Nadars

HCL Technologies appoints Keki Mistry as director on its board

Thursday April 18, 2013

HCL Technologies has appointed Keki Mistry as director on its board, the software services firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

HCL Technologies net profit soars 73% to Rs 1,040 crore in Q3, beats estimates

Wednesday April 17, 2013

HCL Technologies, India's fourth-biggest software services provider, reported a 73 per cent year-on-year jump in net profit at Rs 1,040 crore and a 23.2 per cent increase in revenue at Rs 6,425 crore for the third quarter.

HCL Corp buys 11.71 lakh shares of HCL Infosystems

Thursday March 14, 2013

HCL Infosystems on Wednesday said its promoter HCL Corporation Pvt Ltd has bought 11.71 lakh shares of the firm for around Rs 4.5 crore.

India's best known philanthropic businessmen

Friday March 8, 2013

"After a certain point in time, money cannot make a difference in your life. I feel that it's not even called charity, it's about accountability and responsibility," Sobha Group founder P.N.C. Menon said, when he announced he would donate half of his...

Differently-abled man to undertake swimathon

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 5, 2013

A differently-abled man from the Worli slum in Mumbai will make an unprecedented attempt to swim the 21-km stretch in the Arabian Sea from the Gateway of India to Rewas in mainland Raigad and make a return journey.

Centre to look into issue of CBSE textbook row on Nadars

Press Trust of India | Friday November 16, 2012

As political parties in Tamil Nadu strongly protested the "wrong" depiction of Nadar community in a CBSE textbook, the Centre today assured it would look into the issue and do the needful.

CBSE text book row over remarks on Nadars: Jayalalithaa seeks PM's intervention

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Friday November 16, 2012

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has joined other political leaders in the state in demanding the removal of a "controversial" chapter from CBSE Class 9 Social Science text book that allegedly makes derogatory remarks about the Nadar communit...

India’s rich donate more, give $5 bn each year, shows survey

Wednesday June 27, 2012

A new Bain & Co survey of India’s rich says more of them are now inclined to philanthropy.

HCL Tech shares fall after Vineet Nayar sells stake

Monday June 11, 2012

Morgan Stanley said that HCL Tech could see a change in management responsibilities in July or August.

Vineet Nayar sells HCL Technologies shares worth Rs 133.58 cr

Saturday June 9, 2012

Major shareholders in HCL Technologies include Slocum Investments and HCL Holdings.

HCL’s Shiv Nadar donates Rs 580 cr for education charity

NDTV Correspondent | Friday November 25, 2011

In one of the biggest philanthropic initiatives, HCL founder Shiv Nadar on Thursday donated over Rs 580 crore he earned by selling his 2.5 per cent stake in the company owned by him and his family. The amount was raised through the sale of a stake of about 2.5 per cent in software firm HCL T...

Nisa Godrej, Roshni Nadar among billionaire heiresses: Forbes

NDTV Correspondent | Friday November 25, 2011

Nisa Godrej and Roshni Nadar, the daughters of industrialist Adi Godrej and technocrat Shiv Nadar, respectively, have been named among the world's ten billionaire heiresses to watch by Forbes magazine. The ten heiresses chose to "live a lower-key life, spending much of their time trying to l...

HCL founder Shiv Nadar to head IIT-Kharagpur's board

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday October 29, 2011

Shiv Nadar, founder of software major HCL, was appointed the chairman of the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, a statement from the company said on Thursday. IIT-Kharagpur is the only engineering institution from India listed among top 500 universities...