Comments on: Corporate Terrorism: Assault on the Dongria Kondh http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/04/corporate-terrorism-assault-on-the-dongria-kondh/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ahni http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/04/corporate-terrorism-assault-on-the-dongria-kondh/#comment-46204 Ahni Mon, 18 May 2009 16:22:13 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=7693#comment-46204 FYI, the Indian Government has given Vedanta the green light for the mine. (the government didn't even bother to inform the Kondh about it. ActionAid told them on Friday. I just finished writing about it if anyone's interested: http://intercontinentalcry.org/dongria-kondh-shocked-over-mine-approval/ FYI, the Indian Government has given Vedanta the green light for the mine. (the government didn’t even bother to inform the Kondh about it. ActionAid told them on Friday. I just finished writing about it if anyone’s interested: http://intercontinentalcry.org/dongria-kondh-shocked-over-mine-approval/

]]> By: mary http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/04/corporate-terrorism-assault-on-the-dongria-kondh/#comment-43201 mary Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:00:14 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=7693#comment-43201 Good on the Dongria Kondh people for standing up against these grabbers and good that Survival International have taken up their cause. See the inclusion of these very well connected bankers as non-executive directors on thr Vedanta Board. AMAN MEHTA Mr Mehta, a senior banker, joined the Board in November 2004 following his retirement from HSBC where he had a career spanning 36 years. He held numerous positions, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC USA Inc (the New York based arm of HSBC Holdings plc), and as Deputy Chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East, based in Dubai with responsibility for the HSBC Group’s operations in the Middle East. In 1999, Mr Mehta was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a position he held until his retirement. Mr Mehta has a degree in Economics from Delhi University. He now resides in Delhi and is a member of a number of Corporate and Institutional Boards in India as well as overseas. EUAN MACDONALD Mr Macdonald spent over 20 years with SG Warburg, specialising in emerging market finance. From 1995 to 1999, Mr Macdonald was Chairman of SBC Warburg India, responsible for all the bank’s activities in India, and from 1999 to 2001, he was Executive Vice Chairman of HSBC Securities and Capital Markets, India. Mr Macdonald has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and a Master’s degree in Finance and International Business from Columbia Business School. ++++++++ I have read about this behemoth before and this article describes the effect its activities have on the Indian environment. Quite rapacious. http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12783 Good on the Dongria Kondh people for standing up against these grabbers and good that Survival International have taken up their cause.

See the inclusion of these very well connected bankers as non-executive directors on thr Vedanta Board.

AMAN MEHTA

Mr Mehta, a senior banker, joined the Board in November 2004 following his retirement from HSBC where he had a career spanning 36 years. He held numerous positions, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC USA Inc (the New York based arm of HSBC Holdings plc), and as Deputy Chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East, based in Dubai with responsibility for the HSBC Group’s operations in the Middle East.

In 1999, Mr Mehta was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a position he held until his retirement. Mr Mehta has a degree in Economics from Delhi University. He now resides in Delhi and is a member of a number of Corporate and Institutional Boards in India as well as overseas.

EUAN MACDONALD

Mr Macdonald spent over 20 years with SG Warburg, specialising in emerging market finance. From 1995 to 1999, Mr Macdonald was Chairman of SBC Warburg India, responsible for all the bank’s activities in India, and from 1999 to 2001, he was Executive Vice Chairman of HSBC Securities and Capital Markets, India.

Mr Macdonald has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and a Master’s degree in Finance and International Business from Columbia Business School.

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I have read about this behemoth before and this article describes the effect its activities have on the Indian environment. Quite rapacious.

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12783

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