M.D. Shukla back at Dunlop
Calcuta: M.D. Shukla is planning to return to Dunlop India with a mandate to get the ailing company back on the rails and restart its operations immediately. He will be made the company's president.

Mr Shukla had resigned as managing director in February 1997, following differences with the company's director and promoter, Manu Chhabria. He is said to have a good rapport with the trade unions as well as financial institutions. .
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Ravi Jain joins UB group
Bangalore: Ravi Jain, who quit Shaw Wallace & Co as managing director, is returning to the UB group as president. Vijay Mallya, chairman of UB group, said Mr Jain's operational responsibilities will be announced shortly. Mr Jain worked with the UB group for 17 years before he joined Shaw Wallace & Co.

Mr Jain confirmed that he left Shaw Wallace & Co on account of "incompatibility" between him and Mr Manu Chhabria.
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Ashutosh Ojha to be MD of new Piramal JV
Mumbai: Mr Ashutosh Ojha has been named managing director of the new Piramal Enterprises-BUPA joint venture company, BUPA Piramal Healthcare.

Ms Carol Knott of BUPA, on deputation, will be the joint managing director of the company..
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Chaturvedi quits SBI MF
Mumbai: Ved Prakash Chaturvedi, chief investment officer of SBI Mutual Fund, the second largest mutual fund in India, has resigned. An IIM-Bangalore graduate, Mr Chaturvedi is primarily responsible for the excellent performance of SBI Mutual Fund's schemes, six of which have appreciated 100 per cent in the last one year. He was previously fund manager at Sun F&C Asset Management.
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