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Prasar Bharati head to be BG
Verghese
New DelhiVeteran journalist BG Verghese may head
the Prasar Bharati board by August this year.
Vergheses candidature was backed by, vice-president of India, Krishna Kant and
senior journalist T V R Shenoy. He was pitted against MS Swaminathan, agriculture
scientist, who has the backing of Justice PB Sawant, chief of the Press Council of India.
With the Press Council chief retiring on August 7, the stage has been set for
Verghese elevation as the chairman of the Rs 700-crore body. He is at present the
defence adviser.
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Shaw Wallace makes new
appointments in top positions
New Delhi-- Deepak Choudhary has joined Shaw Wallace as senior vice-president, sales
and marketing of beer division. Choudhary has left the UB groups US-based company,
Ten Springs Brewing Company.
SWC has been in the process of changing its entire top brass by appointing professionals
from various industries to make the company globally competitive.
The company has also been revamping its core businesses. SWC has appointed Heidrick and
Struggle, the US-based agency to look for a suitable person to fill the position of the
CEO.
In its liquor business, SWC has appointed Shridhar Chari as vice-president (finance) who
will be looking after accounts, treasury etc. Chari has left his job as the managing
director, Nagarjuna Finance to join the company. The position was lying vacant for the
last five months after Balan Vasudev left the company.
In a move to consolidate its liquor business, the company has created a new position of
liquor (marketing) to focus on marketing of its liquor brands. N P Thirukode has joined
the company as vice-president liquor (marketing) with a thirty-years experience in
advertising and marketing.
Rajiv Puri is also a new entrant and has joined the company as vice-president liquor
(sales).
There have been major changes in the beer division with internal reshuffles. For instance,
Krishna Angara is promoted as the head of beer division. He has replaced Satpal Chaudhary
who has been given other responsibilities like looking after international beer alliances.
Angara will continue to hold his previous charge of strategic planning.
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