february 2014
|
magis
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Krishnaku-
mar Natara-
jan, XL’81
,
Chief
Executive Offi-
cer of MindTree
is one of the 50
highest rated
CEOs on the
Glassdoor list. The list is based entirely on
employee feedback shared during the past
year.
Magma Fincorp
appointed
Janet
Gasper Chow-
dhury, XL’88
,
as Chief People
Officer. Chowd-
hury has 17 years
of experience in
human resource
consulting across sectors like government
ministries, banking, insurance, oil and gas,
steel, chemicals, engineering, aeronautics
and defense, information technology and
FMCG.
| success stories|
Jane D’Souza
Gopalakrishnan’s, XL’
9
3
,
The Spy Who Lost Her
Head
is an interesting read of
an Indian detective, Gu-
labi. The protagonist is from
Jharkhand and travels to the
big city to find her husband
but instead finds a real life.
The novel, published by Harp-
erCollins, may be her first
detective novel but this is cer-
tainly not her first foray into
writing. Gopalakrishnan has
worked in an ad-agency as a
copywriter, written children’s
books, blogged and contrib-
uted to various periodicals.
Akshat Kumar’s,
XL’2008
,
Single Work-
ing Male: Work, Life &
Beyond
, is a hilarious take
on Indian perspective on
daily occurrences of life.
The comic book is a col-
lection of 73 strips.
Yes! That is our
alumnus,
Kaushik
Guha Thakurta
of 2001 batch, on the
cover of Entrepreneur.
3M India Ltd
appoints
Amit
Laroya, XL’88,
as Director and
MD of the Company.
Amar Babu, XL’89
,
Managing Director,
Lenovo India, was ap-
pointed new President
of MAIT, the apex body
representing India’s IT
hardware, training and
R&D services sectors.
The Lenovo MD holds
an engineering degree in electrical and electronics
from PSG Tech, Coimbatore. He has over 17 years
of experience with more than 10 years in various
leadership roles. He was serving as the Vice- Pres-
ident of MAIT for 2012-13.
Ram Kumar,
XL’2010
, was featured
on CNBC TV-18’s
Young Turks for his
initiative, Edwell Solu-
tions. The group has
tied up with government
schools to improve the
quality of education by
conducting multimedia-based tuition classes. The
venture has established three learning centers and
impacted lives of over 100 students, all in a year.
End of Story?
By
Shekhar Arjun,
XL’90
, is an intriguing
thriller about the dysto-
pian possibilities of
everyday advertising.
XLers on writing spree !!
