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Paytm share price jumped more than 3.5 percent to Rs 800.05 apiece on BSE on Monday, after the shareholders of One97 Communications approved the re-appointment of Vijay Shekhar Sharma as managing director and chief executive officer of the company for five more years. Around 99.7% of the shareholders of Paytm's parent, One97 Communications, have voted in favor of a resolution to reappoint Vijay Shekhar Sharma as MD & CEO of the company and approved his remuneration. All seven resolutions passed by the Paytm board, including the reinstatement of Madhur Deora as the executive director, president, and group chief financial officer, the inclusion of Elevation Capital’s managing partner Ravi Adusumalli as a board member, and the decision on Sharma’s and Deora’s remunerations were approved by the shareholders. In February this year, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) made it voluntary for India Inc to have a separate chairperson and managing director or CEO. In its statement. Read more

The Securities and Exchange Board of India today(15th Feb.2022) changed the requirement for listed companies to separate roles of Chairperson and MD/CEO to voluntary from mandatory. The decision was taken at a Sebi board meet today. Sebi had earlier asked listed entities to split the roles of Chairperson and MD before the April 2022 deadline. Listed entities were initially required to separate the roles of chairperson and MD/CEO from April 1, 2020, onwards. However, based on industry representations, an additional time period of two years was given for compliance. The norms were part of the series of recommendations given by the Sebi-appointed Uday Kotak committee on corporate governance. Read more

The news of Zee Entertainment - Sony Pictures India merger news has resulted in the stock of the Punit Goenka controlled firm hitting the upper circuit of 20 percent at Rs 306.75 on the BSE. This is also the 52-week high level for the counter. According to the analysts, the deal should put to rest investor's concerns regarding corporate governance issues and can result in significant re-rating for the stock going ahead. It currently trades at around 16/14x FY23/24 earnings. Among the other Essel Group stocks, Dish TV India surged 10 percent to Rs 21.54 on the BSE. Zee Media Corporation hit the upper circuit of 5 percent at Rs 12.36, while Zee Learn was up 20 percent to Rs 16.64 on the BSE in intraday trades. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex gained 0.27 percent at 59,162 points. Read more

Gaurav Gupta, a co-founder, and head of supply of Zomato has quit the company. It may be recalled that Zomato made a public offering in July. "I am taking a new turn in my life and will be starting a new chapter, taking a lot from this defining chapter of my life – the last 6 years at Zomato. We have a great team now to take Zomato forward and it’s time for me to take an alternate path in my journey. I am very emotional as I write this and don’t think any words can do justice to how I am feeling right now," Gupta said in a company-wide email he sent earlier today. In response to the communique, Goyal responded with: "Thank you GG for everything you have helped Zomato achieve over the last few years. We have seen Zomato through great as well as terrible times together and brought it here today. There’s so much of our journey still ahead of us, and I am thankful that you are hanging your boots at a point where we have a great team and leadership to carry us forward." Read more

India's largest liquor brand United Spirits Ltd (USL) on December 10 appointed new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer named Hina Nagarajan effective from July 1st 2021. Anand Kripalu who was CEO and MD for seven years since 2014 will step down on June 30.Nagarajan, an Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad graduate is the first woman to lead USL and also the first woman leading a liquor company of such a large scale in the country. Nagarajan who joined Diageo in summer 2018, is currently the managing director of the Africa Regional Markets (ARM) at Diageo and will join USL as the CEO-Designate from April 1 and, will be based in Bengaluru and will work closely with Kripalu to ensure a smooth transition, the company said. She will report to John Kennedy, the president of Diageo Europe and India. Read more

Private lender HDFC Bank's share price rose nearly 6 per cent intraday on August 4 on the report of RBI approving new CEO. Mr.Sashidhar Jagdishan will be the new CEO of HDFC Bank for a period of 3 years w.e.f. his date of taking charge, i.e. October 27, 2020, and will be replacing Aditya Puri. The appointment will put an end to one of the most keenly watched successions in India’s banking industry. He is a chartered accountant and holds a Master’s degree in Economics of money, banking and finance. He joined the Bank in the 1996 and currently, he is the Group Head of Finance, Human Resources, Legal & Secretarial, Administration, Infrastructure, Corporate Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility & the Strategic Change Agent of the bank. He joined the bank around 1996 as a Manager in the Finance function, and then went on to become Business Head - Finance in 1999 and Chief Financial Officer in the year 2008. Read more

The development of a vaccine for Covid-19 is moving in a positive direction and the next one month will be very crucial, said Krishna Mohan Ella, the chief executive officer at Bharat Biotech. The company has formed a collaborative framework with the University of Wisconsin, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and the Thomas Jefferson University of Philadelphia to develop a vaccine for Covid-19. Speaking to IANS, he said, "The vaccine development is moving in a positive direction. The next month is very crucial. I am a scientist and I believe in science."He expressed satisfaction on the progress of the research connected with the vaccine development so far, but insisted that "in science, things can change".

IT major Wipro share price gained 5 per cent intraday on May 29 after the company appointed Capgemini's Thierry Delaporte as CEO & Managing Director of the company effective July 6, 2020, He will be based in Paris and report to Rishad Premji. In January this year, the company had said its CEO and Managing Director Abidali Z Neemuchwala had decided to step down from the company. Abidali Neemuchwala will relinquish his position as CEO and MD on June 1. Delaporte was the Chief Operating Officer of Capgemini Group and a member of its Group Executive Board. During his twenty-five year career with Capgemini, he held several leadership roles. Thierry has a Bachelor's degree in Economy and Finance from Sciences Po Paris and a Masters in Law from Sorbonne University. Read more