You have to grow, and grow fast - that's the DNA of the JSW group, chairman Sajjan Jindal said as JSW Cement made its debut on the stock market mid-August. The remark captured not just the moment but also the momentum of JSW's growth story.
After 24 years at the helm, Narayan Vaghul, the non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank, will call it a day in March next year. His protege and the current chief executive officer and managing director K V Kamath is likely to step into Vaghul's shoes after his term ends in April.
The board also appointed K V KKamath as the non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank, a role being performed by his mentor Narayan Vaghul, who is scheduled to step down once his term ends in March. Vaghul has been with the ICICI group for 24 years.
Banking sector veteran N C Vaghul says that the finance minister's step is neither positive nor regressive. He feels that banks and the finance ministry need to find a middle path. \n
Dr Ashok Ganguly, former chairman of Hindustan Lever and a Rajya Sabha MP, and one of the signatories to the recent open letter to the government by a group of 14 eminent people, speaks about the issues raised in the letter.
The vignette that deserves a wider audience relates to Talwar's ouster.
The airline's current board has only one independent director -- N Vaghul, ex-chairman of ICICI, while the remaining nine are either from the civil aviation ministry or the airline itself. On the requirement of funds for reviving the national carrier, Patel said that a revival plan on the financial side is expected from SBI Caps soon.
The MD and CEO of ICICI speaks on how life will change and the bank's strategy going forward.
K V Kamath is preparing to move across the corridor on the 10th floor of the ICICI Tower to his new cabin, which is under renovation now.
The shareholders have been asked to vote on the proposals, which were approved by the board at the meeting on December 19, through postal ballot by February 11 and the results would be announced on February 13, the bank said in a notice to its shareholders. As per the proposals, Kamath would replace N Vaghul as the bank's non-executive chairman, after he retires on completion of his current term on April 30.
Barring stray references such as the 'dual control' of banks and shifting the goalposts during demonetisation, he is not in a fault-finding mode with the government, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
'All of us have a duty to contribute to society. 'The practice of moral leadership will help us in this; it will also help us in business. 'We need to work together to develop the India that we have envisioned in our Constitution - an idea that is equitable, humane and sustainable.'
A group of high-powered individuals led by Anand Mahindra have come together to set up Krea university. The campus is expected to be ready by 2019 and the first batch of 100 to 125 students will commence classes in August next year.
In the first of a two-part series, Tamal Bandyopadhyay explains why the ICICI Bank's board first rushed to deny all allegations against Kochhar and then took the extreme steps against her.