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Indian Institute Of Management Calcutta Alumni
This list of IIM Calcutta alumni includes notable people who are alumni of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Business * Sunil Alagh, former MD and CEO of Britannia Industries * Ajit Balakrishnan, founder and chief executive officer of Rediff.com;Rediffiland.com Ajith Balakrishnan's Blog - IIM Calcutta convocation speech - 1 April 2007 chairman of the board of governors of IIM CalcuttaIimcal.ac.in * Vikrant Bhargava, co-founder and group marketing director, PartyGamingIIMCal.ac.in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Institute Of Management Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India in 2017. Programmes offered by IIM Calcutta include a two-year full-time MBA, a one-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma (PGPEX-VLM), a one-year full-time MBA for experienced executives (MBAEx), Doctor of Business Administration programme, a two-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics, and a one-year full-time programme in Healthcare Management. IIM Calcutta is one of only four triple accredited business schools in India, and the first to get the recognition. It is also the only business school in India which is a part of the CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education. History After India became independent in 1947, the Planning Commission was entrusted to oversee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pranay Chulet
Quikr is an Indian online marketplace and classified advertising company, based in Bangalore, India. Quikr has listings in over 1000 cities in India and in categories such as mobile phones, household goods, cars, real estate, jobs, services and education. It was founded by Pranay Chulet and Jiby Thomas in 2008. Community members can come to the site to find an apartment to live in, sell their old car, bike, music system, laptop or furniture, promote their small business, find a tuition class or get a break as a model or actor, join a salsa class, get an audience for a local event, buy any item that they might want or have to offer and make new friends while doing all of the above. History Quikr was initially launched as Akshay Mote India in August 1996. Kijiji.in was owned by Kijiji International, an eBay subsidiary. In 2008, Mumbai based venture capitalist, Matrix Partners India, invested in Kijiji India, following which Kijiji India was hived off Kijiji International an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PRS Legislative Research
PRS Legislative Research, commonly referred to as PRS, is an Indian non-profit organisation that was established in September 2005 as an independent research institute to make the Indian legislative process better informed, more transparent and participatory. PRS is based in New Delhi. Background Each Member of Parliament (MP) to India represents over two million constituents. The Indian Parliament passes an average of 60 Bills every year. MPs make laws and address complex policy issues across a wide range of sectors. Given the diversity of issues and the technical nature of many of them, it is not possible for MPs to be well versed on all such issues. It is in this context that PRS provides MPs analysis on legislation and policy to help them prepare for parliamentary debates. History PRS was co-founded by C.V. Madhukar and M.R. Madhavan in 2005. M.R. Madhavan is currently the President of PRS. The Board of Directors is headed by Mr. S. Ramadorai. The initiative was inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, personal care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including beauty; grooming; health care; fabric and home care; and baby, feminine, and family care. Before the sale of Pringles and Duracell to Kellogg's and Berkshire Hathaway, respectively, its product portfolio also included food, snacks, beverages, and batteries. P&G is incorporated in Ohio. In 2014, P&G recorded $83.1 billion in sales. On August 1, 2014, P&G announced it was streamlining the company, dropping and selling off around 100 brands from its product portfolio in order to focus on the remaining 65 brands, which produced 95% of the company's profits. A.G. Lafley, the company's chairman and CEO until October 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shantanu Khosla
Shantanu Khosla is an Indian business executive. He is the former managing director of Procter & Gamble (P&G) India. As managing director, he was the country head of P&G for India and led operations for all three P&G companies in the country: two listed as ''Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited'' and '' Gillette India Limited'', as well as a 100% subsidiary of the parent company called ''Procter & Gamble Home Products''. Khosla is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta). After completing his MBA from IIM Calcutta in 1983, he joined Richardson Hindustan Ltd. as a management trainee. He became a part of P&G when it acquired Richardson Hindustan in 1985. In his long tenure at P&G, Khosla has led several business units around the globe. He took over the leadership of India operations of the company in June 2002. He resigned from P&G effective 30 June 2015. Khosla is a member of the board of governors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemon Tree Hotels
Lemon Tree Hotels is an Indian hotel chain. It owns and operates 100 hotels with a total of 9700 rooms in 64 cities across India. According to the Horwath Report, Lemon Tree Hotels is India's largest hotel chain in the mid-priced hotel sector as of 30 June 2017. History Lemon Tree Hotels was founded in 2002 by Patu Keswani. It opened its first hotel with 49 rooms in May 2004. In 2019, the company acquired Berggruen Hotels Private Limited for an enterprise value of 605 crores. At the time of acquisition, Berggruen Hotels owned 936 rooms and managed 975 rooms under the "Keys" brand in 21 cities across India. Lemon Tree Hotels went public and was listed on the National Stock Exchange of India on 9 April 2018. Operations The company operates under 7 brands, namely Aurika Hotels and Resorts, Lemon Tree Premier, Lemon Tree Hotels, Red Fox by Lemon Tree Hotels, Keys Prima, Keys Select, and Keys Lite. Corporate social responsibility Currently, about 20% of group employees are fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patu Keswani
Patu Keswani (born February 9, 1959 in Lucknow) is the Chairman and Managing Director of Lemon Tree Hotels . Early life and education Patu Keswani completed his education at St. Columba’s School, New Delhi. He received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1981 and subsequently his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta 1983. Career Keswani joined the TATA Administrative Service (TAS) in 1983 and worked with the TATA Group for over 15 years. His last assignment was as Senior Vice President of the Taj Group of Hotels. He subsequently worked with management consulting firm, A.T. Kearney Inc. as an Associate Consultant and Director in their New Delhi office. Keswani promoted Lemon Tree Hotels in 2002 and is the Chairman and Managing Director of the company, which owns and operates 111 hotels in 70 cities with 10,300+ rooms and ~8,900 employees (as of December 2024) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipping Corporation Of India
The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is a public sector undertaking that operates and manages vessels servicing both national and international lines. It is under the ownership of the Government of India and under administrative control of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, with its headquarters in Mumbai. History SCI was established on 2 October 1961 by the amalgamation of Eastern Shipping Corporation and Western Shipping Corporation. Two more shipping companies, Jayanti Shipping Company and Mogul Lines Limited, were merged with SCI in 1973 and 1986 respectively. SCI started out with 19 vessels. It gradually metamorphosed into a conglomerate having 80 ships of 59 lakh (5.9 million) tonnes deadweight (DWT) with interests in different segments of the shipping trade. Inland & Coastal Shipping Ltd. (ICSL), SCI's wholly owned subsidiary was incorporated in 2016 after Maritime India summit for undertaking/providing transport services through Inland waterways an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabyasachi Hajara
Sabyasachi Hajara (born 3 December 1952) is an Indian business executive. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), the largest Indian shipping company, Mr. Hajara is the current Advisor to the Board â€Elektrans Global An influential figure in worldwide shipping industry, he was ranked among the top 100 influential personalities in the Global Shipping Industry in 2010 by ''TradeWinds'' and ''Lloyd's List'', two reputed industry journals. Biography Hajara graduated from the University of Calcutta with a Silver Medal in B.Sc (Chemistry) degree in 1970. He completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 1973 and joined the Shipping Corporation of India on 2 May 1973. He also completed a degree in Law from University of Calcutta in 1977. In addition to his job at SCI, Hajara has held important positions in industry organizations and institutions such as Indian National Shipowners' Association (INSA), International Shipping Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google
Google LLC (, ) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI). It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" by the BBC and is one of the world's List of most valuable brands, most valuable brands. Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., is one of the five Big Tech companies alongside Amazon (company), Amazon, Apple Inc., Apple, Meta Platforms, Meta, and Microsoft. Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Together, they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock. The company went public company, public via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. In 2015, Google was reorganized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjay Gupta (business Executive)
Sanjay Gupta is the vice president (sales and operations) of Google APAC. An alumnus of the Delhi College of Engineering and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, he has served as the managing director of Star India and The Walt Disney Company India, and country manager and vice president of Google India since November 2019. Education Gupta pursued Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering (now known as Delhi Technological University), following which he joined the research and development wing of Larsen & Toubro. He then completed his post-graduation from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), Kolkata. Career After completing his post-graduation from IIMC in 1991, Gupta joined Hindustan Unilever as a management trainee, and continued to work in the company for the next sixteen years. He became the area sales manager for the states of Bihar, Orissa (now known as Odisha), and West Bengal, and then handled various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Financial Express (India)
''The Financial Express'' is an Indian English-language business newspaper owned by Indian Express Limited, The Indian Express Group. It has been published by the Indian Express group since 1961. The ''Financial Express'' specialises in Indian and international business and financial news. Its editor is Shyamal Majumdar. The paper publishes 11 editions from a number of Indian cities. It also gives out two noteworthy awards - FE India's Best Bank Awards and FE-EVI Green Business Leadership Awards. References External links * ''Financial Express'' ePaper(E-Paper – Digital Replica of the newspaper) ''Financial Express Hindi'' website Business newspapers published in India Indian Express Limited Newspapers published in Kolkata English-language newspapers published in India Mass media companies based in Delhi Companies based in New Delhi Newspapers established in 1961 1961 establishments in Uttar Pradesh {{India-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
