Hindujas Look To Mauritius
The Hindujas, of the multi-billion-dollar Hinduja Group, well-known for making trucks and running a bank in India, are also spreading their wings, and venturing into real estate. The Group’s six-year-old real estate arm Hinduja Reality Ventures seems to have got a shot in the arm with Mauritius-based Rabna Holdings joining hands with them as an […]
Kalyan Jewellers Expansion In India, Uae
With a VIEW TO EXPAND ITS BASE IN India and abroad, Kalyan Jewellers, the single largest directly-owned jewellery retail chain in the country, is targeting a turnover of INR 15,000 Crore by the end of FY 2014-15. The future growth of the company will be driven by the launch of about 40 outlets over the […]
Hari V. Krishnan
Hari V Krishnan likes life on the edge. He learned to ski while studying engineering in the United States, and is a trained scuba diver as well as a semi-pro tennis player. He gets the same adrenalin rush looking for opportunities and chasing deals. In a relatively short time, Krishnan has gone from working in […]
Vishal Sikka
Vishal Sikka is a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG, and the Global Managing Board heading all SAP products and innovation. Sikka has global responsibility for development and delivery of all products across SAP’s product portfolio including Applications, Analytics, Cloud, Database Technology and Mobile. Sikka is also responsible for leading the design and […]
Sundar Pichai
Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, is a senior vice president at Google, where he oversees Android, Chrome and Google Apps. He received his Bachelors in Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and was awarded an Institute Silver Medal. He also holds an MS from Stanford University and an MBA from the […]
Gurmit Ottawan Singh
Gurmit Ottawan Singh, born the 24th of March, 1965, is a popular Singaporean actor, host and comedy performer. He is best known for his role in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, and is one of the leading artistes in MediaCorp. Born to a Malaysian Punjabi father, Chainchal Singh, and a Chinese-Japanese mother, Gurmit was brought […]
Apurva Shah
Apurva Shah is a digital artist par excellence, who brings a wealth of expertise in 3D visual effects and animation to his role of effects supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios. Apurva had joined Pixar in 2001 to lead a team of effects animators in creating a variety of shot sequences for the film ‘Finding Nemo.’ […]
Vivian Balakrishan
Vivian Balakrishnan, FRCS (born 25 January 1961), is Singapore’s Minister for Environment & Water Resources, and a member of the governing People’s Action Party (PAP). He has previously held appointments in the Singapore Cabinet as the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and as the Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, as […]
Shantanu Narayen
Shantanu Narayen is the CEO of Adobe Systems. Prior to this post, he held the role as the President and Chief Operating Officer since 2005. He is also the President of the board of the Adobe Foundation. Shantanu Narayen grew up in Hyderabad, India, the second son of a mother who taught American literature and […]
Rakesh Kapoor
Rakesh Kapoor (born 4th August 1958) is the Chief Executive of Reckitt Benckiser plc, a FTSE-listed UK multinational consumer goods company, major producer of health, hygiene and home products. Kapoor joined RB in 1987, when it was still known as Reckitt & Colman, prior to its merger with Benckiser. He served the company in various […]
Ajaypal Singh Banga
Ajaypal Singh Banga is the current President and CEO of MasterCard. MasterCard announced on April 12, 2010 that Ajay Banga, previously MasterCard’s President and COO, had been named by the Board of Directors to serve as the company’s CEO, effective July 1, 2010. The company also announced that Banga would become a member of MasterCard’s […]
K L Sardana
New York based businessman K.L. Sardana is a philanthropist and social activist who has been helping needy people both in the US and in India, morally and financially. A Long Island resident for over two decades, Sardana is owner of The Red Cherry Corporation, one of the largest prepaid telecom companies in New York. NRI […]
Anshu Jain
Anshuman Jain is an Indian business executive. He took over as the Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank on June 1, 2012 to succeed Management Board Chairman Josef Ackermann. Jain is also a member of the Bank’s Management Board and, as head of the Corporate and Investment Bank since July 2010, was globally responsible for Deutsche Bank’s […]
Bharat Suresh Joshi Is New British Deputy High Commisioner In Chennai
Bharat Suresh Joshi, a Briton of Indian origin, has replaced Mike Nithavrianakis as the British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai. Born in 1969 at Croydon, UK, Joshi is the first person of Indian origin to helm the British mission in Chennai, an indication of the growing influence and spread of the Diaspora in the UK. […]
Prabhu Guptara Named Chairman Of Relational Thinking Network
Prof. Prabhu Guptara, Chairperson of GOPIO’s Academic Council, has been appointed the Chairman of the ‘Relational Thinking Network,’ which comprises Relational Analytics and Relational Research. The focus is on learning to think relationally as the first step towards building a more relational world, by learning to see public policy and personal issues through a relational […]
Professor Rakesh Khurana Named Dean Of Harvard College
Indian-American professor Rakesh Khurana has been appointed Dean of the prestigious Harvard College, becoming the latest addition to a long list of Indian-origin academicians assuming leadership roles at renowned global universities. Khurana, 46, is currently the ‘Marvin Bower’ Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School (HBS), Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of […]
Nirupa Padia To Lead A University School Of Accountancy In South Africa
Professor Nirupa Padia has become the first non-white woman to head the School of Accountancy, adding to her groundbreaking achievements in recent years. This young PIO is an Associate Professor in Auditing, and has now come full circle having being appointed as the Head of the School of Accountancy at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) […]
Nandita Perry New Texas Secretary Of State
Attorney Nandita Berry has been appointed as the Secretary of State for Texas by Governor Rick Perry, making her the first Indian-American to occupy this top position in the Southern State. Berry will now serve as the state’s Chief Electoral Officer, the governor’s liaison on border and Mexican affairs, and Texas’ Chief Protocol Officer on […]