ITC's Non-Executive Chairman YC Deveshwar Passes Away

YC Deveshwar, chairman of the ITC group, passed away this morning. He was 72.

Deveshwar joined ITCNSE 1.49 % in 1968 and became the executive chairman of the company in 1996. Under his leadership, ITC was successful in warding a takeover threat from its largest shareholder BAT and it made a successful diversification in the FMCG category.

Deveshwar moved to the role of non executive chairman in 2017. Sanjiv Puri is the current CEO and MD of the company

Tamil Novelist and Sahitya Akademi Awardee Thoppil Mohamed Meeran Passes Away

Noted novelist and Sahitya Akademi awardee Thoppil Mohamed Meeran, 74, died at his residence at Veerabahu Nagar in Pettai near here at around 1.30 a.m. on Friday.

He is survived by his wife Jaleela and two sons Shameem Ahmed and Mirzad Ahmed.