The 53-year-old Dyson, who played 30 Tests and 29 one-dayers between 1977 and 1984, coached Sri Lanka for nearly two years from 2003.
Kumar joined KPMG in 1995 as a Finance Management Leader and from 2005 until his retirement in September 2013 he led the firm's West Coast Finance Management Consulting practice.
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Not too concerned by Rahul Dravid's failure as opener, Indian skipper Anil Kumble on Saturday defended the embattled right-hander, urging him to relax and play his natural game to mould himself in the new role.
Former Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna will play the role of honorary ambassador for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea's Pyeongchang.
A slow starter, the telecom company is way behind its peers and needs to scale up fast to become a profitable operation.
Gautam Goswami, the former Patna district magistrate and key accused in the multi-crore flood relief scam, currently on bail, has began his new role as counsellor for HIV/AIDS patients.
Consulting and IT services giant Accenture announced two new services - digital and strategy - and key appointments to enhance its position in growth markets like Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America.
Shy, self-deprecatory and soft-spoken, Kanimozhi, daughter of Rajathi Ammal, Karunanidhi's third wife, had shied away from the limelight despite her father's growing political stature in Tamil Nadu.
Buddhism, which spread from India to China 2,000 years ago, will play a new role in cementing Sino-Indian friendship and enhancing cultural contacts, China's top religious official has said.
'I am an accidental lyricist,' confesses the superstar who has written Haanikaarak Bapu, Emotional Atyachar, Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin, the songs for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and many, many, more chartbusters.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, following a request from Sunil Gavaskar, interim president BCCI-IPL, has appointed Deepak Parekh as his special advisor for the 2014 season of the Pepsi Indian Premier League.
Toyota Formula One boss Tsutomu Tomita will stand down at the end of June and be replaced by Tadashi Yamashina.
Lewis Hamilton has admitted he wants to see out his career with McLaren.
Democratic Congressman Ami Bera and his Republican colleague George Holding would be the new co-chairs of the powerful Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans.
Sunil Nayyar moved to India as head of sales for Sony.
Minissha Lamba on wedded bliss and more.
Assam Chief Minister and Congress veteran Tarun Gogoi on Monday sought to downplay the much hyped 'Modi magic' of the Bharatiya Janata Party it saying "Modi magic won't work here in Assam which has its own mystical magic hub Mayong".
"I am going to be associating myself with being chairman of a company that is not yet incorporated, but that will be (decided) in the next week or ten days. It will invest in India, and particularly in Kerala, from where I come from," Tharoor said.
The American, who moved from US Navy to the corporate world, is considered best suited for this role because of her understanding of both production and distribution. Arnab Dutta & Viveat Susan Pinto report.
Leading Conservative MP Shailesh Vara has been appointed shadow deputy leader of Britain's House of Commons, the first ethnic minority Tory to sit on the front bench.
Warrior, 54, had joined Cisco in 2008.
Goyal said he tried to buy out ColorPlus from Raymond a few years ago.
Sudha Menon, author of the recently released Devi, Diva Or She-Devil: The Smart Career Woman's Survival Guide, tells women how to get their due at work.
Former South Africa player David Staniforth has been appointed goalkeeping coach and strategic analyst of India's senior and junior men's hockey teams.
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Vineet Nayar, chief executive of HCL Technologies till January this year, has decided to step down from the board of the company.
Encourage them to speak up, take charge and focus on results.
Bhagwat, who had played a significant role in asking Advani to withdraw his resignation from key posts of the BJP last week, has decided to meet the latter despite him voicing grievance over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's elevation as the BJP's 2014 poll panel chief.
At a time of massive job losses that is what the much-vaunted Indian IT sector needs. Ritwik Sharma reports.
Or does Priyanka Chopra's love for Assam go beyond that?
NITI Aayog spent a considerable time on restructuring the setup.
Last month, Manu Sawhney took charge as executive vice president, programming and marketing, ESPN-Star Sports.
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Indian-American economist Arvind Panagariya has said that he is "honoured" to be appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the first Vice Chairman of the newly created NITI Aayog, which replaces the 65-year-old Planning Commission.
United States President Barack Obama has nominated popular Indian-American actor and former White House staffer Kal Penn for a key administration post of member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
The music composer is now a brand ambassador for the radio service.
'In being dismissive of Naveen, his colleagues showed incredible naivety.' 'On the few occasions that he put his foot down, the overconfident party leaders, who believed they were using him and not the other way around, failed to read the signs of what was to come.'
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