Synovate has made senior hires for its Delhi and Mumbai offices. Jaisy Desai will head up qualitative research for the Western Indian market, and Meeta Luthra, Deepak Dasila and Sumit Arora join at AD and Senior Project Director levels.

Desai has over 15 years of experience and joins from qual boutique Ormax. She worked earlier for TNS, IMRB and ACNielsen ORG MARG on projects including ad testing, usage and attitude studies, concept and product testing, customer need analysis and trend analysis. She holds an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Management Institute, Mumbai.

Luthra joins Synovate Loyalty as Associate Director, from IMRB International where she spent much of her career in the customer satisfaction division. She worked earlier at Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Co.

Deepak Dasila joins the Mumbai office and Sumit Arora the Delhi office, both as Senior Project Directors. Dasila also joins from IMRB International, and was previously General Manager-Client Services with the International Institute of Research, Sydney. He holds an MBA from Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Institute, Aurangabad. Arora leaves JD Power & Associates, Singapore and will work primarily in Synovate Motoresearch. His MBA in Marketing comes from IISW & BM, Calcutta University.

After two years nail-biting, management and engineering students are finally breathing easy. India Inc is back on campus and is absorbed nearly 50 percent more students than any other during the last year.

Enterprise Information Technology (IT) sector, banks and financial services, industry and services are the largest employment agency.

Tata Consultancy Services, for example, plans to recruit 4000 students in MBA and engineering schools, compared to 2500 last year. Engineering major Larsen & Toubro requirements increased by 600 to 800 students this year.

However, Pay-packets are not negligible. Back 12 months, and the stage in the university campus was quite different.

“ During the last year, we were to require companies on campus to come, this year they Come Knocking,’’said Abbasali Gabula, chairperson, external relations, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research. Although the SP Jain official courses will begin in the first week of February, they have already been approached by 80 companies.

Ditto for Gurgaon-based Management Development Institute (MDI). “ Last year, 45 companies were on campus, but this year, 105 companies have shown interest,’’said Dr. Pritam Singh, director, MDI.

Walk in IIT Powai’s make-do canteen, coffee-Shack, and the variation in students’ mood is sensitive. He is happy, relaxed faces compared with the nervous, frightened of last year.

“ The number of nuclear industry (manufacturing), who come to campus this year is higher. Otherwise, the large computer companies have been recruiting,’’says Professor Gupta NC, PROFI-In-Charge of placement, IIT, Bombay.

“ I had to appear for seven rounds of interviews, but I finally received my dream company ITC,’’smiles IITian BTech (electric) Nalin Agrawal student. With a package of Rs 7 lakh per year under his belt, he has reason to rejoice. Nearly half are already batchmates its meeting of the plum jobs, while 30% want higher studies.

The dotcom boom of 2000 has been a dream for a period of MBA students and engineering schools, most of whose students receive two to three job offers. The party’s degree a year later, it was difficult to maintain, even as many have been dismissed.

WEP peripheral computer peripheral products, solutions and service provider, announced the appointment of three new executives - Arvind Tiwari, Raphael and S Maclean Ashutosh Chadha - to strengthen their existing management team.

N. Ram Agarwal, MD & CEO, WEP-suburb, said: “We are pleased with the appointment of best people on board, so that we will continue to ensure that our customers a step ahead. Your unique blend of experience and skills are also a value to our company and contribute, WEP leadership position in the field of computer peripheral products and solutions. ”

Tiwari was as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and WEP for products, it pursues the strategy and vision, and make sure, “Operational Excellence” in all areas of function, growth and profitability.

Tiwari is an engineering degree in management of the MAS-IIM Calcutta. He brings extensive experience in various fields such as manufacturing, materials, exports, business planning, quality, information technology, logistics, etc., which he acquired in India, organizations such as JCB, GE, Gillette, Cadila and Bajaj Auto. Tiwari has made a significant contribution in the field of cost, quality, launching new products, manufacturing efficiency, project implementation, Six Sigma throughout the value chain. He worked in India and is well made. When not working, he spends his time willingly something to read or listen to music.

Chadha was as Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for monitoring financial performance and ability to lead the team finances and accounts of India. It is responsible for creating and maintaining a vibrant team responsible for enterprise finance, forecasting, measurement, analysis, accounting, tax, treasury, Legal & Compliance.

Chadha has over 14 years of experience, financial management, financial planning and analysis, taxation, security reports Exchange Commission USA and taxation systems. It is also a certified expert on Six Sigma quality. Chadha has a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, University of Delhi. Fellow membership of the ICAI (FCA), associate member of ICSI ( “ACS”) and certified Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA). Before his arrival at WFP, Ariba Chadha has worked with India, GE Capital, Ralston Purina and Indian tyre manufacturing companies SRF Limited.

Raphael was chosen as Vice President-Human resource. He is responsible to ensure that WEP is an employer a statement of intent by effective engagement of all employees. Raphael has 15 years experience in managing human resources function. He concluded his chief of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, after his degree in economics from the University of Madras.

Before his arrival at WFP, Raphael has worked with companies such as Tatas, Bharti Tele-ventures, HSBC and Air Deccan. Hay Group certifies him for job evaluation, Saville and Holdsworth for Assessment Center, by the Academy to learn how to transform “Corporate theatre workshops and as a coach Gallup for the participation of workers commitment.

After Tiwari, WEP, visionary leadership, a man of talent, excellent products and respected in the industry. It is an organization that devote himself fully to its values. I welcome the cooperation with this great team to carry out our vision and mission. “