Apurva Shah
Apurva Shah is a digital artist par excellence, who brings a wealth of expertise in 3D visual effects and animation to his role of effects supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios. Apurva had joined Pixar in 2001 to lead a team of effects animators in creating a variety of shot sequences for the film ‘Finding Nemo.’ […]
Vivian Balakrishan
Vivian Balakrishnan, FRCS (born 25 January 1961), is Singapore’s Minister for Environment & Water Resources, and a member of the governing People’s Action Party (PAP). He has previously held appointments in the Singapore Cabinet as the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and as the Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, as […]
Shantanu Narayen
Shantanu Narayen is the CEO of Adobe Systems. Prior to this post, he held the role as the President and Chief Operating Officer since 2005. He is also the President of the board of the Adobe Foundation. Shantanu Narayen grew up in Hyderabad, India, the second son of a mother who taught American literature and […]
Rakesh Kapoor
Rakesh Kapoor (born 4th August 1958) is the Chief Executive of Reckitt Benckiser plc, a FTSE-listed UK multinational consumer goods company, major producer of health, hygiene and home products. Kapoor joined RB in 1987, when it was still known as Reckitt & Colman, prior to its merger with Benckiser. He served the company in various […]
Ajaypal Singh Banga
Ajaypal Singh Banga is the current President and CEO of MasterCard. MasterCard announced on April 12, 2010 that Ajay Banga, previously MasterCard’s President and COO, had been named by the Board of Directors to serve as the company’s CEO, effective July 1, 2010. The company also announced that Banga would become a member of MasterCard’s […]
K L Sardana
New York based businessman K.L. Sardana is a philanthropist and social activist who has been helping needy people both in the US and in India, morally and financially. A Long Island resident for over two decades, Sardana is owner of The Red Cherry Corporation, one of the largest prepaid telecom companies in New York. NRI […]
Anshu Jain
Anshuman Jain is an Indian business executive. He took over as the Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank on June 1, 2012 to succeed Management Board Chairman Josef Ackermann. Jain is also a member of the Bank’s Management Board and, as head of the Corporate and Investment Bank since July 2010, was globally responsible for Deutsche Bank’s […]
Ajit Jain
Ajit Jain, born in India’s coastal state of Orissa on the 23rd of July 1951, is an Indian origin employee of Berkshire Hathaway, who currently heads several reinsurance businesses. A 1972 alumni of IIT Kharagpur, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Ajit Jain bagan his career working for IBM in India from 1973 […]
Satya Microsoft Com
Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) recently named 22-year company veteran Satya Nadella as its next CEO, which ended a protracted search for a new leader after current CEO Steve Ballmer had announced his intention to retire in August. It also put a lot of speculation to rest about other contenders for the Microsoft top-job conclusively. Nadella’s […]
Indra Nooyi
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian-American business executive and the current Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo, the second largest food and beverage business in the world by net revenue. According to Forbes, she is consistently ranked among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. In 2013, she has been ranked 10th in the list of Forbes […]
Yogesh J Karan, The Fijian In India
His Excellency Yogesh J Karan, High Commissioner of the Republic of Fiji to India, belongs to the fifth generation of Indian-origin families and home-makers who migrated to the Fiji Islands, whose forefathers went to Fiji as contract indentured labourers during British times. Fiji thus is home to a mixed culture, with people from all over […]
Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Awards 2014 … And The Nation Acknowledges
They’ve been away. Some of them, for generations. But they never allowed their roots to get lost in oblivion. Whichever part of the world they made their home, they ensured that they continued to make their country of origin proud. And, the nation acknowledged. By bestowing its highest state award for overseas Indians on them.Like […]
Pbd Needs Re-Structuring Sinna Mani, British Nri Leader And Founder-President Of Bopio
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, PBD, is a wonderful opportunity indeed to meet fellow overseas Indians from many different countries, but it needs to be re-structured so that it provides more opportunity and facilities for overseas Indians to interact with resident Indians. After attending the 2014 event, Sinna Mani, who has attended every one of the […]
SLIPS BETWEEN CUPS AND LIPS ?
Overseas Indians from across the world travelled to India this January, to attend the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the annual gathering of the Indian Diaspora hosted by the Indian Government. Seen in retrospect, the event, which concluded on the 9th of January may rightfully be said to have gained some steam compared to past […]
The Modi Magnet Attracts The Largest Audience…
If the Congress had to leverage the occasion of the PBD to garner NRI and PIO support for forthcoming elections, the best option would have been to put up Rahul Gandhi to take centre stage, but the Congress vice-president and widely speculated de-facto PM candidate of the party did not show up, despite the theme […]
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014: Some Vignettes
The Pravasi Bharitya Divas (PBD), or “Overseas Indians Day,” is celebrated in India on the 9th of January every year, as a mark of appreciation of the contribution of the Overseas Indian community in the larger development of India. This year, the annual convention was held in New Delhi, from the 7th to the 9th […]
2014 Will It Be A Watershed?
In 2013, the Rupee plumbed new depths, while the current account and fiscal deficits saw a meteoric rise. Inflation breached 8% and the ‘aam aadmi’ was burdened with massive price hikes of essential commodities, and household monthly budgets became untenable. There was a silver lining in the cloud though — the rise of the aam […]
New Delhi To Host Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014
The announcement of the 12th edition of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) convention to be held in Delhi from 7th to 9th January 2014 was made by Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Govt of India, New Delhi, recently. The minister said that Pravasi Bhartiya divas (PBD) is celebrated on 9th January every year […]