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Ashok Sinha takes over as CMD, BPCL
Mumbai: Ashok Sinha has taken over as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) from August 19.

Sinha has been Director (Finance) with BPCL since 1996.

He is an IIT graduate with an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. In his 28-year-long tenure with BPCL, Sinha has served in key areas such as finance, corporate affairs, treasury operations and information management.

He is also on the board of Kochi Refineries Ltd, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, Petronet LNG Ltd and Bharat Shell Ltd.
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V.Roddam takes over as CEO at Nipuna
Hyderabad: Venkatesh Roddam, a senior Deutsche Bank official has joined Nipuna, the BPO subsidiary of Satyam Computer Services, as its new chief executive officer effective August 16, 2005.

Prior to joining Nipuna, Venkatesh was the global head of Trust and Securities operations for Deutsche Bank, based in Frankfurt.

He brings over 18 years of experience in the financial services and banking industry in India and overseas.

Having started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank, Venkatesh moved on to work with Emirates Bank International and HDFC Bank.

He had been with Deutsche Bank for the last eight years.
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Rajesh Sawhney appointed President, Reliance Entertainment
Mangalore: Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises (ADAE) has appointed Rajesh Sawhney as president of Reliance Entertainment.

An ADAE press release said here on Tuesday that Sawhney would be a key member of the ADAE leadership team in media and entertainment space. He will initially focus on launching the group's Internet and portal strategies, and providing movies, entertainment and gaming content for Reliance Infocomm.

Prior to this appointment, Sawhney was the Chief Operating Officer of Times Internet Ltd, the release added.
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Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani award for Dr. K.M. Thomas
New Delhi: The Global Economic Council has awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani Award to Dr K.M. Thomas, Vice-President, Analytical Research & Development with Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals Ltd, for outstanding individual achievement and distinguished service to the nation.

R.L. Bhatia, Governor of Kerala, presented the award on Monday at a function held in New Delhi.

The award is presented every year to achievers in various fields.

Dr Thomas was earlier awarded the eminent Pharmaceutical Analyst Award by the Indian Drug Manufacturers Association in 2004 in recognition of his contribution to pharmaceutical analysis and research.
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