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A.P. Kurian has been inducted on the board of Aptech Ltd, a leading software and training major. He brings with him nearly three decades of rich experience of Indian financial system. Kurian has been associated with many leading financial institutions like the RBI, UTI and several other regulatory bodies. Currently, he is the executive chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds In India (AMFI)-a trade body of all the mutual funds operating in the country.
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Entering
the growing market of intelligent optical networking is Sanjay Nayak.
As chief executive officer of Tejas Networks, promoted by Gururaj
Deshpande of the Sycamore fame, Nayak has the mandate to spearhead the
development of optical networking products for the global market and to
provide services for the emerging telecom market in the Asian
subcontinent. He says, "Having built successful Indian R&D
operations for global product companies, I was convinced about the ability
to build a global product company with its base in India. Being part of
large multi-national companies, it is difficult to realise the full
potential of the Indian operations and unlock the value that can be
created from India. In Tejas, we plan to exploit this exciting market
opportunity as well as the talent base in India to make a global product
company. We want to make Tejas a highly successful product and solution
company for the fast growing global optical networking market." Prior
to starting Tejas, Nayak was the managing director of Synopsys India, a
100 per cent subsidiary of Synopsys Inc., USA. Earlier to this, he started
the India operations for Viewlogic Systems Inc., USA a leader in
simulation technology. He has also held senior management positions in
Gateway Design Automation and Cadence Design Systems. He holds a MS Degree
(Electrical and Computer Engineering) from North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, USA and BE (Electronics and Communication
Engineering) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.
"Three
years ago, when Cabletron was merged with the network division of Digital,
it was a small company with five or six people. In the last three years,
the team has grown to 20. But more significant has been the growth in
sales. A company with a turnover of Rs 25 crore is now a Rs 250-crore
company. I think it happened because of the sheer hard work and dedication
of my team," says Uday Birje, country manager, Enterasys
Networks in India and SAARC. He has successfully lead the company in the
last three years, during when he moved to Cabletron Systems from Digital.
Early 2000, Cabletron Systems was transformed into four independent
operating entities, namely Enterasys Networks, Riverstone Networks,
Aprisma Management Technologies and GNTS (Global Network Technology
Services). Subsequent to this, Enterasys Networks was launched in India a
year ago. An engineering graduate in Electrical and Electronics from BMS
College, Bangalore, Birje started his career with HCL and later moved to
Digital where he set up the network products business for the company.
Commerce
One Inc., a leading E-commerce solutions provider, has announced the
appointment of Charles G. Schult, Jr. as the country executive for
India. He will oversee and lead the thrust in establishing distributor
operations of Commerce One as well as Gate2biz.net, its regional
marketplace for the SAARC region. Schult, an MS degree holder from the
University of Memphis and with CPIM certification from APICS (Amercian and
Inventory Control Society), has been assisting firms in the implementation
of IT strategies for over 15 years. His work in the fields of electronics,
aerospace, consumer-packaged goods and other industries has spanned the
full spectrum of supply chain management solutions.
Birlasoft,
a C.K. Birla group company, has appointed Kamal Mansharamani as the
chief operating officer of the company. A B.Tech from IIT, Delhi and an
MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi, he will focus on
strengthening the Indian offshore development operations of the company,
which is the next high growth area for the C.K. Birla group company.
Hewlett-Packard
India has named C. Mahalingam as the vice-president, Human
Resources. Earlier, he was director HR, Philips Software Centre, Bangalore.
He has also held senior positions with Tata IBM and Nuclear Power Corp. He
comes to HP with 20 years of experience in the HR field that makes him
ideally suited for the new job. He is a recipient of the prestigious
Golden Jubilee Gold Medal for the Masters in Personnel Management and
Industrial Relations, Loyala College, Chennai.
Sanjeev
Keskar has joined AMD as country manager in India. A BE in the field
of Electronics and Telecommunications and an MBA from Pune University, he
brings with him extremely rich experience of the Indian semiconductor
market. With his in-depth understanding of the industry, as well as his
well-established business network, he will help expand the company's
business in the country. Keskar will hold overall responsibility for AMD's
Indian operations. Based in the national capital, he will provide key
leadership to extensively raise the chip maker's profile in the domestic
market. One of Keskar's key focus areas is to further develop AMD India's
overall business strategies to increase business in the fast growing
Indian personal computer market. Keskar will play a key role in leading
AMD India's sales and marketing professional team to boost and expand the
company's sales revenue and operations. Prior to this assignment, Keskar
was the country manager for National Semiconductor Ltd, where he was
instrumental in the launch and initial success of the organisation's Cyrix
CPU products in the country.
