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The six-member board -- comprising HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, former Nasscom president Kiran Karnik, former Sebi member C Achuthan, CII chief mentor Tarun Das, renowned chartered accountant TN Manoharan and LIC nominee Suryakant Balakrishnan -- met in Hyderabad on Thursday for the third time after it was constituted January 12.
There will be as many as 9 historicals coming up in the next 15 months!
Later Mahindra Satyam said its board of directors has allotted 19.86 crore additional shares to Venturebay, which would take Tech Mahindra's stake to approximately 43 per cent of the outstanding share capital. A Tech Mahindra spokesperson said after the preferential allotment Venturebay's stake in Mahindra Satyam would be 42.7 per cent.
The government is likely to appoint more directors on the board of the crisis-ridden Satyam Computer Services soon. "More directors will be appointed within two days," a senior official of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said.
The government's help to the crisis-ridden Satyam Computer Services may include financial support as well, as it is a question of saving jobs and institutional investment, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said.
Satyam Computer has 10,000 excess employees, its new owner Tech Mahindra said on Friday.
The meetings with Singh and Ahluwalia have taken place just two days before the announcement of the results of the general elections for the 15th Lok Sabha. Besides Karnik, the other nominees on the Satyam board are HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, former ICAI chairman T M Manoharan, CII chief mentor Tarun Das, LIC executive S B Mainak and former presiding officer of Securities and Appellate Tribunal C Achuthan.
Early on Monday morning, the chairman of the government-appointed board of Satyam Computer Services, Kiran Karnik, hurried into the Taj President Hotel in south Mumbai to begin one of India's strangest corporate sell-offs.
The division bench of Justices F I Rebello and D G Karnik on Monday reserved orders as to whether the Birla group's petition is admissible or not. The order will be passed on Tuesday. In the present case, the issue is whether the Birla group is liable to pay capital gains tax on the share-purchase transaction worth $150 million with AT&T Mauritius (subsidiary of AT&T).
Scam-tainted Satyam Computer is planning to restate its financial results for the third quarter ended December 2008 by March-end. "Our auditors are working towards this end," a Satyam spokesperson said on Friday, adding that the only caveat to this possibility would be if the auditors decide to restate results of the company over the past several years, which could further delay a clearer picture of the Hyderabad-based IT company's actual financial position.
The Board of Mahindra Satyam will meet on July 10 to clear the proposal of Tech Mahindra seeking a second round of preferential share allotment to hike its stake in the newly acquired company to about 43 per cent after an open offer evoked a weak response.
A division bench of justices B R Gavai and M S Karnik was hearing petitions filed by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and two of its members challenging the BCCI's decision to shift the match from Wankhede Stadium to Brabourne Stadium.
A top company official said, "We are still waiting to receive any communication from the new board. we might make a presentation to the new board."
ndia's IT and BPO exports are expected to grow by 33.47 per cent to $31.9 billion in 2006-07 from $23.9 billion
Fraud-hit Satyam Computer, which will soon have a new owner in Tech Mahindra, has lost about 5,000 employees during September-March period of the past fiscal.
Satyam Computer moved a step closer towards finalising bids for selling a majority stake in the trouble-torn IT company with the board meeting investment bankers on Thursday.
Ganesh Natarajan, deputy chairman and managing director, Zensar Technologies Limited has been appointed vice chairman, Nasscom for the current year.
IT industry body Nasscom announced on Wednesday forming a panel of experts to help budding entrepreneurs build strong software companies.
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Goswami was arrested on Wednesday morning by Raigad police from his residence at Lower Parel in Mumbai for allegedly abetting the suicide of architect and interior designer Anvay Naik, and was taken to the Alibaug police station in neighbouring Raigad district.
IT firm Tech Mahindra on Monday deposited Rs 2,910 crore (Rs 29.10 billion) for 51 per cent controlling stake in Satyam Computer.
Satyam's newly-appointed CEO A S Murty has received a thumbs up from the company's board, which is "very happy" with the way he has shaped up so far in dealing with the evolving situation in the firm.
"There is a great deal of similarity between the advertising industry and the IT industry. One of them is that they both provide services," Kiran Karnik, former president of Nasscom, said during his address on the first day of Goafest 2008, the three-day meeting of the advertising industry.
There were also reports that the board might opt for an open bidding process, which will bring in the much-required funds into the company. The board will also insist that only companies with a good track record can bid for the company. However, this could not be confirmed.
Mittal, who is the head of services business of Hewlett Packard for Asia Pacific and Japan, will succeed Karin Karnik and will assume office from January 2008.
After Samir Karnik's Heroes, its now the turn of Farhan Akhtar starrer "Rock On!!" to find a place in the Oscar's library. Ritesh Sidhwani, producer of Rock On!! said that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has asked for the script of his musical romance for the Oscar's Library.
National Association of Software & Services Companies President Kiran Karnik has said that information technology and business process outsourcing industry in India is beginning to see an 'opportunity loss' on account of the rupee appreciation against the dollar.
India's information technology sector would require nearly 500,000 professionals in the next five years to cater to the growing needs of this booming industry
Had Karnik passed on the sentimentality effectively, Heroes might have been as compelling as its purpose.
Director Samir Karnik talks about his film, Heroes, working with Salman Khan and shooting the movie at difficult locations.
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Nasscom will float a Rs 100 cr fund to help individuals and small companies in setting up and innovating their business. Tata Consultancy Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd and ICICI Knowledge Park to be key investors.
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