Sunday 23 September 2012

24.Mr C.K. Ranganathan, Chairman and Managing Director, CavinKare Pvt Ltd

C K Ranganathan was born in Cuddalore to parents with primary interest in education. He took up his Bachelors in Chemistry and after a short stint in the family business,  he set up “Chik India”.  The Company began its journey as Chik India and was renamed CavinKare Pvt. Ltd (CKPL) in 1998 with a starting investment of Rs. 15, 000/-
The Company manufactures and markets many products under the brand of Spinz, Fairever, Meera, Nyle, Karthika, Indica, Tex, Ruchi, Chinnis, Maa, and Cavins’s etc both in domestic and international markets.
The Company has pioneered the concept of 'Family Salons' in India with its specialist brands - Limelite, and Green Trends and hence started Trends In Vogue Pvt. Ltd a Group Company which has a clear-cut focus providing personal styling and beauty solutions to everyone in the family. 
Ranganathan has conferred the prestigious “Entrepreneur of the Year award” by the Economic Times in 2004. He has been elected as Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry, Tamil Nadu State Council for the year 2009/10. He is the past President of Madras Management Association.
Ranganathan is one of the founder-members of the Ability Foundation - an NGO working towards the rehabilitation of the disabled. He also instituted CAVINKARE ABILITY Awards to celebrate the exemplary spirit of rare breed of individuals who have risen above their physical limitations to display that attitude is everything.

Sunday 8 July 2012

23.Venu Srinivasan ,TVS Motor Chairman



Venu Srinivasan (Tamil: வேணு ஸ்ரீனிவாசன்) is an Indian industrialist; the Chairman and Managing Director of Sundaram Clayton Ltd and TVS Motor Company, the third largest two wheeler manufacturer in India. He also served as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2009-10. He is the Honorary Consul General of Republic of Korea and a Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry. He was also President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

Career

Venu Srinivasan is the grandson of the TVS Group's founder, T. V. Sundaram Iyengar.[2] After graduating as an engineer from the University of Madras, he completed a Master's Degree in Management from Purdue University in the USA.
He became the Managing Director of Sundaram Clayton Ltd. in May 1979. He went on to become Chairman of TVS Motor Company in July 2002.
In the late 1980’s, Srinivasan scripted a turnaround of the company, which was then mired in labour trouble and was sinking into the red. Srinivasan dealt with the situation sternly and shut the factory down for three months, forcing the unions to relent. He then re-structured operations by upgrading plant machinery, investing in new technologies and implementing Total Quality Management practices. He also brought in Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya of the University of Warwick as a consultant to provide guidance.In 2001, TVS Motor Company split with Suzuki and started manufacturing on its own.  TVS Motor Company re-entered contention by successfully launching Victor, India’s first indigenously built four stroke motorcycle. The slew of launches that followed propelled TVS Motor Company to become the third largest two wheeler manufacturer in India.
Srinivasan later brought in Professor Yasutoshi Washio of Japan, a Deming Application Prize Winner and globally renowned expert in Total Quality Management and Japanese Quality Management Guru Prof Yoshikazu Tsuda as mentors to strengthen the TQM processes within the company.
Under his leadership as the Managing Director, Sundaram Clayton's brakes division won the Deming Prize in 1998 for having "achieved distinctive performance improvements through application of company-wide quality control". In 2004, TVS Motor Company also won the Deming Prize, becoming the first two-wheeler company in the world to do so.
Srinivasan holds several other positions:
    Director, Lucas-TVS
    Director, T V Sundram Iyengar & Sons Limited
    Director, Southern Roadways Limited
    Director, Sundram Fasteners Limited
    Director, Cummins India Limited
    Director, TATA Coffee Limited
    Director, Oriental Hotels Limited
    Director, TVS Energy Limited
    Chairman, TVS Credit Services Limited
    Chairman, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Government of India
    Vice Chairman, State Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, Government of Tamil Nadu, India,
    Past President, Confederation of Indian Industry, Delhi.
    Past President, Automotive Research Association of India.
    Past President, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

Saturday 19 May 2012

22.Kanimozhi


 Smt. Kanimozhi


NameSmt. Kanimozhi
Father's NameShri Karunanidhi
Mother's NameShrimati Rajathi Karunanidhi
Date of Birth05/01/1968
Birth PlaceChennai (Tamil Nadu)
Maritial StatusMarried
Spouse NameShri G. Aravindan
No. of ChildrenOne Son
State NameTamil Nadu
Party NameDravida Munnetra Kazagham
Permanent Address14-1, First Main Road, CIT Colony, Mylapore, Chennai. 600004
Telephone : {044}24670606, Mobile: 0944498197
Present AddressC-601, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi 110001
Telephone : 23795057, 23793646, Mobile:             9868181967      
Email idkanimozhi[at]sansad[dot]nic[dot]in
Educational QualificationsM.A. ( Economics)
ProfessionPolitician, Poet, Journalist
Positions HeldJuly 2007 Elected to Rajya Sabha Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare Sept. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development Aug. 2008 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women May 2008 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Children Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development
Freedom FighterNo
Books PublishedIn Tamil: (i) Karuvarai Vaasanai, (ii) Agathinai, (iii) Paarvaigal and (iv) Karukkum Marudhani; her literary works have been translated into various languages like English, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu by the Dravidian University
Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special InterestsHas organised Tamil folk art festivals called Chennai Sangamam-Thiru Vizha, Namma Theru Vizha (Our Street Festival) showcasing Chennai's long-lost traditional art forms (the only Festival of India that belongs to people of all religions, as well as to the non-believers), the harvest festival of Tamil antiquity - the Pongal re-discovering itself as urban thanksgiving. Chennai Sangamam had a successful third edition in January 2009; scripted a dance drama called 'Silapathigaram, the woman of substance';also interested in the welfare of differently-abled people and the transgenders
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation
Countries VisitedSingapore, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Australia, France, U.S.A., Thailand and Germany
Other InformationHas organized Job Fairs in various districts of Tamil Nadu which began as an experiment in June 2008 at Kariyapatti, a village in Virudhunagar District; by December 2008, job fairs held in rural areas had provided jobs to about 50,000 unemployed youth spread across four districts, namely Nagercoil, Vellore, Udhagamandalam and Virudhunagar; plans to conduct similar job fairs all over Tamil Nadu

21.Indu Jain


Indu Jain

Indu Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family and is the current chairperson of India's largest media group, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., which owns the Times of India and other large newspapers. She is widowed with two sons.[
Indu Jain is Chairperson of The Times Group. She is a spiritualist, an entrepreneur, an educationalist, a humanist, a patron of art and culture. In her capacity as Chairperson of The Times Group, Indu has since infused new energy into the growth of India's largest media house.
The Times Foundation, which she founded and carefully guides, has garnered international acclaim for its, often pioneering, activities in the field of development. A humanist to the core, under her direction, The Times Foundation runs Community Services, Research Foundation and Times Relief Fund for disaster reliefs like floods, cyclones, earthquakes and epidemics. Indu's championing of women's causes is also well known. She actively supports women's rights and the encouragement of entrepreneurship.
Indu Jain is also founder President of the Ladies wing of FICCI (FLO). A patron of literature and culture, she is Chairperson of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust, which awards India's most prestigious and highest literary award, the Jnanpith award and supports endeavours in the field of literature in every major Indian language.
She addressed the United Nations in 2000 at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, a speech in which she stressed the need for oneness among faiths and went on to chair a special session of the conference.
A successful business magnate, she is also an accomplished Hindi author and poet. Among her noted compositions, she has penned the lyrics of critically acclaimed movies like Chashme Baddoor, Sparsh and Katha. Earlier, she had also conducted interviews and talk shows for Doordarshan.
Ms Jain is also the guiding force behind The Oneness Forum, formally launched by the President of India in 2003. The Forum recently awarded the Mahatma-Mahavira Awards to outstanding individuals from all of walks of life and is involved in several activities that seek to bring, and highlight, a sense of Oneness in the world.
Ms Jain has 2 sons – Samir Jain and Vineet Jain.
Spreading the message of Peace Within First, Indu Jain spear heads a movement to spread the principles of peace globally.

20.Dr.Kumar Mangalam Birla


Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group

Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla (44) is the Chairman of the US$35 billion multinational Aditya Birla Group, which operates in 36 countries across six continents. Over 60 per cent of its revenues flow from its operations outside India.
 Mr. Birla chairs the Boards of all of the Group's major companies in India and globally. Among its clutch of companies globally feature Novelis, Columbian Chemicals, Aditya Birla Minerals, Aditya Birla Chemicals, Thai Carbon Black and Alexandria Carbon Black among others. In India, he chairs the Boards of Hindalco, Grasim, Aditya Birla Nuvo, UltraTech, Idea, Aditya Birla Financial Services and Aditya Birla Retail.
The Group's businesses are spread across a swath of industries. These include aluminium, copper, cement, textiles (pulp, fibre, yarn, fabric and branded apparel), carbon black, insulators, natural resources, power, agribusiness, telecommunications, financial services, IT/ITeS, retail and trading.
 Business record
Mr. Birla took over as Chairman of the Group in 1995, at the age of 28, after the untimely demise of his father. As Chairman, Mr. Birla has taken the Aditya Birla Group to an altogether higher growth trajectory. In the 17 years that he has been at the helm of the Group, he has accelerated growth, built a meritocracy and enhanced stakeholder value.
 In the process he has raised the Group's turnover from US$ 2 billion in 1995, to US$ 35 billion today. Mr. Birla has restructured the businesses to emerge as a global/national leader in the sectors in which the Group operates. He has made 22 acquisitions in 17 years in India and globally, the highest by an Indian multinational in India.
 The acquisition of Novelis, a global metals major, in 2007, the second largest acquisition ever by an Indian company, led to a new found respect for Indian companies and stoked a higher level of interest in the country as well. Recently, the acquisition of Columbian Chemicals, a US based company and the world's 3rd largest carbon black manufacturer positioned the Group as the No. 1 player in this sector, given its own sizeable carbon black operations today. Likewise, the acquisition of Domsjö Fabriker, a leading Swedish speciality pulp manufacturer enables the Group's pulp and fibre business to further consolidate its global position.
 Besides these, over the years Mr. Birla has acquired manufacturing plants in Canada, China, Indonesia, plantations in Laos, and mines in Australia, set up new plants in Egypt, Thailand and China. Alongside, he has expanded capacities in all of the Group's manufacturing units.
 In India as well, he has made major acquisitions, the most notable being the cement division of Larsen & Toubro; Indal from Alcan; Madura Garments from Coats Viyella and the chlor alkali division of Kanoria Chemicals.
 Under his stewardship, the Aditya Birla Group enjoys a position of leadership in all the major sectors in which it operates. Over the years, Mr. Birla has built a highly successful meritocratic organisation, anchored by an extraordinary force of 133,000 employees belonging to 42 different nationalities.
 In key responsible positions on various regulatory bodies
Mr. Birla holds several key positions on various regulatory and professional boards. He is a Director on the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India. Earlier, he was Chairman of the Advisory Committee constituted by the Ministry of Company Affairs and also served on The Prime Minister of India's Advisory Council on Trade and Industry.
 As the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Committee on Corporate Governance, he authored the first report on corporate governance titled "Report of the Kumar Mangalam Birla Committee on Corporate Governance". Its recommendations were path breaking and became the basis of corporate governance norms. Furthermore, as the Convener of the Prime Minister's Task Force on administrative and legal simplifications, the extensive recommendations made by him in his report, have been implemented in totality. Mr. Birla also served as Chairman of SEBI's committee on insider trading, which formulated corporate governance principles for Indian corporates.
 He is on the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Apex Advisory Council of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.
 On the board of educational institutions
Mr. Birla is deeply engaged with educational institutions. He is the Chancellor of the renowned Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), with campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai.
 He is a Director of the G. D. Birla Medical Research & Education Foundation.
 He serves on the London Business School’s Asia Pacific Advisory Board and is a Honorary Fellow of the London Business School.
 Accolades conferred on Mr. Birla
Mr. Birla has won recognition for his exemplary contribution to leadership processes and institution/systems building. A selective list:
                 NASSCOM's 'Global Business Leader Award' 2012.
                'CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Award 2012' for "taking India abroad".
                'GQ Business Leader of the Year Award - 2011' from Condé Nast India, an affiliate of Condé Nast Global.
                'CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2010 - Business' for being the most outstanding business person and making a success out of most of the businesses including the sunrise sector.
                The All India Management Association's (AIMA), Managing India Awards 'Business Leader of the Year' 2010.
                The 'AIMA-JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award' 2008.

                The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa) in 'recognition of his invaluable contribution in the field of business administration' by the G. D. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, 2008.
                "For the development of technology and also for the involvement in the field of industries in bringing the country at par with other countries in the field of industries", the SRM University in Tamil Nadu conferred the Degree of Doctor of Literature, 2008.

                The Asia Pacific Global HR Excellence 'Exemplary Leader' Award, 2007.
                'The Global Indian Leader of the Year' by NDTV Profit in their Business Leader Awards category, 2007.
                The Lakshmipat Singhania – IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award, Business Leader, 2006.
                Represented India at the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Award in Monte Carlo, Monaco in June 2006, where he was inducted as a Member of the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Academy.
                'The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year' Award, 2005.
                'Young Super Performer in the CEO Category' by Business Today, 2005.
                Chosen by the World Economic Forum (Davos) as one of the Young Global Leaders, 2004.
                'The D. Litt (honoris causa) Degree' by the Banaras Hindu University, 2004.
                'Honorary Fellowship' by the All India Management Association, 2004.
                'The Business Leader of the Year', The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2002-2003.
                'Business Man of the Year - 2003' by Business India.
                'The Rajiv Gandhi Award' for "business excellence and his contribution to the country" by the Mumbai Pradesh Youth Congress, 2001.
                The National HRD Network, 'The Outstanding Business Man of the Year', 2001.
                The Institute of Directors' 'Golden Peacock National Award for Business Leadership', 2001.
                The Hindustan Times', 'Businessman of the Year', 2001.
                The Bombay Management Association's 'The Management Man of the Year 1999-2000'.
                'Among the 10 super stars of corporate finance' - Global Finance, 1998.
                'Among the top 10 of India's most admired and respected CEOs and the top CEO of the coming millennium', Business World, 1998.
Beyond business: Reaching out to the marginalised sections of the society
A firm practitioner of the trusteeship concept, Mr. Birla has institutionalised the concept of caring and giving at the Aditya Birla Group. With his mandate, the Group is involved in meaningful welfare driven activities that distinctively impact the quality of life of the weaker sections of society, surrounding hundreds of villages that are among the poorest in India, Thailand, Philippines and Egypt.
 In India, the Group is engaged in 3,000 villages, reaching out to seven million people annually and making a difference to their lives through meticulously conceived projects focusing on healthcare, education, sustainable livelihood, infrastructure and social causes. For instance, the Group runs 42 schools, which provide quality education to 45,000 children. Of these, over 18,000 children receive free education. Additionally, over a 100,000 youngsters benefit from bridge educational programmes and vocational training.
 Educational background
A commerce graduate from the Mumbai University, Mr. Birla is a chartered accountant. He earned an MBA from the London Business School.
 Personal details
Born on June 14, 1967, in Kolkata, Mr. Birla was raised in Mumbai. Mr. Birla and his wife, Mrs. Neerja Birla have three children, Ananyashree, Aryaman Vikram and Advaitesha.

19.Shashi and Ravi Ruia


Shashi and Ravi Ruia


Shashi and Ravi Ruia are the Indian Billionaires. They are the founders of the Essar Group, the multinational conglomerate in Steel, Power, Energy, Communications and Construction Business.

The head quarter of Essar Group is in Mumbai. They have founded Essar Group in 1969 and today it has $ 15 Billion of Annual Revenue (2009).

Both of them are the India’s Top 10 Richest persons having net worth of around US $ 6-8 Billion. They are also the Forbes Billionaires.

Essar Steel is India’s largest exporter of Flat Steel. And the Company is world’s one of the largest company of steel. Essar Steel is the largest steel producer in western India, with a capacity of 10 MTPA at Hazira, Gujarat. The Essar Steel complex at Hazira in Gujarat,India has a complete infrastructure setup, including a captive port, lime plant and oxygen plant. The company is building a 1.5 MTPA plate mill and a 0.6 MTPA pipe mill in Hazira.

Essar Oil is a fully integrated oil & gas company of international scale with strong presence across the hydrocarbon value chain from exploration & production to oil retail.It has a portfolio of onshore and offshore oil & gas blocks worldwide, with about 70,000 km2 available for exploration

History of Essar Group and Shashi & Ravi Ruia -

Shashi and Ravi Ruia are the born entrepreneurs. They have founded Essar group in 1969 and after that migrated from Rajasthan to Mumbai.

Ruia is a Marwari Family. And the Business is in their blood. The History of Essar Group is not new. Their Family business was since 1800.

In 1969, after the death of their father, Nand Kishore Ruia, both the brothers Shashi & Ruia have took over the group and started expanding. And within just 3 decades they have transformed a small family business into a multinational diversified corporation in the areas of Energy, Steel, Power, Communications and Construction.

Today Essar Group is the fourth largest house in India according to Asset wise.

Ravi is the Chairman of the Essar Group. Extended steel business into North America with acquisitions of Minnesota Steel and Canada's Algoma Steel. Wedding bash for Ravi's daughter Smiti drew 4,000 guests, including family friend Richard Branson.

Recently in April 2010, Ruia brothers have made literally billions of dollars by floating Essar Energy on London Stock Exchange.

Ruia Brothers consider 13 to be their lucky number and will not fly together. Essar Energy is just part of the Ruia's huge steel-to-retail conglomerate and the brothers are only floating 25% of the firm.

For years the brothers shared an office, sitting at "opposite ends of a long room [decorated] with mahogany wall panelling and paintings", and they always get together when India plays cricket.

Business runs in the Ruias' veins, says the FT. They are members of the Marwari community from Rajasthan  –  renowned for its commercial acumen and drive. The bones of their empire was a shipping and exports business founded by their father, Nand Kishore Ruia, in 1956. He named it Essar after the first letters of his sons' names – S and R. The brothers moved into port and deep-sea pipeline construction. Their big break came in 1990 when they took advantage of India's liberalising economy to move into sponge iron, "an unglamorous but essential raw material for steel".

In 2000, they struck a deal with Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing to form Hutchison Essar. When Li Ka-shing sold out to Vodafone in 2007, the value of the Ruias' 33% stake soared. The combined company is currently India's third-largest operator.

18.Azim Hashim Premji


Azim Hashim Premji

Born      24 July 1945 (age 66)
Bombay Presidency, British India
Residence           Bangalore, India
Nationality          Indian
Ethnicity               Kutchhi
Alma mater        Stanford University (dropped out 1966, completed 1999
Occupation         Chairman of Wipro
Net worth           US$ 15.9 billion (2012)
Religion                Islam
Spouse Yasmeen
Children-Rishad, Tariq


Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian business tycoon and philanthropist who is the chairman of Wipro Limited, guiding the company through four decades of diversification and growth to emerge as one of the Indian leader in the software industry. According to Forbes, he is currently the third wealthiest Indian, and the 41st richest in the world, with a personal wealth of US$15.9 billion in 2012.In 2000, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek. He has twice been listed among the 100 most influential people by TIME Magazine, once in 2004 and more recently in 2011.[6] Premji owns 79 percent of Wipro and also owns a private equity fund, PremjiInvest, which manages his $1 billion personal portfolio.
 Early life and career

When Azim Premji took over as its head, Wipro dealt in hydrogenated cooking fats and later diversified to bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based toiletries, hair care soaps, baby toiletries, lighting products, and hydraulic cylinders. Thereafter Premji made a focused shift from soaps to software. The Amalner-based vanaspathi manufacturing company, the Western India Products later became Wipro Products Ltd and Wipro Limited subsequently. Under Premji’s leadership Wipro embarked on an ambitious phase of expansion and diversification. The Company began manufacturing light bulbs with and other consumer products including soaps, baby care products, shampoos, powder etc.
In the 1980s Wipro entered the IT field, taking advantage of the exit of IBM from the Indian market in 1975. Thus, Wipro started manufacturing computer hardware, software development and related items, under a special license from Sentinel. As a result, the $1.5 million company in hydrogenated cooking fats grew within a few decades to an over $6 billion diversified, integrated corporation in services, medical systems, technology products and consumer items with offices worldwide. The company’s IT division became the world's first to win SEI CMM level 5 and PCMM Level 5 (People Capability Maturity Model) certification, the latest in quality standards. A large percentage of the company’s revenues are generated by the IT division. Wipro works with leading Fortune 500 companies. Wipro also has a joint venture in Medical Systems with General Electric company.
Wipro Consumer Care launched brands like Santoor and the Wipro Shikakai in 1986; Santoor Talc and Wipro Baby Soft in 1991; Santoor Facewash,Wipro Sanjeevani Honey and Wipro Safewash in 2004; Santoor Handwash in 2006; Wipro Sweet 'n' Healthy and Chandrika Handwash in 2007 and Santoor Deo in 2010.
Wipro Consumer Care acquired brands like Glucovita in 2003; Chandrika in 2004; North West  in 2006; Unza in 2007; Enchanteurand Romano in 2008 and Yardley in 2009 and Aramusk in 2011.
Azim Premji founded Wipro Lighting and Wipro GE Medical Systems in 1991; Wipro Net in 1999; netKracke in 2000; Wipro Water in 2008; and Wipro EcoEnergy in 2009.
Personal life

Azim Premji is married to Yasmeen.The couple have two children, Rishad and Tariq. Rishad is married to Aditi and is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of IT Business, Wipro.
Honours and awards

Premji has been recognized by Business Week as one of the Greatest Entrepreneurs  for being responsible for Wipro emerging as one of the world’s fastest growing companies. In 2000, he was conferred an honorary doctorate by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
In 2006, Azim Premji was awarded Lakshya Business Visionary by National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai.
He was awarded a Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.), an honorary degree, from the Aligarh Muslim University on the 18th of June 2008 on the occasion of 58th Convocation Ceremony of the University.
In 2009, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut for his outstanding philanthropic work.[31] In 2005 the government of India honored him with the title of Padma Bhushan for his outstanding work in trade and commerce.
In 2011, he has been awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award by the Government of India.
Philanthropy

[edit]Wipro Equity Reward Trust
In 1984, Azim Premji established the Wipro Equity Reward Trust[33] to allow employees to acquire stake in Wipro's success and growth. The WERT, which is administered by a Board of Trustees is designed to give eligible employees the right to receive restricted shares and other compensation benefits at the stipulated times and conditions. Such compensation benefits include voluntary contributions, loans, interest and dividends on investments in the WERT and other similar benefits. Shares from the WERT are issued in the joint names of the WERT and the employee until such restrictions and obligations are fulfilled by the employee. After a four-year period, complete ownership of the shares is transferred to the employee.
If employment is terminated by death, disability or retirement, his or her restricted shares are transferred to the employee’s legal heirs or continue to be held by the employee, as the case may be, and such individuals may exercise any rights to those shares for up to 90 days after employment has ceased.
Azim Premji Foundation and university
In 2001, he founded Azim Premji Foundation, a non-profit organization, with a vision to significantly contribute to achieving quality universal education that facilitates a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. The Foundation works in the area of elementary education to pilot and develop 'proofs of concept' that have a potential for systemic change in India's 1.3 million government-run schools. A specific focus is on working in rural areas where the majority of these schools exist. This choice to work with elementary education (Class I to VIII) in rural government-run is a response to evidence of educational attainment in India. In December 2010, Premji pledged to donate $2 billion for improving school education in India. This has been done by transferring 213 million equity shares of Wipro Ltd, held by a few entities controlled by him, to the Azim Premji Trust.[39] This donation is the largest of its kind by any Indian billionaire. The Azim Premji University was established under the Azim Premji University Act 2010 of the Government of Karnataka[38] to run programmes to develop education and development professionals, offer alternative models for educational change and also invest in educational research to continuously stretch the boundaries of educational thinking. Currently the university conducts three degree awarding programmes:
Masters in Development,
Masters in Education,
Masters in Teacher Education
The Continuing Education Programme aims to transform existing talent in the fields of education and development. The programme is facilitated by the University Resource Centre which provides learning content and capacity building programmes for professionals in education and development through short-term certified courses.
The URC is being developed with a view to conduct relevant and meaningful research into the education system, especially in India. These researches shall be in a manner that facilitates proactive reforms to the existing education system.

17.Mukesh Ambani


Mukesh Ambani

Chairman & MD of Reliance Industries
Born -19 April 1957 (age 55)
Colony of Aden
Residence -  Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality  -Indian
Alma mater-  University of Bombay
Stanford University (dropped out)
Occupation-Chairman & MD of Reliance Industries
Director of Bank of America
Net worth -US$ 22.3 billion (2012)
Religion -Hinduism
Spouse -Nita Ambani
Children-Akash,Anant,Isha
Parents -Dhirubhai Ambani
Kokilaben Ambani
Relatives -Anil Ambani (Brother)

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (Gujarati: મુકેશ ધીરુભાઈ અંબાની) (born on 19 April 1957) is an Indian business magnate who is the chairman and managing director of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the foremost company of the Indian energy and materials conglomerate Reliance Group. The company was ranked #134th in Fortune Global 500 and is India's most valuable company by market value and second-largest Indian company by turnover.[ Ambani remains the largest individual shareholder, with 44.7 percent stake in RIL. The company is the operator of the world’s biggest oil refining complex and owner of India’s biggest natural gas field.Mukesh's younger brother is Anil Ambani, who heads Reliance Group. The Ambani family is the richest family in India and one of the richest in the world, their wealth inherited from Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of 2nd largest Indian conglomerate Reliance Group (after Tata Group).
In 2010, he was named among the most powerful people in the world by Forbes in its list of "68 people who matter most" As of 2012, he is the second richest man in Asia and the 19th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of US$22.3 billion. In 2007, a strong rally in the Indian stock market and the appreciation of the Indian rupee boosted the market capitalisation of Reliance group companies, briefly making him the world’s richest man.
He is a member of the board of directors of Bank of America Corporation and a present member of the international advisory board of the Council on Foreign Relations.
In 2012, Forbes named Mukesh Ambani the 2nd richest sports owner  in the world. According to the list of richest sports owners, he is richer than owners of Chelsea and AC Milan. Ambani's company Reliance Industries owns the Indian Premier League domestic cricket club Mumbai Indians .

 Early life


Mukesh Ambani was born on 19th April, 1957 to Dhirubhai Ambani and Kokilaben Ambani in a Colony of Aden, Yemen.He has a brother, Anil, and two sisters - Dipti Salgaoncar & Nina Kothari.
The Ambani family lived in a two bedroom apartment in Bhuleshwar, Mumbai until the 1970s. Dhirubhai Ambani then purchased a 14-floor apartment block called 'Sea Wind' in Colaba, where, until recently, Mukesh and Anil each lived with their families on different floors.
Mukesh Ambani was educated at Abaay Morischa School in Mumbai and completed his graduation with a bachelor`s degree in chemical engineering from the UDCT, now Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. He stood sixth in the University exams. Mukesh later enrolled for an MBA from Stanford University but completed only one year of the two year program and dropped out in the year 1980.Indira Gandhi administration threw open the doors of PFY (Polyester Filament Yarn) manufacturing to the private sector in early 1980. Dhirubhai Ambani had applied for a license to set up PFY manufacturing plant. In spite of stiff competition from Tatas, Birlas and 43 others, Dhirubhai was awarded the licence. To help him build the PFY plant, Dhirubhai pulled his eldest son Mukesh out of Stanford where he was studying for his MBA. Mukesh Ambani, then dropped out to help his father and initiated Reliance`s backward integration from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals, beginning in 1981.
In 2010, Mukesh Ambani has been conferred the 'Degree of Doctor of Science Honoris Causa' by M.S University, Baroda, Gujarat

Business career


He joined Reliance Industries in 1981.He initiated Reliance's backward integration journey from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals, petroleum refining and going up-stream into oil and gas exploration and production.
Ambani set up one of the largest and most complex information and communications technology initiatives in the world in the form of Reliance Infocomm Limited (now Reliance Communications Limited).
Ambani directed and led the creation of the world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar, India, with a current capacity of 660,000 barrels per day (33 million tonnes per year) integrated with petrochemicals, power generation, port and related infrastructure.

16.Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone Biography

Deepika Padukone was born in Mangalore, Karnataka in the year 1986. She is the most celebrated Indian model and an upcoming actress.

Daughter of a former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and mother Ujjala Padukone, Deepika grew up into a sultry model with dreams in her eyes to make it big inshowbiz industry. Though she played badminton during her school days and reached to the level of a State player, she did not take her game to the national level as she had set her sights on the glamorous world of showbiz.

Pursuing her dreams, Deepika Padukone quickly became a model endorsing leading brands like Liril soap, Limca, Close-Up toothpaste, Kingfisher and several other products, which include international cosmetics giant Maybelline. The pretty svelte model won numerous awards for her modeling style. Her sensuous photographs appearing on the 2006 Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar has virtually proved that she is indeed a supermodel in her own right.

She was chosen as the 'Model of the Year' by Kingfisher at its Fashion Awards; and further was awarded the 'Female Model of the Year' award in commercial assignments category and 'Fresh Face of the Year' at Idea Zee Fashion F Awards.

Deepika Padukone entered film industry with a Kannada film, "Aishwarya" in 2006 starring opposite Kannada hero, Upendra. The following year she bagged three Bollywood films, "Om Shanti Om", "Pirate" and "Delhi 6". She has also appeared in a musical video, "Aap Ka Suroor" by Himesh Reshammiya.

This pretty girl has a long way to go in Bollywood and many predict that she will be the next big thing in Bollywood.

Monday 23 April 2012

15.Vijayakanth


Vijayakanth


Portrait of Vijayakanth
Born Vijayaraj Prabhakar Alagarswami
25 August 1952 (age 59)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Leader of Opposition in the Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly, film actor, film producer, director
Years active 1979–present
Home town Madurai
Political party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Spouse Premalatha
(1990–present)
Children Vijay Prabhakar
shanmuga Pandian
Parents K. N. Alagarswami and Aandal Azhagarswami


Vijayakanth (born 25 August 1952 as Vijayaraj Prabhakar Alagarswami) is an Indian actor and politician. He is the founder of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and a Member of Legislative Assembly representing Rishivandiyam, Tamil Nadu, India.
  Early life
Vijayakanth was born as Vijayaraj on 25 August 1952[2] in Tirumangalam, Madurai to K. N. Alagarswami and Andal in a Thottia Naicker family. Alagarswami was Madurai's Councillor for two terms. He married Premalatha on 31 January 1990 and has two sons, Vijay Prabhakar and Shanmuga Pandian. Upon entering the film industry to pursue an acting career, director Khaja (who directed his first film) changed his name to "Amirtaraj" and then "Vijayakanth", dropping the "raj" out of his name and suffixing "kanth". He has also been nicknamed "Captain" and "Puratchi Kalaignar".[3] In 2011 Tamilnadu election his party DMDK won 29 seats out of 41 contested seats and he became the leader of opposition.
Acting career
Inikum Ilamai was his first film, which was directed by M. A. Kaja. After this, he acted in Dhooraththu Idi Muzhakkam, Neerottam and Agal Vilakku. He is nicknamed 'Captain' after the 1991 movie Captain Prabhakaran which is his 100th film. Vijayakanth has starred in films including Vanathai Pola, Sethupathi IPS, Captain Prabhakaran, Pulan Visaaranai, Oomai Vizhigal, Senthurapoove, Ulavu Thurai, Periyanna, Vallarasu, Ramana, Neranja Manasu, and Sathriyan
1980s
This period was a part of Vijayakanth in Kollywood. Some of the Vijayakanth films in the eighties include Sattam Sirikkiradhu, Auto Raja, Naan Soottiya Malar, Saatchi, Nalla Naal, Veettukku Oru Kannagai, Nooravathu Naal, Vetri, Madras Vaathiyar, Madurai Sooran, Kudumbam, Naalai Unadhu Naal, Naaney Raja Naaney Mandhiri, Amman Koyil Kizhakkale, Annai En Dheivam, Manakanakku, Oru Iniya Udhayam, Vasantha Raagam, Poomazhai Pozhiyudhu, Sattam Oru Vilaiyaattu, Siraipparavai, Uzhavan Magan, Veera Pandiyan, Therkathi Kallan, Sendhoorappoovey, Meenatchi Thiruvilaiyadal, Ponmana Selvan, Paattukku Oru Thalaivanand En Purushanthaan Enakku Mattumthaan. His First Movie is "Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam"
 1990s
Vijayakanth acted in a good number of blockbuster films in the nineties also. Some of them are Pudhu Paadagan, Pulanvisaranai(a blockbuster film directed by R.K Selvamani), Sathriyan,En Aasai Machaan,Thayagam,Ezhai Jaathi,Karuppu Nila,Captain Prabhakaran(a blockbuster film directed by R.K Selvamani and given 100th hit Film in Industry, all other actors 100th film flopped including Rajinikanth), Chinna Gounder, Sendhoorappandi, Enga Mudhalaali, Sedhupathi IPS, Thirumoorthi, Alexander,Dharma Chakkaram,Periya Maruthu,Thaai Mozhi(Guest Appearence(Sarath kumar as a Hero), Thamizh Selvan directed by BharathiRaja,Honestraj, Veeram Vilanja Mannu, Ulavuthurai, Periyanna and Kallazhagar.
2000s
Vallarasu, Vaanathai Pola directed by Vikraman, Simhasanam, Vaanchinathan, Narasimma, Kannupada Poguthaiya, Thavasi, Devan, Thennavan, Rajjiyam, Engal Anna, Sokkathangam, Ramana (a blockbuster film directed by A. R. Murugadoss),perarasu,Sudheshi, Arasangam (150th film directed by R.Madhesh), Sabari,Engal aasan, Mariyathai, and Virudhagiri (vijayakanth's first directional venture).
Political career
He formed the center-left winged Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), a regional political party in Tamil Nadu. He formally announced the party's formation on 14 September 2005 in Madurai. His party contested in all seats in 2006 assembly elections and won one seat contested by him. In 2011 election held on April 13, 2011 he formed an alliance with AIADMK and contested in 41 constituencies. His party saw phenomenal success by winning 29 of the 41 seats it had contested from. It is a significant day in the history of Tamil Nadu as DMDK has won more seats than the DMK and occupied the position of MLA for the second time. Vijayakanth emerged victorious from the Rishivandhiyam constituency in the 2011 state assembly elections.

14.Jayalalithaa Jayaram


J. Jayalalithaa



Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2011
Preceded by M. Karunanidhi
Constituency Srirangam
In office
2 March 2002 – 12 May 2006
Preceded by O. Panneerselvam (Acting CM)
Succeeded by M. Karunanidhi
Constituency Andipatti
In office
14 May 2001 – 21 September 2001
Preceded by M. Karunanidhi
Succeeded by O. Panneerselvam (Acting CM)
Constituency Did not contest
In office
24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996
Preceded by President's rule
Succeeded by M. Karunanidhi
Constituency Bargur
Personal details
Born 24 February 1948 (age 64)
Mysore, India
Political party AIADMK
Residence Poes Garden,
Chennai,
India
Religion Hinduism

Jayalalithaa Jayaram (born 24 February 1948, and commonly referred to as J. Jayalalitha), is the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She was a popular film star in Indian cinema before her entry into politics, having appeared in many Tamil and Telugu films, as well as several produced in Hindi and Kannada. She is the incumbent general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). She is called Amma ('Mother') and Puratchi Thalaivi ('Revolutionary Leader') by her followers.
Although there have been claims that Jayalalithaa was introduced to politics by Ramachandran, she has denied this. She was a member of the Rajya Sabha elected from Tamil Nadu during the period of 1984–89. Soon after the death of Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa proclaimed herself as his political heir.[2][3] She is the first elected female Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
  Early life and education
Jayalalithaa was born into a Tamil Iyengar family on 24 February 1948 at Melukote, in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district, Karnataka. In accordance with Iyengar custom[citation needed] she was given two names, thus her other name is Komalavalli. Her grandfather was in the service of the then Mysore kingdom as a surgeon, and the prefix Jaya (the victorious) was added to the names of various of her family members to reflect their association with Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar of Mysore.
Jayalalithaa’s father died at her age of two.Her mother then moved to Bangalore, where her parents lived, with Jayalalithaa. Her mother eventually began to work as an actress in Tamil cinema, based in Chennai, having taken the screen name of Sandhya.While in Bangalore, Jayalalithaa attended Bishop Cotton Girls' High School.She completed her childhood education at Sacred Heart Matriculation School (popularly known as Church Park Presentation Convent or Presentation Church Park Convent) in Chennai.She excelled at school and was offered a government scholarship to pursue further education.She appears not to have accepted the admission offered to her at Stella Maris College, Chennai.
Early career
Her mother persuaded her to work in films when Jayalalithaa was still in school, taking assurances from producers that shooting would take place only during summer vacations and that she would not miss her classes. Jayalalithaa acted in an English language film, Epistle, released in 1961. She made her debut as the lead actress in Kannada films while still in school, aged 15, in Chinnada Gombe (1964).

Jayalalithaa's debut in Tamil cinema was a role in Vennira Aadai (1965), directed by C. V. Sridhar. The following year, she made her debut in Telugu cinema with the film Manushulu Mamathalu. She was the first heroine to appear in skirts in Tamil films.

Between 1965 and 1972 she acted frequently with M. G. Ramachandran and she also worked with B. Saroja Devi in Arasa Kattalai. Her other early roles were in suspense films such as Naan and comedies such as Galatta Kalyanam.[citation needed]
Later career
In 1972, Jayalalithaa acted in Pattikada Pattanama opposite Sivaji Ganesan, which went onto win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil in 1973. The film also fetched her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Her performance in Suryakanthi and Chandradhoyam were critically acclaimed and the former won her another Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 1973. The same year she acted in the Telugu film Sri Krishna Satya and won her third Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[citation needed]
Her other films with Sivaji Ganesan include Galatta Kalyanam and Deiva Magan. Deiva Magan also holds the distinction of being the first Tamil film to be submitted by India for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[7] She continued pairing up with younger actors such as Ravichandran and Jaishankar in a number of films such as Vairam, Baghdad Perazhagi.[citation needed]
Later Tamil films in which she acted included Kandan Karunai and she also starred in a Bollywood film. Izzat, which saw her paired with Dharmendra.Her last film was Nadhiyai Thedi Vandha Kadal which was released in 1980.
Political career
Although there have been claims that Ramachandran, who had been Chief Minister for the state since 1977, was instrumental in introducing Jayalalithaa to politics, she has denied this. In 1982, she joined the AIADMK, which had been founded by Ramachandran.Her maiden public speech Pennin Perumai (the Pride of Women) was delivered at the political conference of the AIADMK that year.In 1983, she became Propaganda Secretary for the party and was also selected as AIADMK candidate in the by-election for the Tiruchendur Assembly constituency.
Ramachandran wanted her to be a member of the Rajya Sabha because of her fluency in English.She was nominated and elected to that body as a Member of Parliament in 1984[clarification needed and retained her seat until 1989.

13.Muthuvel Karunanidhi


M. Karunanidhi

M. Karunanidhi in Chief Minister's office
15th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office
May 13, 2006 – May 15, 2011
Preceded by
J.Jayalalithaa
Succeeded by
J.Jayalalithaa
Constituency
Chepauk
12th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office
13 May 1996 – 13 May 2001
Preceded by
J.Jayalalithaa
Succeeded by
O. Panneerselvam
Constituency
Chepauk
10th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office
27 January 1989 – 30 January 1991
Preceded by
Janaki Ramachandran
Succeeded by
J. Jayalalithaa
Constituency
Harbour
4th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office
15 March 1971 – 31 January 1976
Preceded by
President's rule
Succeeded by
President's rule
Constituency
Saidapet
3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office
10 February 1969 – 4 January 1971
Preceded by
V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting)
Succeeded by
President's rule
Constituency
Saidapet
Personal details
Born
Dakshinamurthi
June 3, 1924 (age 87)
Thirukkuvalai, Madras Presidency, British India
Political party
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)
Padmavathi (deceased)
Dayalu
Rajathi
Children
M. K. Muthu
M. K. Azhagiri
M. K. Stalin
M. K. Tamilarasu
M. K. Selvi
M. K. Kanimozhi
Residence
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Religion
Atheist
Muthuvel Karunanidhi (born Dakshinamurthi, June 3, 1924)is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N. Annadurai, in 1969 and has served as chief minister five times (1969–71, 1971–76, 1989–91, 1996–2001 and 2006–2011). He holds the record of winning his seat in every election in which he has participated in a political career spanning more than 60 years.In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, he led the DMK-led DPA (UPA and Left Parties) in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry to win all 40 Lok Sabha seats. In the following 2009 Lok Sabha Elections, he was able to increase the number of seats for the DMK from 16 to 18 seats, and led the UPA in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, to win 28 seats, even with a significantly smaller coalition. He is also a playwright and screenwriter in Tamil cinema. He is called by his supporters as Kalaignar, "scholar of arts").

 Early life

Muthuvel Karunanidhi was born as Dakshinamurthy in Thirukuvalai in Tiruvarur, British India,on 3 June 1924 to Muthuvel and Anjugam.He belongs to Isai Vellalar community based in Tamilnadu.

Personal life

He has claimed that the secret of his energy and success lies in the daily practice of yoga. He married three times; his wives are the late Padmavathy, Dayalu Ammal and Rajathiammal.

His sons are M. K. Muthu, M. K. Alagiri, M. K. Stalin, and M. K. Tamilarasu. His daughters are Selvi and Kanimozhi. Kanimozhi is a Rajya Sabha MP. M. K. Muthu, his eldest son was born to Padmavathy, who died early. Azhagiri, Stalin, Selvi and Tamilarasu were born to Dayaluammal, while Kanimozhi is the only daughter from his third wife, Rajathiammal.[citation needed] He has donated his house, that is to be converted into a free hospital for the poor after his death.

Screenwriting

Karunanidhi began his career as a screenwriter in the Tamil film industry.Through his wit and oratorical skills he rapidly rose as a popular politician. He was famous for writing historical and social (reformist) stories which propagated the socialist and rationalist ideals of the Dravidian movement to which he belonged. He first began using Tamil cinema to propagate his political ideas through the movie Parasakthi. Parasakthi was a turning point in Tamil cinema, as it espoused the ideologies of the Dravidian movement and also introduced two prominent actors of Tamil filmdom, Sivaji Ganesan and S. S. Rajendran.The movie was initially banned but was eventually released in 1952. It was a huge box office hit, but its release was marred with controversies. The movie was opposed by orthodox Hindus since it contained elements that criticized Brahmanism.Two other movies written by Karunanidhi that contained such messages were Panam and Thangarathnam.These movies contained themes such as widow remarriage, abolition of untouchability, self-respect marriages, abolition of zamindari and abolition of religious hypocrisy.[19] As his movies and plays with strong social messages became popular, they suffered from increased censorship; two of his plays in the 1950s were banned.

Literature

Karunanidhi is known for his contributions to Tamil literature. His contributions cover a wide range: poems, letters, screenplays, novels, biographies, historic novels, stageplays, dialogues, songs, etc. He has written Kuraloviam for Thirukural, Tholkaappiya Poonga, Poombukar, as well as many poems, essays and books.

Apart from literature, Karunanidhi has also contributed to the Tamil language through art and architecture. Like the Kuraloviyam, in which Kalaignar wrote about Thirukkural, through the construction of Valluvar Kottam he gave an architectural presence to Thiruvalluvar, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. At Kanniyakumari, Karunanidhi has constructed a 133-foot-high statue of Thiruvalluvar, which portrays his feelings about the scholar.

Books

Books Karunanidhi's writings include: Sanga Thamizh, Thirukkural Urai, Ponnar Sankar, Romapuri Pandian, Thenpandi Singam, Vellikizhamai, Nenjukku Needhi,Iniyavai Irubathu and Kuraloviam. His books of prose and poetry number more than 100.

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