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Rajeev Mehrotra has taken over as CEO of Lanbit India Ltd. Before this, he was director in the same company, responsible for sales and marketing for northern and eastern regions. Mehrotra's broad responsibility will entail management of operations. This includes the focus areas of business planning, sales and marketing, finance and human resources.
Digital Equipment India Ltd has announced the appointment of A.N. Rao to the post of chief information officer (CIO). He will also be in charge of business development for Digital India. He brings to Digital almost 15 years of experience in operations and information systems. After a brief stint in the automobile industry, Rao moved to the information technology industry where he has already put in 11 years. The companies he has worked for include TVS Electronics, Wipro and Microland.
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"Staying ahead in business
means you need every advantage you can get to increase your computing power and conserve
your scarce IT resources," says Balu Doraisamy, the new managing
director for Compaq Computer India Pvt Ltd. The priority for him is to redefine the server
marketplace with the new Compaq ProLiant 8000 and 8500 servers. Infotech systems are being
put under constant pressure, says Doraiswamy, by new applications and demands on
performance. "But the new Profusion 8-Way Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP)
architecture, on which these new servers are based, will power the customer's most
demanding applications like electronic commerce, decision support, ERP, messaging and
collaboration." The catch-phrase: scalability and performance for a new generation of
business computing. Doraiswamy is not new to the IT market. He honed his skills at Digital
Equipment Corporation, USA, where he joined in 1983 as senior engineer, Corporate Software
Engineering and then worked as Technology Consultant, Advanced System Development. After
the Compaq-Digital merger, he became director, Global Accounts, Asia-Pacific Division of
Compaq. 
When Paramjit Singh
Puri, senior country manager. Epson (India) talks of doubling Epson's marketshare
in the next two years, you have every reason to believe him. In his earlier avatar as the
head of Siemens Computer Systems (a part of Siemens Nixdorf), Puri built the business
infrastructure from scratch. Siemens Computer Systems saw its turnover quadruple from Rs
30 crore to Rs 120 crore in just one and half years. If business development is his
keynote, Puri's 15-year experience with MNCs also makes him an authority on work culture.
Says he: "The Germans and Japanese are conservative and demanding. The Japanese are
keen on protocol and ceremony. Americans are more flexible, and are the best in
marketing." 
Aztec Software and Technology
Services Pvt. Ltd has announced the appointment of K. Srikanth as human
resources manager for its Indian operations. He will oversee the expansion of Aztec's team
of 45 software professionals to 150. The development team at Aztec pioneered the building
of the middleware application server-Jpact. Srikanth joined Aztec from ITC where he was HR
manager-southern region. He holds a Masters Degree in Human Resources Management from the
Tata Institute of Social Sciences. His key achievement: the successful change management
initiatives at two of ITC's manufacturing locations. He was also involved in computerising
manpower databases at the ITC head office. 
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has
at last managed to net a full-time chairman and managing director in Shailendra
Kumar Gupta, till now working as chief general manager (Telecom), Gujarat circle,
at Ahmedabad. Gupta belongs to the 1964 batch of Indian Telecom Service (ITS) and has held
various positions in the Department of Telecommunications. Gupta was also on deputation to
the United Nations through International Telecommunications Union. 
"It is a great opportunity to join
Symantec and be involved with a company that has fantastic potential for growth in the
Indian market," says Joy Ghosh, the new country manager for
Symantec's India operations. He has reasons to feel confident about the future. With over
nine years in the IT and telecom industries, Ghosh brings marketing experience to his job.
Prior to joining Symantec, he was business manager at Comsat Max in Mumbai and set up the
company's operations in the eastern region. Ghosh also gained valuable experience during
his stint at Wipro Infotech. He has a degree in electronics and power engineering from
Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur and is an MBA from IIM, Calcutta.
