MUMBAI: Ashok P Hinduja has been made executive chairman of the board of directors of Hinduja TMT Limited with effect from 1 October 2005.

Approval of the shareholders would be sought at the company's annual general meeting scheduled to be held on 27 September.

Hinduja, who would continue to be based in Mumbai, will be involved in giving strategic direction to the company's business, guidance on diversification / acquisition strategies and opportunities, long term planning as well as turnaround strategies, creating value of the media and broadband subsidiaries, relationship building with governments, policy makers, key customers and industry associations.

The day to day business and operations of the company would continue to be under the charge of K. Thiagarajan, managing director and CEO, who recently shifted base to Bangalore, which is HTMT's operations hub in India.

Thiagarajan will be responsible for the company's global operations comprising India, USA, Canada, Philippines, Mauritius, Europe as well as the overseas subsidiaries. number of companies.