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Anti-Enron
activist Pradyumna Kaul passes away
Mumbai:
Well known anti-Enron activist and power sector expert
Pradyumna Kaul died on June 14. Kaul was one of the earliest
and most consistent critics of Enron's Dabhol power project.
The 52-year-old activist died of a heart attack while
in Delhi. He is survived by his elder brother, sister-in-law
and nephew. Kaul was convenor of the Enron Virodhi Andolan
and intervened frequently on behalf of consumers at various
tariff hearings at the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory
Commission against power companies including MSEB, Tata
Power and Reliance Energy.
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New
Unisys directors
Bangalore: Unisys Corp, IT consulting and outsourcing
solutions provider and makers of high-end server computers,
have announced the appointment of Srikanth Raghavan as
Director, Software Development - Financial Sector and
Jayasimha Varadarajan as Director, IT Services, in its
Global Services India operation.
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Award
for Dena Bank chief
New
Delhi: Dr Anil K. Khandelwal, Chairman and Managing
Director, Dena Bank, has been awarded at the 2004-World
Women Summit for the bank's contribution in women empowerment
and livelihood through innovative schemes. The bank has
designed an implemented a special scheme `Dena Shakti'
for self-reliance and economic upliftment of women. The
bank is also offering rural credit through self-help groups
under the Dena Swarozgar Credit Card Scheme.
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Promotions
at O&M
Mumbai: O&M has announced that Nishi Suri has
been promoted to Group Head for all the Mumbai-based businesses.
Previously she was head of O&M Advertising in the
city. Suri was recently announced as one of the top 10
women in Indian advertising in a recently published survey.
In Delhi, Sanjay Thapar will take over from the long-term
office head, Vibha Desai. Desai is moving on to pursue
her personal interests.
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Electrolux
CEO to visit India
New Delhi: Electrolux Group's President and CEO,
Hans Straberg, will be on a two-day visit to India on
June 22. This will be his first visit to India after he
took over as CEO in 2002. Straberg will inaugurate the
company's research and development centre in India.
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