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This week, we will feature a quiz that focuses on the theme of CEOs/Chairmen of Indian companies:

Questions

1. An alumnus of REC, Surathkal and IIM, Ahmedabad, he started off his career 33 years ago in the project finance division of his current employer's parent organisation. He also had a stint with the Asian Development Bank at Manila between the late-1980s and the mid-1990s. He is currently the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of India's largest private sector bank. Who?

2. This long time Tata Group loyalist started off his career with Indian Hotels way back in 1972 after degrees in engineering and management from IIT, Madras and IIM, Ahmedabad respectively. Nicknamed P8 by his colleagues (in reference to his speedy thinking), he is currently the Managing Director of the group's basic telephony and CDMA-based telecom foray. Who are we referring to?

3. The company she founded about 25 years ago initially started off manufacturing and selling enzymes in markets such as the US and Europe. With a bachelors degree in zoology and a qualified master brewer, she, along with her husband (who is a Scotsman), run what is arguably one of the bigger success stories in the Indian pharmaceutical firmament. Who is the lady we are referring to?

4. An alumnus of distinction from IIT, Delhi as well as IIM Ahmedabad, he joined his present organisation way back in 1977 as a management trainee. He worked across several sales and marketing functions, apart from also serving at stint with the organisation's parent in the UK. He is currently Chairman of what one could call a true FMCG behemoth. Who is the person in question?

5. He is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in the world of Indian business. After a Masters in engineering from IIT, Kanpur, he initially went to work in France; after a stint that lasted for a few years, he returned to India to join Patni Computers. In the early 1980s, he, along with a few colleagues, went on to found what is now considered to be a shining advertisement for the Indian information technology industry. Who is the personality in question?

Answers:

1. K. V. Kamath of ICICI Bank

2. S. Ramakrishnan of Tata Teleservices.

3. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon.

4. M. S. Banga of Hindustan Lever.

5. N. R. Narayana Murthy of Infosys.

Nath Balakrishnan

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