kumar headed the marketing and communications function for Emerson Network Power in India. In his new role, Kumar will be responsible for product management and marketing of the Liebert small and micro UPS product line in India.

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