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SBH gets new GM
Hyderabad: CV Krishnakumar has assumed charge as general manager of the State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH). Before this posting, he was the deputy general manager at the State Bank of Travancore at Thiruvananthapuram.

Krishnakumar joined the State Bank of Saurashtra as probationary officer in 1974 and served various assignments.
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Bharat Patel is reelected chairman of ISA
Mumbai: Bharat V Patel, chairman, Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care, was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Indian Society of Advertisers for the third consecutive year. The election took place at the executive council meeting held on September 23, following the annual general meeting,

Patel has been an active member of the executive council since 1991 and held the position of the chairman of the managing committee since 1994, before being elected as chairman of the executive council in 2002.

Kurush Grant, divisional chief executive, India Tobacco Division, ITC Ltd, Bijou Kurien, COO, Watches, Titan Industries and Virat Mehta, VP, Nestle India were elected vice-chairmen of 'east', 'south' and 'north' zones respectively. Romit Chaterji, VP, corporate affairs, Tata Services was elected honorary treasurer.

Dalip Sehgal, ED, Hindustan Lever, was elected as the chairman of the media committee.

Other prominent members of the newly elected executive council include: Hamid Ahmed (Hamdard), Amitabh (LIC), J.C. Chopra (Consultant and Member Emeritus), Debanjan Datta (Crompton Greaves), Paulomi Dhawan (Raymond), Rajiv Dube (Tata Motors), Vinay Hegde (Colgate-Palmolive), Naveen Kshatriya (Castrol), Jagmohan Malhotra (Enterprise For New Directions), Mr B.O. Mehta (Pidilite), Rajiv Pal (Birla VXL) R. Ramakrishnan (Bajaj Electricals), Mr K.S. Ramesh (CavinKare), Dalip Sehgal (Hindustan Lever) and Brahm Vasudeva (Hawkins).

The ISA represents the interests of advertisers in the country and its membership accounts for around two-thirds of national advertising expenditures.
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Manu Sawhney selected executive VP, ESPN
New Delhi: Manu Sawhney has been promoted to the newly created role of executive vice-president, programming and marketing at ESPN Star Sports.

He was previously the network's senior vice-president, programming and event management. In his new role as executive vice-president Sawhney will assume an expanded role, which includes two additional portfolios, network presentation and marketing communications.
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Amrish Sethi is creative director of Turner International
New Delhi: Amrish Sethi has been appointed creative director of Original Productions, a division of Turner International India. In his current capacity Sethi will oversee all future and on-going India based productions for Turner.

His key responsibilities include identification and commissioning of suitable third-party formats and development of new original formats for POGO, as well as supervision of all production personnel such as series producers, writers, art directors, music directors, talent, amongst others.

Original Productions has developed and produced four local productions, namely Prime Pogo, Pogo Amazing Kids Awards, M.A.D and the recently launched game show, Bam! Bam! Bam! Gir Pade Hum.
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Reddy's founding MD dead
Hyderabad: MP Chary, 59, chairman of the Hyderabad-based Chary group of companies, expired in the early hours of Monday.

Chary was the first managing director of Dr Reddy's Laboratories. He held theAfter a 10-year stint he became vice chairman for two years.
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Bachkaniwala is new chairman of TMMAI
Coimbatore: R S Bachkaniwala, director of Himson Textile Engineering Industries, Surat, has been elected chairman of the Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association (India) for 2005-06.

Sridhar Varadaraj, managing director, Premier Evolvics, Coimbatore, and Anuj Bhagwati, director of ATE Industries, Mumbai, were elected vice chairmen. Kirti Rathod, MD, Luxite Industries, Mumbai was appointed treasurer.
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