Bangalore: Bangalore-based astronomer, Ashwin Mahesh isn't gazing at the stars for now as he has hit the campaign trail. He along with icons like former Infosys Director Mohandas Pai, and other prominent citizens are addressing voter concerns and raising awareness ahead of May 11 polls.
"Representation and public participation is required in a democracy and if an opportunity has presented itself why can't we take it up and do something," said Mahesh.
At the other end of the city, Dr Meenakshi Bharath too, has decided to be the change this election season and educate voters for the May polls. She has worked relentlessly towards correcting errors in the 2008 Karnataka state elections voter list.
Thanks to her efforts, the voter turnout in 2008 increased from 44 per cent to 68 per cent in the Malleshwaram area. This time she wants to better that....
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09:28 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Arvind Kejriwal, Mohandas Pai, Wharton School, business schools, Wharton India Economic Forum, Narendra Modi, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Aam Aadmi Party ...
12:43 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Narayana Murthy, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Mohandas Pai have joined a citizen's forum called the Bangalore Political Action Committee which will work for improving governance and people's participation in the city. ...
08:15 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Speaking to CNN-IBN, former Infosys director Mohandas Pai said the corporate India wanted Pranab Mukherjee out at the Finance Minister. ...
10:30 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Bangalore: As the US presidential election ramps up the rhetoric against offshoring jobs, India's flagship software services providers are seeking an image makeover. For Wipro, Infosys and others, multi-billion dollar outsourcing giants with U.S.-listed shares, the challenge is to be seen less as a cheap Bangalore dump for U.S. companies shipping work overseas, and more as responsible firms creating jobs and investing in America's future. "If young people in America...
09:44 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Ranjan Pai first met Mohandas Pai in the late 1990s at the Infosys campus in Electronic City, Bangalore. Ranjan's father Ramdas Pai was impressed by the bright chief financial officer (CFO) of a promising IT company and wanted his son to meet him. At first Ranjan didn't quite take to him. But on his father's insistence, kept in touch with Mohandas. "Every time I'd meet Mohan, he would give me...
11:19 AM, Sep 13, 2011
Bangalore: A day after the momentous decision on NR Narayana Murthy's successor, the 65-year-old chairman of Infosys Technologies met Forbes India's Mitu Jayashankar in his office in the company's Electronic City campus. Shortly after the interview, Murthy set off to London to attend a global board meeting on May 4, after which he left for Los Angeles to see his granddaughter, who was born at 7 pm on April 27....
12:40 PM, May 16, 2011
This year will see two prominent figures from Infosys parting ways with the company - Founder chairman Narayans Murthy and HR chief TV Mohandas Pai. Murthy clarifies that he merely discussed future plans with Pai and never made him any offer on behalf of Infosys. ...
12:57 PM, Apr 18, 2011
I'm feeling very devastated, emotionally drained because Infosys has been my dream company, says Pai. ...
05:19 PM, Apr 15, 2011
Mumbai: TV Mohandas Pai is quitting the Infosys Board as the company's Human Resources Director after 17 years. Infosys CEO and MD S Gopalakrishnan has confirmed that Pai requested the Infosys Board to relieve him of all responsibilities after the company's Annual General Meeting on June 11, 2011. Pai told Network18 that he never wanted to the CEO of the IT giant and dispelled the rumours of strife in the...
11:53 AM, Apr 15, 2011
Mumbai: IT bellwether Infosys on Friday reported nearly 14 per cent in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,818 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2011, which is less than the market expectations. Also, the board has declared a final dividend of Rs 20 per share for the fiscal on every share of Rs 5 held. The country's second largest software major had a net profit of Rs 1,600...
10:33 AM, Apr 15, 2011
Infosys Human Resources director Mohandas Pai celebrated Anna Hazare's victory, but also sounded a note of caution, saying the battle has just begun and it may take a year for Parliament to pass Lokpal Bill. ...
01:59 PM, Apr 09, 2011
CII President says the Budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is growth-oriented. ...
04:14 PM, Feb 28, 2011
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10:31 AM, Feb 24, 2011
The Indian IT sector lost out on 250,000 jobs in 2010 to China and Philippines disclosed TV Mohandas Pai, director, human resources and member of Infosys board. In a candid chat with CNBC-TV18’s Latha Venkatesh, Pai said, the pain factor in doing business in India is long. "The government has just taken the eye off the ball and doesn’t seem to care anymore," he pointed out. Pai said the government...
02:43 PM, Feb 23, 2011
Sixty -three percent of the people polled in the HT leadership Summit Survey feel that India has beaten the global slowdown.The question now - Has the feel good factor returned to the Indian economy? ...
07:53 AM, Nov 17, 2010
Bangalore: Five years after the shocking rape and murder of BPO employee Prathibha Srikanthamurthy, a local court on Wednesday convicted cab driver Shiva Kumar in the sensational case. The Prathibha case forced IT companies to adopt stringent security measures for their employees, especially for women working on night shifts. Companies, in the past five years, have brought in a slew of measures. Women are accompanied by security guards to their...
07:10 PM, Oct 06, 2010
CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai talks to Mohandas Pai, Director-HR Infosys, on the effect of the ban. ...
11:40 PM, Sep 08, 2010
The state government informed the two IT giants on Monday. ...
09:24 PM, Sep 07, 2009
Ex-Infosys executive began a scheme that feeds a million children in 6 states. ...
05:45 PM, Sep 05, 2009
