Suzlon chief gets Ernst & Young award
Mumbai: Tulsi Tanti, chairman, Suzlon Energy, has been named the `Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year' while S. Ramadorai, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services received the award for `Manager Entrepreneur of the Year'.

Jignesh Shah, managing director, Financial Technologies, received a category award for `Business Transformation'.
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WNS names Arjun Singh new CEO for BFSI unit
Mumbai: WNS, the domestic business process outsourcing company has appointed Arjun Singh as chief executive officer of its banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) business unit.

Singh was earlier with Dutch banking major ABN Amro, where he served as a regional director responsible for major corporate clients in 22 European countries, WNS said in a statement. Before this, WNS (Holdings) chairman Ramesh N Shah served as the company's BFSI unit interim CEO.

Singh has also worked as the quality and Six Sigma leader for Gecis (now Genpact), after starting his career with Unilever India (Brooke Bond India Ltd) and holding senior positions at ANZ Grindlays Bank (India and Melbourne).
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Rohit Modi quits as CEO of TN Road Development Company
Chennai: Rohit Modi, has resigned from his post of chief executive officer of the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC), a 50:50 joint venture between the TN state government and the IL&FS.. The infrastructure company, which is handling the implementation of the IT Corridor project in Chennai and the operation and maintenance of the East Coast Road, will now be headed by K.R. Viswanathan, a nominee of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) on the TNRDC board.

Modi resigned from the post and was relieved on Tuesday. He is examining various options including two from leading players in the infrastructure field.

Modi belonged to the 1985 Manipur cadre of the IAS and quit the service in March 1999. He joined the IL&FS in April 1999, and was its nominee on the TNRDC board between May 1999 and June 2006. From June 2006, he was Tidco's nominee.
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