Doraisamy to head HP-Compaq in India
New Delhi: Balu Doraisamy, the present managing director of Compaq in India, has been named as the president of the new HP-Compaq merged entity.

HP is yet to decide on the future role of its existing president, Arun Thiagarajan.

"The appointment demonstrates the progress of our merger integration planning process and is further proof that we are on track with the launch phase of the merger plan," Hewlett Packard said in a statement.

The combined entity of Hewlett Packard India (HP India) and Compaq Computer India had revenues of Rs. 3301 crore for 2000-01.

Doraisamy , 45, is the managing director for Compaq Computer India Pvt Ltd since June 1999.

Prior to this assignment, Doraisamy was based at Singapore for nine years and before that, for nine years in the US.

Doraisamy joined Digital Equipment Corporation, US, in 1982 as senior consultant based at Nashua.

A post graduate in computer science and masters in mathematics, he was responsible for developing global accounts business for Digital and then Compaq in several Asia Pacific countries, including Australia, China, India, Japan and Asean Countries.
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Kudva appointed Crisil ED
Mumbai: Roopa Kudva has been appointed as an executive director on the board of Crisil. She would be designated executive officer and chief rating officer, said a news release from the company.

Kudva has been with Crisil since 1992, taking charge of the company's rating business a couple of years ago, said the release.
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