Prashant Ruia

has been appointed managing director of Essar Steel. Ruia is a director on the board of all major companies of the Essar group

A. N. Tiwari

has been appointed chairman of the Damodar Valley Corporation replacing J. C. Jetli.

R. Gopala-krishnan

has become regional director, North America, of ICICI OneSource.

R. Bhattacharya

has been appointed country manager of CSG Systems' Indian operations

M. Saraf

has been elected honorary secretary of the Travel Agents Association of India.

A. Rathi

has been elected honorary treasurer of the Travel Agents Association of India.

Vipin Agarwal

has been elected treasurer of Asian Council of Logistics.

S.K. Gupta

has been appointed chairman of United Telecom Limited, Nepal.

S. Nair

has been named vice-chairman, western region, of Manufacturer’s

Association of Information Technology (Mait) for a one year period.