Archive for August 25th, 2008
AMD appoints Dasaradha Gude as Managing Director for AMD India
Hyderabad, India. — August 25, 2008 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the appointment of Dasaradha Gude as the managing director for AMD India. Dasaradha Gude, (known as “GD”) is now responsible for AMD India R&D and overall India operations. As the lead for AMD India R&D, his responsibilities include in-region development and management of [...]
Olympic Games Generate Historic Impact on Lenovo Brand
MUMBAI, 25 August 2008 — Lenovo today described a successful deployment of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games marketing programs, including product placement, advertising, news media coverage, and innovations in computer hardware and technical support. These programs build on Lenovo’s excellent technical support of the Olympic Games.
At least two studies by third-party organizations show Lenovo’s leadership in [...]
UTI MF declares dividend under UTI-CRTS
UTI MF declares dividend under UTI-CRTS
Mumbai, August 25: UTI Unit Scheme for Charitable and Religious Trusts and Registered Societies (UTI-CRTS) declares a dividend resulting in gross pay out of 9.812% (Rs.9.812 per unit on a face value of Rs.100/-). This pay out includes the applicable income distribution tax. The record date for the dividend is [...]
Salesforce.com Acquires InStranet
Accelerates salesforce.com’s momentum in the enterprise call center market, adding game-changing technology and 350,000 global call center agents
New Delhi – August 25, 2008 – Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the market and technology leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), today announced the acquisition of InStranet, the leading provider of knowledge management technology for business to consumer [...]
NIIT is a ”Superbrand” once again
New Delhi, August 25, 2008 – For the second time, NIIT, the Global Talent
Development Corporation has been accorded Superbrand status. At a recently
concluded award ceremony held in the Capital, NIIT has been adjudged as a
Business Superbrand 2008, commanding consumer respect, loyalty and trust
by the Superbrands Council, from amongst consumer brands across
categories.
The prestigious Superbrand status is [...]
Cummins India wins CII’s Energy Management award 2008
Hyderabad, August 25, 2008: The Power Generation Business Unit of Cummins India Limited has won the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Award for Excellence in Energy Management in the category of “Innovative Energy Saving Product / Service” for the third successive year. The award has been conferred upon Cummins for its unique “Power Quality [...]
Kam-Avida Raises Equity from Peepul Capital
Mumbai, August 25, 2008: Kam-Avida Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd. (Kam-Avida), one of India’s leading manufacturers of Waste Management Equipment, today announced that it has raised equity from Peepul Capital Fund II LLC (”Peepul”), one of the leading India-focussed Private Equity funds. o3 Capital was the sole advisor to Kam-Avida for this transaction. Kam-Avida intends to use [...]
Yash Chopra receives Today’s Traveller Diamond Award as India’s Most Successful Film- Maker
New Delhi, August 25, 2008: Today’s Traveller, the premier Business and Leisure Travel magazine, takes great pleasure in announcing its Eleventh Anniversary celebrations. To mark this milestone, a special 400-plus-page coffee-table book — Today’s Traveller—The Bollywood Travel Connection*— will be released on the occasion.
As part of this august event, outstanding performers in the travel and [...]