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Cognizant's Vice Chairman Francisco D'Souza steps down from the board; Vinita Bali joins.

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                                                                     Cognizant  The company said Vice Chairman Francisco D'Souza, who co-founded Cognizant and served as the chief executive officer from 2007 to 2019, would step down from the role. Cognizant has also appointed Vinita Bali to its board as an independent director, effective 24 February. Bali was the managing director and chief executive officer of Britannia Industries from 2005 to 2014. Francisco D’Souza, who co-founded the company in 1994, was the longest-serving CEO of the IT service company from Jan 2007 through March 2019 when Brian Humphries took over. Francisco D’Souza to exit on 31 March, firm appoints Vinita Bali as independent director Cognizant reports a net profit of $395 mn for Q4, down 39% from $648 mn a year ago. Cogniza...

Sunil Kataria, CEO, India & SAARC, Godrej Consumer Products Limited,says the brand intents to upgrade consumers from dual format to liquid format repellents.

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                                                Godrej    Sunil Kataria, CEO, India & SAARC, Godrej Consumer Products Limited. Sunil Kataria, CEO, India & SAARC, Godrej Consumer Products Limited, says the brand intents to upgrade consumers from dual format to liquid format repellents. One cannot unsee the growing threat that the country faces due to the increased mosquito breeding. With an aim to support the Government’s claim to make India Malaria free by 2030, Godrej Consumer Products has made a bold move of discontinuing its Power Active liquid vaporisers by launching the ‘Goodknight Gold Flash’ vapouriser, which has been positioned as ‘India’s most powerful liquid vaporiser’. Speaking on the launch of the product, Sunil Kataria, Chief Executive Officer - India & SAARC, Godrej Consumer Products Limited said, “A single format p...

A C Ghosh takes over as the head of Indian Oil's eastern marketing division.

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                                             IndianOil            Atish Chandra Ghosh, Chief General Manager regional services at IndianOil has taken over as its head of eastern marketing division. An electrical engineer by profession, Ghosh has more than three decades of experience in various locations, function, and position at IndianOil's across India. He has headed IndianOil's retail sales and human resource in various states. "While heading human resource function in East, Ghost has been instrumental in all HR initiatives of IndianOil encompassing employment relation, human resource development and learning & development." Before heading HR functions, he was head of the state for retail sales, where he was responsible for turning around  market shares of the states wherever he worked. Ghosh was one of the main ar...