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23 August 2004

28 August 2004

Raj Vattikuti takes over as CEO at Covansys
Chennai: Raj Vattikuti, founder and co-chairman of the US-based Covansys Corporation, has been appointed President and CEO from September 1. He replaces Martin C. Clague, who served as President and CEO since 2002 and is leaving the company to pursue other interests, according to a company release. Covansys is a consulting and technology services company.

New Institution of Engineers head
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh State Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) has elected Chandra Mohan as Chairman and D. Hanumantha Chary as Honorary Secretary for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 sessions. They will assume office at the 67th AGM scheduled for October 28.

Sakthivel re-elected TEA President
Coimbatore: A. Sakthivel has been re-elected President of Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA) for another 3-year term (2004-07). He has been its President since 1990.

According to a release, S. Duraiswamy and N. Chandran have been elected as Vice-Presidents, G. Karthikeyan as Secretary, K. Manthrachalam and M.M. Sampath Kumar as Joint Secretaries and K.A.S. Thirumurthi as Treasurer.

27 August 2004

New i-flex COO
Mumbai: N.R.K. Raman has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of i-flex Solutions Ltd.

Prior to this, Raman had served as Senior Vice-President, Global Sales where he spearheaded the company's sales growth in Western Europe, LatAm and the North American markets along with consolidating the company's presence in Africa, West Asia and Asia, informed a company release.

25 August 2004

Naresh Chandra to join TCS board
Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd has invited Naresh Chandra on its board, according to a company release.

Chandra is currently the Chairman of the Committee on Civil Aviation policy set up by the Government of India and is also the co-chairman from the Indian side for the India-US strategic dialogue under the auspices of the CII and ASPEN, Strategic Group, US, informed the release.