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 The Mittal 'MagiQ'.
For Som Mittal (46), it is sort of a dream-come-true experience. The
battle for the chief honcho's post for the recently merged Digital and Compaq's operations
in India was a close affair because his rival, Abhishek Mukherjee, was a very strong
contender. Mukherjee was Compaq's managing director till Mittal became the choice for the
topslot. A product of IIM, Ahemedabad, it speaks immensely about the CEO's calibre and
standing among the IT global majors that made Compaq prefer him. The grapevine has it that
Mittal's strong point was his ability to turn around Digital India's fortunes in the
shortest possible time. He began his career in finance, working mostly in the automotive
sector at Nippon Denso, Escorts and L&T in various management positions. In 1994, he
moved to Digital after a stint at Wipro. As the managing director of fully owned Compaq
and 51 percent-owned Digital India, it is quite a new experience for Mittal. But Compaq
has no qualms in entrusting two of their prized possessions in one of the world's biggest
emerging markets. Gardening, his most cherished hobby, teaches about patience in
nurturing. His other passion, long walks, will be handy as in his new capacity he has more
ground to cover.
Amitabh Kumar has been appointed as the acting chairman and managing director of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. He comes in place of B.K. Syngal who earlier held the post of chairman and managing director since 1991. Earlier, Amitabh was posted as director, operations.
S.S. Ghosh has been appointed chairman and managing director of the public sector enterprise CMC Ltd. He comes in place of R.P. Jhunjhunwala. A B. Tech from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad, Ghosh has had a long stint at CMC spanning 20 years. He began his career with IBM, where he worked for 13 years before moving to CMC. At CMC, he has served in various capacities, including IT support which he was heading.
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Uma
Venkatram is the new general manager, HRD, at Think Systems Pvt. Ltd., a
subsidiary of i2 Technologies, Inc. USA. An MBA from Clarkson University, USA, where she
specialised in Management Information Systems, Operations and Production Management, Uma's
earlier assignment was at Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd. At Think Systems, she will be
responsible for formulation of corporate HRD policy, setting up methods and processes to
handle all HR-related activities. 
Aditya Tyagi is the new
chief of Human Resources at Polaris Software Lab Ltd. He has a masters degree in cultural
anthropology and a doctorate in applied anthropology from Syracuse University, New York.
His previous assignment was at IIS Infotech Ltd., where he was the vice president, human
resources. At Polaris, he will be involved in monitoring HR systems and processes,
training, organisational behaviour and development. 
Uday Birje has been appointed the
director, India and SAARC operations at Cabletron Systems. He moves from Digital Equipment
India Ltd. where he was in charge of the Network Products Business, recently acquired by
Cabletron Systems. For Birje, responsibilities at Cabletron include defining, developing
and implementing business and organisational strategies for Cabletron in India and the
other SAARC countries. 
Cisco Systems has appointed Todd
A. Abbott as the new managing director of its south Asia operations comprising
two units, Asia South and the Emerging Market Operations. He has been with Cisco for four
years in its New York operations. He was the regional manager of Cisco's Global Banking
region in New York.
