Arun Jayan Dna

• Persistent wins corporate governance award

  City-based Persistent Systems, an outsourced software product development company, announced it was recognised as one of the top five companies for excellence in corporate governance at the 10th national award ceremony for 2010 instituted by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) in New Delhi last week. "Persistent Systems was conferr...

• Lonavla ropeway project in limbo

  An ambitious project of the Lonavla Municipal Council (LMC) to construct an amusement park and a ropeway that could attract more tourists to the hill station is stuck in red tape for three years.Even after the state government earmarked 13 hectares of land to the LMC to implement the proposed project, the file is gathering dust in the state revenue...

• Hinjewadi IT firms to beef up security for women staffers

  Against the backdrop of a 23-year-old Wipro BPO lady staffer narrowly escaping a possible abduction by an unidentified cab driver and his accomplice, the Hinjewadi Industries Association (HIA) has decided to review the issue of security and safety of women employees in the meeting scheduled next week.The HIA is the apex body of industries in Hinjew...

• Philips Healthcare to open plant in Chakan

  Philips Healthcare, a unit of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, held the ground-breaking ceremony of its manufacturing site at Chakan MIDC recently. The new facility will also have a research and development wing.Addressing a press conference, vice president and managing director of Philips Electronics India, Murali Sivaraman, said the ...