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AMD has appointed Dasaradha Gude as MD for AMD India. Gude is responsible for R&D and overall India operations. As the lead for AMD India R&D, his responsibilities include in-region development and management of AMD’s growing portfolio of consumer and commercial platforms and processors. Gude brings with him more than 25 years of experience in the Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) domain. He was also instrumental in establishing AMD’s ‘Centre of Excellence for Audio Technology’. During the last ten years, Gude has played a pioneering role in bringing VLSI design technologies to India with several entrepreneurial ventures to his credit.

e4m Desk Aug 30, 2008 12:09 PM

People Group’s wireless arm, Mauj Mobile, has appointed Rajiv Nayyar as Senior VP, Carrier Sales & Marketing. His portfolio will also include all marketing led initiatives of the company to further consolidate its leadership. Nayyar joins Mauj Mobile after his association with ACME Tele Power as VP-International Business. With 16 years of global experience in the telecom industry, he has worked with leading names like Ericsson, UTStarcom and HCL Technologies.

e4m Desk Aug 30, 2008 12:08 PM

Miles & More members will now be able to redeem accumulated miles for products on Indiatimes.com. Miles & More is the frequent flyer programme of Lufthansa, Adria Airways, Air Dolomiti, Air One, Austrian Airlines, Croatia Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Luxair and Swiss. All that the members need to do is log on to Indiatimes.com and go to the shopping section to choose the product they want there.

e4m Desk Aug 30, 2008 8:15 AM

Nick along with Boost has announced ‘Let’s Just Play’ – an initiative to motivate kids and their parents to work towards a healthy and playful lifestyle. The ‘Let’s Just Play’ movement will kick off with an initiative where Nick would go blank for 30 minutes on September 27 to encourage kids to step out and play outdoors.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 30, 2008 8:13 AM

Cyber Media has launched Technology News on the mobile in association with MyToday Dailies, an opt-in SMS service. With this service, which is available free of charge, Cyber Media has entered the rapidly emerging mobile news medium to reach out to its readers.

e4m Desk Aug 30, 2008 8:12 AM

With a booming economy, India has started to dream big. However, with rising aspirations, financial uncertainties, too, have become a part of life. To help the common man tide over this problem requires an understanding financial enabler. This is exactly what Bharti AXA Investment Managers is trying to portray through a new campaign, which sports the tagline: ‘Kyon Nahi!’.

exchange4media Bangalore Bureau Aug 30, 2008 8:11 AM

It further consolidates the presence of the ‘small towners’ in mainstream advertising. After MS Dhoni beaming from all possible media platforms, it is now the turn of pugilist Vijender Singh, who bagged the Bronze in the recently-concluded Beijing Olympics, to bask in the media sun. Singh has been snapped up as brand ambassador for Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance.

e4m Desk Aug 30, 2008 8:10 AM

‘BioSpectrum Asia’, the life sciences publication from the CyberMedia Group, has won the Asian Publishing Award 2008 under the innovative business model category. The award was presented by Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman of Singapore-based MediaCorp, to Narayanan Suresh, Group Editor, BioSpectrum Asia, during the Asian Publishing Convention held at Singapore last week.

e4m Desk Aug 30, 2008 8:10 AM

Lifestyle channel NDTV Good Times has announced the launch of its anniversary celebration series ‘Thank you for the Good Times’ as it completes a year on September 7. The channel is also coming up with some new shows in this quarter along with new seasons of ‘The Big Fat Indian Wedding’ and ‘Royal Reservation’.

e4m Desk Aug 30, 2008 8:09 AM

Multi Screen Media Pvt Ltd has announced the appointment of Gurdip Bhangoo as Head of Programming for its flagship GEC Sony Entertainment Television. Bhangoo will be reporting to Albert Almeida, Executive Vice President & Business Head, Sony Entertainment Television. He comes on board from October 1, 2008.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 30, 2008 8:07 AM

Navin Shah, CEO of P9 Integrated, has been promoted to CEO of media conglomerate Percept Picture Company. He will also continue in his current role of CEO of P9 Integrated, a post he had taken charge of in December 2007.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 30, 2008 8:06 AM