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Heda to head Microland unit
Bangalore: Sharad Heda has been appointed  president of the global networking services of Microland. The division will focus on corporate enterprises as well as Internet and applications services providers.  
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Kochi airport chief replaced
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has replaced the high-profile managing director of the state's high-tech joint sector international airport at Kochi, V.J.Kurien, with another bureaucrat, Babu Rajiv, who is at present chairman of the Cochin Port Trust. The government is understood to be peeved at the the financial performance of the joint venture, Cochin International Airport, which  is faced with the prospect of paying interest to the tune of Rs 11 crore against a revenue of Rs 3.98 crore. The company has availed of loans of Rs 189 crore. The airport commenced commercial operations in June 1999.

Mr Kurien, an IAS officer, will now head another infrastructure project in the state, the Kerala Roads & Bridges Corporation.
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Samant is Mumbai Coop Bank chairman
Mumbai: Raghuvir Samant, former chairman of the Mumbai District Cooperative Housing Federation and editor of Housing Times, has been elected chairman of the Mumbai District Central Cooperative Bank, one of the largest cooperative banks in the state. Nandkumar Katkar has been elected vice-chairman of the bank. 
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