Bagged: By HCL Technologies, a $170 million or Rs 848 crore worth, five-year IT services contract from Microsoft Corporation. This is the third major contract bagged by HCL in last three weeks.
Appointed: Jayanti Chauhan, the only child of Parle Bisleri owner, Ramesh Chauhan, as Director in Parle Bisleri. She joins the growing brigade of daughters succeeding their fathers in India Inc.
Failed: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries’ talks for an amicable settlement for its takeover dispute with Israel’s Taro have failed. The out-of-court negotiations had begun on a directive by Israel’s supreme Court.
Voted: Ratan Tata as ‘India Inc.’s Most Powerful CEO’ by The Economic Times Corporate Dossier’s Most Powerful CEOs Survey.