Procter & Gamble has announced Shailesh Jejurikar as its next CEO, effective January 1, 2026. Jejurikar, an India-born executive, will succeed Jon Moeller in the role.
"On demonetisation, across the board for pretty much all of industry, and CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) in particular because it hit the individual retailer significantly, demonetisation had a significant impact on our India business in Q4," Nooyi said during an earnings call for Pepsi's fourth quarter that ended on December 2016.
Lord's, the 'home of cricket', will host its first-ever Women's Test between India and England in 2026, the ECB announced on Thursday.
She is of the view that businesses are the only functioning entities around the world as they are creating jobs as well as engines of efficiency.
The company, which has so far invested $2 billion in the country since its entry in 1989, said the investment will be made to strengthen its capability in various strategic areas, including innovation, manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture.
Fortune said the list has been compiled broadly on the basis of four criteria
United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and India-origin PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi figure among the top 10 in the global list of most powerful women, in the league of leaders like Angela Merkel, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton.
8 CEOs on the list are female, and they far outpace the median pay for the Equilar 100 as a whole
The US CEOs accompanying Obama discussed with their Indian counterparts, different issues relating to business environment and challenges in the two countries.
"There is no place for hate and racism in our society. Empathy and shared understanding are a start, but we must do more," Nadella said in a tweet on Monday. "I stand with the Black and African American community and we are committed to building on this work in our company and in our communities."
Global beverages and snacks major PepsiCo on Monday roped in former Nokia head for emerging markets, including India, D Shivakumar as its Chairman and CEO, India Region.
Food and beverages maker PepsiCo and software manufacturer Adobe Systems have made it to the list of world's most ethical companies for this year which are led by CEOs of Indian origin.
'It was great to have the Indian roots reflected in full force.'
While Nooyi had a compensation of $10.66 million, that of Mohapatra was $10.29 million and Narayen had a pay packet of $1.88 million.
For those who believe only grey cells set apart leaders from the rest, there is another hair raising observation among corporate America that most of the successful CEOs including Pepsico's Indra Nooyi part their hair to the left, says US business magazine Fortune.
Classmates in Chennai turn back the clock to their time with Indra Nooyi.
The investment would be spread over manufacturing capacity, market infrastructure, environment sustainability initiatives, R&D and agriculture. Pepsico Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi said the new investment will generate 50,000 direct and indirect jobs in India. PepsiCo has invested $ 700 million since its entry into the country in 1989, employing 4,000 people directly and some 60,000 others indirectly.
India-born PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi figures among the top10 in 2013.
Instead of looking at your personal and professional life as two separate entities, you can 'integrate' them and, at any given time, priortise what's important, suggests rediffGURU Anu Krishna.
Another person on Indian origin, PepsiCo chairman and chief executive officer Indra Nooyi, is already a member of the WEF Foundation Board.
The Federation of the Indo-Israeli Chambers of Commerce (FIICC), on August 6, bestowed the 'Businessman of the Decade' honour upon Ratan Tata, who heads the $71-billion Tata empire.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati are among the four Indians named in the Financial Times list of '50 People Who Shaped the Decade.'
Shailesh Rao has also served as a director for Google based at the company's headquarters in California and was instrumental in the launch of Google Maps and Google Earth globally.
India Inc loves to applaud every time any businessman or executive of Indian origin makes it to the top in the developed world.
Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal-led ArcelorMittal will get Energy Star Partner of the Year award. This award is given by the EPA and the US Department of Energy for companies making outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. To cut the company's energy and carbon intensity, it had launched ArcelorMittal Energy Reduction Initiative in 2006. ArcelorMittal will get the award in Washington on April 1.
As a board member, he will help USIBC provide strategic direction to US and Indian firms seeking bilateral investment opportunities and partnerships.
The inventor of iPhone, Apple, for the second year in a row has topped the Fortune list of the most admired companies in the world, but no Indian company has made the cut.
The ball, explains the division's new head of marketing, Vidur Vyas, was set rolling a few years earlier, when Pepsi Foods cut saturated fats in key snack brands such as Lays and Kurkure by close to 40 per cent.
Mobile phone maker Motorola's India-born chief Sanjay Jha has emerged America's top paid chief executive officer, while Citigroup's Vikram Pandit tops the league among bailed out banks, a survey said. Another Indian on the list is PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi at the 36th slot with a pay package of $13.98 million.
The latest Fortune list is topped by Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs.
The Ambanis are ranked 31 ahead of the likes of global soft drink giant PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi and music-to-airlines conglomerate Virgin Group's founder Richard Branson.
Why Indra Nooyi's rise to the top is a cause for much celebration.
Mobile phone maker Motorola's India-born chief Sanjay Jha has emerged America's top paid CEO, while Citigroup's Vikram Pandit tops the league among bailed out banks, a survey said.
Three Indian women -- ICICI Bank deputy managing director Chanda Kochhar, HSBC India CEO Naina Lal Kidwai and Biocon head Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw -- have been named among the world's 50 most powerful businesswomen by the Fortune magazine.
However, missing from the list for the first time in four years is United States President George W Bush.
Nooyi had recently said that the company might make two or more acquisitions outside North America this year to add snacks or drinks it did not already make.
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