APPOINTMENTS

Bhupinder Singh appointed as the new CEO of bC Expo India in addition to his existing role of CEO of Messe Muenchen India. Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate appoints Keshav Pandey as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer. DHFL appoints Santosh Nair as Chief Business Officer. Escorts appoints Amanppreet Singh Bhatia as new Group HR Head. House of Hiranandani has bagged two real estate awards at The Golden Globe Tigers Awards 2017 in Malaysia - the 'Integrated Township of the Year' for the Chennai Egattur-OMR township and the 'Residential Property of the Year' for the Devanahalli Township in Bengaluru. RIP PR Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha, 82, Chairman, Ramco Group, recently passed away at Rajapalayam. He took over the reins of the Ramco Group in 1962 after the demise of his father PAC Ramasamy Raja and grew the businesses into a $1-bn conglomerate. The flagship cement business under Ramco Cements multiplied from a 200 tonne a day unit to a 16.5 MT a year giant with five integrated cement plants and four grinding units. He started his career in the textile business in mills in Chennai, and in Madurai. The group has a diversified presence in cement, spinning mills, IT and education. Ascendas-Singbridge and Sembcorp Development, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries, have jointly received an award for the master development rights to the Amaravati City Start-up Area in Andhra Pradesh.