[shilpi9911]

OK... ficci president is Rajeev Chandrashekhar
Checcked on the official site of ficci

[ankit88kejriwal]

Originally Posted by Abhishek_fr_CAT

1. HDFC Bank CEO - Aditya Puri
HDFC bank has the biggest branch n/w among all Indian pvt. banks - 1400 branches.
It has recently completed the acquisition of Centurion Bank of Punjab.

2. SBI Chairman - O P Bhatt
3. ICICI Bank Joint MD and CFO - Chanda Kochar
4. Citibank CEO - Sanjay Nayar
5. Deutsche Bank MD and CEO - Gunit Chaddha
6. Central Bank of India Chairperson and MD - H A Daruwala
7. Standard Chartered Bank CEO, India - Neeraj Swaroop
8. Bank of India Chairman and MD - T S Narayanswamy
9. Rediff Founder and CEO - Ajit Balakrishnan
10. Patni BoD Chairman - Narendra Patni
11. Patni new CEO - Jeya Kumar (Fmr. CEO - Mphasis)
12. Indian Hotels CEO and MD - Raymond Bickson
13. List of Fmr. Wipro CXO's who have joined other companies in the recent past
P K Gopal krishnan - Fmr. Senior EO, with Mindtree as Senior VP and India HEad now
Sudip Nandy - Fmr. Head, Telcom Division at Aricent now
Sudip Banerjee - Fmr. Head, Premji Investments at L&T Infotech as CEO now

ATB to everyone for SNAP.

Update it bro, Chanda Kochchar is now the MD and CEO of ICICI.

[ankit88kejriwal]

Here are the Grand Slam tournaments 2008 of Tennis
US OPEN Current champions

• Men: Roger Federer , who defeated Andy Murray in the men's final on September 8, 2008.
• Women: Serena Williams , who defeated Jelena Janković in the final on September 7, 2008.

All-foreign singles finals

Since the U.S. Championships began in 1881, there have been only five years when an American reached neither the men's nor women's singles final: 1959, 1973, 1988, 2004, and 2007.

WIMBLEDON

Men's Singles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(, 9–7

• It was Rafael Nadal's 6th title of the year, and his 29th overall. It was his 2nd Grand Slam title of the year, and his 5th overall.

Women's Singles
Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Venus Williams def. Serena Williams, 7–5, 6–4

• It was Venus Williams's 1st title of the year, and her 37th overall. It was her 7th Grand Slam title overall, her 5th win at the event, and her 2nd consecutive one.

Men's Doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic def. Jonas Bjorkman / Kevin Ullyett, 7–6(12), 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–3

Women's Doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–2

Mixed Doubles

Main article: 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles
Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur def. Mike Bryan / Katarina Srebotnik, 7–5, 6–4

[ankit88kejriwal]

To end the speculation over NASSCOM and other important Industry bodies of INDIA , i am pasting information here from Wikipedia...

1.NASSCOM

NASSCOM 2008-09
Mr.Som Mittal President
Mr. Raju Bhatnagar Vice President
Dr. Ganesh Natarajan Chairman
Mr. Pramod Bhasin Vice Chairman


2.FICCI


The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is an association of business organizations in India. FICCI is one of the main organizations to fund and support many governmental and non-governmental educational institutes.It was been founded by J.D.Birla and purushottam Takkur in 1927. it IS CURRENTLY led by Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar. It has a nationwide membership of over 1500 corporates and over 500 chambers of commerce and business associations.




3.CII


The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. The organisation works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes. The confederation is headquartered in New Delhi. Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee has been appointed has the new Director General of the confederation.


tO ADD,Mr. Tarun Das is Chief Mentor of CII. Mr. Das was Secretary, and later Director General of CII, heading the secretariat from 1974 till 2004.

Currently, Mr. KV Kamath, MD and CEO of India's second largest bank by assets, ICICI Bank, is the President of CII, and Mr. Venu Srinivasan, MD, Sundaram-Clayton Ltd, India's third largest manufacturer of two-wheelers, is the Vice President.


4.ASSOCHAM

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is the umbrella body of chambers of commerce in India. Established in 1920, it currently has a membership of over 100,000 companies across the country. The organisation represents the interests of trade and commerce in India, and interacting with the Government of India on policy issues, and liaisoning with their international counterparts to promote trade between India and other nations. The current president of ASSOCHAM is Mr. Sajjan Jindal.


5.SEBI


SEBI is the Regulator for the Securities Market in India. Originally set up by the Government of India in 1988, it acquired statutory form in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament.Chaired by Shri CB Bhave, SEBI is headquartered in the popular business district of Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, and has Northern, Eastern and Southern regional offices in New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. It is in the news that a new Western Regional Office has been proposed at Ahmedabad.


6.FINANCE COMMISSION

The Finance Commission is an impartial authority established under Article 280 of the Constitution of India by the President.

C.Rangrajan chaired the 12th Finance Commission set up in 2003, with operational duration of 2005-2010.

Vijay Kelkar would chair the 13th Finance Commission set up in 2007 , operating during 2005-2010

[targetcat2008]

Originally Posted by jigar_p_civil

can u tell me latest FICCI president

Founder of BPL Mobile and chairman and CEO of financial firm Jupiter Capital Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been elected as the president of industry body Ficci for 2008.

Source: Rajeev Chandrasekhar to take over as Ficci president - The Financial Express

Originally Posted by redsand123

i think golden revolution is related to silk,i mean horticulture.

Golden revolution - someone says honey, i read it being for fruits, you are saying its silk.

So i think this one is debatable till we can confirm from a reliable source.

Dr. K.L. Chadha is known as the Pioneer of Golden Revolution in India, who provided leadership to horticulture development in India through shaping policies, building institutions, disseminating knowledge and energising the system for employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in horticulture sector, which benefited millions of farmers in the country

Source: Agriculture Leadership Awards announced

[targetcat2008]

OLYMPICS FACTS ----------------- :rockon:

• The Official Olympic Flag was created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914.
• The Olympic flag contains five interconnected rings on a white background.
• The five rings symbolize the five significant continents and are interconnected to symbolize the friendship to be gained from these international competitions.
• The rings, from left to right, are blue, yellow, black, green, and red.
• The Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games.
• Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius ("Swifter, Higher, Stronger").
• The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912.
• The first opening ceremonies were held during the 1908 Olympic Games in London.
• James B. Connolly (United States), winner of the hop, step, and jump (the first final event in the 1896 Olympics), was the first Olympic champion of the modern Olympic Games.
• In 490 BCE, Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, ran from Marathon to Athens (about 25 miles) to inform the Athenians the outcome of the battle with invading Persians. After telling the townspeople of the Greeks' success in the battle, Pheidippides fell to the ground dead. In 1896, at the first modern Olympic Games, held a race of approximately the same length in commemoration of Pheidippides.
• The winter Olympic Games were first held in 1924.
• Because of World War I and World War II, there were no Olympic Games in 1916, 1940, or 1944.
• Tennis was played at the Olympics until 1924, then reinstituted in 1988.

:smilecol::smilecol::smilecol::smilecol:

[redsand123]

Originally Posted by study_hard

Hey silk cultivation is known as sericulture, not horticulture.

sorry puys my mistake.thank you for correcting me

[killerkart19]

confirmed--- golden revolution is for fruits.... jus googled it

[ankit88kejriwal]

Given the recent hype over PAy Commission , i expect a question related to that so here is some info

History

Since India's Independence, six pay commissions have been set up on a regular basis to review and make recommendations on the work and pay structure of all civil and military divisions of the Government of India

First Pay Commission

The first pay commission was constituted in May 1946, and had submitted its report in a year. and the importance is on the report

Second Pay Commission

The second panel had been set up in August 1957 and had given its report exactly after two years, with a financial impact was Rs.396 million.

Third Pay Commission

The third pay commission set up in April 1970 gave its report in March 1973, and created proposals that cost the government Rs.1.44 billion.

Fourth Pay Commission

Constituted in June 1983, its report was given in three phases within four years and the financial burden to the government was Rs.12.82 billion.[1]

Fifth Pay Commission

The Fifth Pay Commission was set up in 1994 and implemented in 1997 at a cost of Rs. 17,000 crore.

Sixth Pay Commission

In July 2006, the Cabinet approved setting up of the sixth pay commission. This commission has been setup under Justice B.N.Srikrishna with a timeframe of 18 months. The cost of hikes in salaries is anticipated to be about Rs. 20,000 crore for a total of 5.5 million government employees as per media speculation on the 6th Pay Commission, the report of which is expected to be handed over in late March/early April 2008. The employees had threatened to go on a nationwide strike if the government failed to hike their salaries. Reasons for the demand of hikes include rising inflation and rising pay in the private sector due to the forces of globalization


The Sixth Central Pay commission was set up by Union Cabinet of India on October 5, 2006 for revising the salaries of central government's employees. The commission was set up under Justice B.N.Srikrishna with a time-frame of 18 months. Other members were Prof. Ravindra Dholakia, Mr. J.S.Mathur and Member-Secretary Smt. Sushama Nath.[1]

Report

Report of Sixth Central Pay Commission was submitted to Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, now Home Minister, by Justice B. N. Srikrishna on March 24, 2008. The cabinet has approved sixth pay commission recommendations with some modifications on 14th august.Revised pay will be implemented with effect from 01.01.2006 and allowances will be paid with effect from 01.09.2008.

[vimarshpratap]

No idea if posted earlier, but found a file, so pasting its content for all:
P.S. Apologies if its a repeat post. The source seems old so some punchlines may have got updated.. :(

PUNCH LINE
1. Like. No. Other. - SONY
2. Everyone's Invited or Its hard to Imagine - SAMSUNG
3. Life's Good - LG
4. The Indian Multinational - VIDEOCON
5. Born in Japan Entertaining The World - SANSUI
6. Inspired Living - HAIER
7. Sense and Simplicity - PHILLIPS
8. The Perfect Experience - JVC
9. Choose Freedom - TOSHIBA
1. Always low prices. Always. - WALMART
2. Like no other store in the world - BLOOMINGDALES
3. You can do it. We can Help. - HOME DEPOT
4. Every Little Helps - TESCO
5. The spirit of Commerce - METRO
6. Costs less to get more - KROGER
7. Is se sasta aur Achcha kahee nahee milenga - BIG BAZAAR
8. The stuff of life. - KMART
9. Shop. Eat. Celebrate – CENTRAL
10.MRF - Tyres with Muscle
11.CEAT - Born Tough
12.EBAY - The World's Online Market Place
13.AMAZON.COM - Earth's Biggest BookStore
14.TIMESJOBS.COM - If you have a reason, we have the job -
15.BLOGGER.COM - Push Button Publishing
16.Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our
Passion
17.Windows XP - Do More with Less
18.HP-Invent - Everything is Possible
19.Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
20.IBM - ON DEMAND
21.LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
22.Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
23.TCS - Beyond the Obvious
24.Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values;
Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
25.WIPRO - Applying Thought
26.Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
27.Macromedia - What the web can be.
28.FORD – Built for the Road Ahead
29.GM – Only GM.
30.BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
31.TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
32.HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
33.HONDA - The Power of Dreams
34.SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
35.VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
36.FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
37.TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car
38.IBM - I think, therefore IBM.
39.Dell - Easy as DELL.
40.Intel - Intel inside.
41.LEE - The jeans that built America
42.Master card - There are some things money can't buy. For
everything else there's MASTERCARD.
43.Kotak - Think Investments. Think Kotak.
44.Sun Microsystems - The Network is the Computer
45.Ernst and Young - Quality in Everything we Do
46.Barclays - Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your
business
47.Standard Chartered Bank - Your Right Partner
48.CNBC - Profit from it
49.AT&T - The World's Networking Company
50.Monster.com - Never Settle
51.Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
52.Lufthansa - There's no better to fly
53.British airways - The Way to Fly.
54.Air Canada - A breath of Fresh Air
55.Sahara - Emotionally yours.
56.Malaysian Airlines - Going Beyond Expectations
57.Kingfisher Airlines - Fly the good times
58.Exxon Mobil - Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges
59.Chevron Corporation - Human Energy
60.Reliance industries Limited - Growth is Life
61.British Petroleum - Beyond Petroleum
62.ONGC - Making Tomorrow Brighter
63.IOCL - Bringing Energy to Life
64.BPCL - Pure for Sure
65.IBP - Pure bhi. Poora bhi
66.GAIL - Gas and Beyond
67.Essar corp - A positive a++itude
68.Speed - High Performance Petrol
69.Servo - 100 % Performance. Everytime.
70.NDTV Profit - News you can Use.
71.Toyota Innova - All you Desire.
72.Star Sports - We know your game
73.L&T - We Make the Things that Make India Proud
74.LG - Digitally Yours
75.Sify - Making the Internet work for you
76.Voltas - ACs with IQ
77.Alcatel - Architect of an Internat World
78.Cathy Pacific Airlines - The Heart of Asia
79.MS Office 97 - Work Less, Do More
80.Hyundai - Drive Your Way
81.Canon - Delighting You Always
82.Philips - Sense & Simplicity
83.The Economic Times - The Power of Knowledge
84.Cell One - The One for Everyone
85.Cantabill - International Clothing
86.Business World - Play the Game
87.Dolphin - The Affordable Network Service
88.SBI - With You all the Way
89.Amway - Better Ideas-Better Life
90.Omega - The Sign of Excellance
91.Jaguar - Dont Dream it, Drive it
92.Honda - The Power of Dreams
93.MTNL - Transparency makes us Different
94.SOTC - You Look the World, We Look After You
95.ABN AMRO - Making More Possible
96.Business Today - For managing Tomarrow
97.Nokia - Connecting People
98.Wipro - Applying Thought
99.Air France - Making the Sky the best place on Earth
100.Air Lufthansa - There's no Better Way to Fly
101.Toyota - Touch the Perfection
102.Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
103.ITC - Enduring Value
104.IFFCO TOKIO - The Life You Desire
105.Microsoft - Your Potential, Your Passion
106.Epson - Exceed Your Vision
107.Park Avenue - Play the Lead
108.British Airways - The World is Waiting
109.DIGJAM - Dressing the World
110.Chevrolet - For a Special Journey called Life
111.CNN - Be the First to Know
112.MICO-BOSCH - The Power of We
113.Sun Microsystem - The Network is the Computer
114.TATA Indicom - Business Without Limits
115Amkette - When Reliability Matters
116.Dell - Easy to Buy, Easy to Own
117.Motorola - Intelligence Everywhere