Kurien resigns from GCMMF
Anand: Verghese Kurien, 84, responsible in a large way for the development of the Indian dairy industry, resigned as chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) an organisation he helped build 33 years ago.

Alleging that vested interests were out to 'capture' the dairy body Kurien pre-empted a move by the dairy federation's board to oust him.

"I would like to inform you that I have today tendered my resignation as the member and chairman of the board of directors of GCMMF," Kurien, told reporters here.

Kurien said a particular member had "even gone to the board of nominees restraining me from carrying out my function as chairman."

Kurien said, "Such acts pain me and at the same time have raised my concerns about the future of GCMMF," he said, adding that "the board has only become a pawn in the bigger game plan of some vested interests bent on capturing the co-operative body, which has withstood such attempts in the past," he said.
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Reliance Capital appoints Jhunjhunwala as vice chairman
Mumbai: Reliance Capital (RCL) controlled by Anil Ambani has appointed Amitabh Jhunjhunwala as the vice chairman of the company.

Jhunjhunwala was earlier the director of the company and had joined the board on March 7, 2006, the non-banking financial services company informed the BSE.
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John W Thompson to visit India
John W Thompson, chairman and CEO, Symantec Corporation is coming to India on his first visit. He will be in India from the 27th of March to the 29th of March to inaugurate the new R&D facility for Symantec in Pune. During his various engagements with customers, partners and other industry leader he will emphasize the need for creating confidence for individual customers and enterprises to exist & operate in the digital world.

He is slated to visit Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai & the National Capital Region

On September 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Thompson to the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee (NIAC), to make recommendations regarding the security of the critical infrastructure of the United States.
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Anupam Mittal is new IAMAI chairman
New Delhi: Anupam Mittal the founder of Shaadi.com and CMD of People group has been appointed the chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) for the year 2006.

Mittal will take over as chairman from Neville Taraporewalla on April one, an IAMAI release said.

The IAMAI governing council also appointed Subho Ray, former Director of IT and Telecom- CII, as the body's president. Ray takes over from Preeti Desai.
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