Web domain name registrar Network Solutions has named Kamalesh Dwivedi its Chief Information Officer. At Network Solutions, Kamalesh will be responsible for overseeing operations, engineering, enterprise data services and program management. Before joining Network Solutions, Kamalesh worked as Executive VP and CIO of BPO TeleTech Holdings. Kamalesh previously worked for broadband equipment company ADC Telecommunications and set-top […]
Karan Bhatia has been named a GE Officer, a prestigious position in the diversified multinational corporation. Worldwide, GE has just 197 GE Officers, who lead large revenue generating businesses or occupy critical functional roles. The 39-year-old Bhatia was named GE’s new VP and senior counsel, international government relations and policy recently. Before joining GE, Bhatia was […]
A pretty Indian-American girl Shivani Sud won the top prize at the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search competition in the U.S. on Tuesday. As the grand prize winner, Shivani Sud gets a $100,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation. This is the first time that an Indian-American student has won the top prize, which is often […]
Greedy desi butcher and Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit may fire more employees than previously reported. Soon after taking over as CEO of struggling Citigroup, Vikram Pandit started sacrificing Citi jobs even as he grabbed about $26.7 million in stock (1.094 million shares) on January 22, 2008, according to the bank’s regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. New […]
(Update – Shivani Sud wins Intel Science Talent Search Competition.) The fate of the Eight Desi geniuses who made it to the finals of the Intel Science Talent Contest will be decided on March 11, 2008. The eight desis are competing with 32 others for honor and $500,000 in prize money. The grand prize is […]
(Update – Shivani Sud wins Intel Science Talent Search Competition.) Eight Desi students have made it to the finals of the Intel Science Talent contest. Of the eight students, five are girls and they submitted projects in diverse areas including Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Zoology, Earth and Planetary Science and Chemistry. The students are […]