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Tata Sons appointed Gopichand Katragadda Chief Technology Officer

As a boy, one summer,  Gopichand Katragadda  learnt to make soap from his English teacher, and sold them to his friends. The act of making and selling soaps made him believe that what he created had value. Since then, the new chief technology officer of  Tata Sons  has proved his worth several times over - he has more than 30 publications and five patents to his credit and is a consultant, professor and author. But, as he confesses, he is still the boy who looks for constant validation. No surprises then, his appointment as CTO of Tata Sons must have come to him as a big confirmation of his eminence in the technology world. This is the first time that the salt-to- automobile conglomerate has created the post of a group chief technology officer. As the head of the group's technology, Katragadda will be responsible for all its business at the group level and share his expertise in managing R&D operations. He would also act as an evangelist for innovation acro...

4Gid Wins The ChannelWorld Premier 100 Award 2014 For The Third Time!

BANGALORE: Channel World Premier 100 award instituted by IDG India recognizes thought leaders and industry experts that evangelize best practices and innovation in India and serve as a platform to grow their businesses to the next level. ChannelWorld recognizes  4G Identity Solutions Private Limited  (4Gid), ( Dr. Sreeni Tripuraneni   CEO) and Chairmanleader and pioneer in providing Identity Management and  E-Governance  as a Channel World Premier 100 Honoree for taking ingenious initiatives in a challenging and competitive business environment and championing new ideas by practicing new ways of looking at the business and industry; by setting new benchmarks and differentiating from the rest. The awards were hosted at a glittering awards ceremony at JW Marriott Pune, on 05 th -06 th  June 2014. 4Gid has been honored the ChannelWorld Premier 100 Award for the third time in a row, and amazingly the ChannelWorld award comes only weeks after 4Gid was n...

Fiji’s National Federation Party names Dorsami Naidu, Latchmaiya Naidu for the September general elections.

Dorasami Naidu The National Federation Party has announced  former Fiji law Society President  and former parliamentarian   Dorsami Naidu and  Labasa businessman Latchmaiya Naidu  for the September general elections. Dorsami Naidu Dorsami Naidu is the President of the Fiji Law Society. In 1985, he established his own law firm under the name of Pillai Nadu & Associates in Nadi. He contested the 1999 and 2001 general elections. In 2001 he was NFP’s deputy Leader for the elections. He was NFP’s President from 2004 to 2005. Mr Naidu has held various positions in the trhen India Sanmargya Ikya Sangam. He was TISI Sangam President from April 2000 to April 2011. As Law Society President he was a member of the Judicial Legal Services Commission until April 2009 Latchmaiya Naidu Latchmaiya Naidu of Labasa is a businessman. He is also a well known social worker. He has served as a Member and Chairman of Old People’s Home, Secretary of Crime Stoppers Z...

Liberal candidate Indira Naidoo-Harris wins Halton in Ontario election

Liberal candidate Indira Naidoo -Harris shattered a longstanding Conservative stronghold in Halton, beating out five-time Conservative MPP Ted Chudleigh in a race to the finish. Naidoo-Harris had widened the gap between her and the Conservative incumbent by a margin of 3,000 votes, enough to declare her the winner. “Welcome to my retirement party,” Chudleigh joked to a cramped Milton bar after the news broke. The Halton  riding  contains voters from Burlington, Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills. The  riding  has traditionally voted conservative, with Chudleigh holding the seat since 1995. In the last term, Chudleigh served as the opposition critic for tourism and culture as well as colleges and universities. Naidoo-Harris, a former TV journalist, challenged Chudleigh’s winning streak again this year. Of the 58,000 votes cast in the 2011 election, Naidoo-Harris lost by 3,000 ballots. The riding, one of the wealthiest in Ontario, was reform...

Jayadev Galla: The wealthiest parliamentarian in the 16th Lok Sabha.

Jayadev Gala :    An Entrepreneur and Guntur MP belonging to Telugu Desam Party, Jayadev Galla, with total assets of over  683 crore, is the wealthiest parliamentarian in the 16 th  Lok Sabha. This is based on the assets he declared during filing his nomination papers. He is also the managing director of Amara Raja batteries that sells the famous 'Amaron' batteries. Jayadev has won appreciation from Guntur people for his vision to develop the constituency and is voted to power with huge majority of 69,633 against YSR Congress Party candidate Balashowry Vallabhaneni. Jayadev is the son of former minister Galla Aruna Kumari. He ventured into politics on 8 March 2014.

Deepika Mandava, daughter of Mandava Vishnuvardhana Rao, IPS selected for IAS

Deepika Mandava, daughter of Mandava Vishnuvardhana Rao, IPS , who is the additional director-general of police, Jharkhand, and currently IG, CRPF. Deepika notched a 135th rank. Incidentally, Rao’s son Mandava Harshavardhan (IPS) had also joined the Indian Police Service. Even Deepika is likely to get the IPS.