Hon. doctorates for ISRO's Madhavan Nair, and Infy's Narayana Murthy
Kochi: The Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) here has conferred honorary doctorate degrees in science to G. Madhavan Nair, chairman, ISRO, and N.R. Narayana Murthy, chief mentor, Infosys Technologies, at a special convocation in the college campus on Sunday.

The Doctor of Science degrees (Honoris Causa) was awarded by the State governor and chancellor of the university, R. L. Bhatia.

Addressing the students and faculty of CUSAT, Madhavan Nair pointed out that ISRO's future missions - orbiting astronomical observatory Astosat, Megha Tropiques mission for climate studies and Chandrayan I - would provide exciting opportunities for young researchers.

Narayan Murthy said on the occasion that lack of world-class educational institutions in the higher education system in the country due to government regulations had resulted in providing limited opportunities to colleges and universities to adapt to change. He pointed out that most of the institutions were unable to attract and retain high quality faculty.

As a result, a large proportion of educational institutions produce graduates who were ill-equipped to relate their learning to the outside world. India today had over 5.3 million unemployed university graduates even as Indian industries face shortages of skilled labour, he added.
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Michael Sauer, former MCI official to head Reliance Comm.
Mumbai: Officials with the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises have indicated that the Group has appointed a senior official from MCI, as president of Reliance Communication Inc.

Michael P. Sauer was an Executive Vice-President with MCI. According to officials he has already joined Reliance Communications and is based in New York.

Sauer has been associated with building MCI from the initial days of its operations, and is believed to have spent 23 years at the company.

Officials said that Reliance Communications' may now go on a "hiring spree" for its global business starting with Sauer's appointment.
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SAIL's Sanak Mishra to head Mittal Steel's Jharkhand unit
Kolkata: Mittal Steel Company has announced the appointment of Dr Sanak Mishra as the chief executive officer of Mittal Steel's greenfield project in Jharkhand. Till recently, Dr Mishra was a member of the board of directors of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and managing director of Rourkela Steel Plant.

According to a press release issued on behalf of Mittal Steel, in his new capacity as chief executive, Dr Mishra's first task would be to oversee the detailed project report that is currently underway to identify the location of the steel plant, iron ore and coal mines and water resources for Mittal Steel's proposed mining and steel making operations in Jharkhand.

The proposed 12-million tonne steel plant would be built in two phases of six million tonnes each. The first phase is expected to be completed in 48 months while the second phase was expected to be completed in 54 months, according to the release.
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