A. Majumdar

has been appointed deputy chairman of Calcutta Port Trust.

D. Biswas

has joined Macmillan India as associate vice-president for eastern India, Nepal Bhutan and Bangladesh

K. Grant

has been elected chairman of the National Readership Studies Council (NRSC).

A. Mukherjee

has joined Anshin Software as the chief operating officer and chief financial officer.

Pranesh Anthapur

has been appointed chief operating officer of Yahoo India Research and Development.

Laura M. Cha

has joined as an independent director of Tata Consultancy Services.

Rajesh Nambiar

has taken over as vice-president and general manager of global delivery at IBM India.