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Profile of Araceli Roiz: Allegedly pregnant with Murthy’s child

By Premendra Agrawal at May 24, 2013 12:36
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Araceli Roiz

Phaneesh Murthy was asked to leave iGate because Araceli Roiz, the company’s head of investor relations, was allegedly pregnant with his child, and the Fremont, California-based IT firm faced the risk of a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

Murthy told the iGate board of his relationship with Roiz only after she informed him that she will be taking legal action against him, Roiz’s legal firm Aiman-Smith & Marcy said in a statement released early this morning May 24, 2013.

“When Araceli Roiz refused to have an abortion, Mr. Murthy attempted to get her to leave the company and keep their relationship a secret,” her legal firm Aiman-Smith & Marcy said in a statement released early May 24, 2013.

“It was not until after Ms Roiz refused to do so and informed him that she would be seeking legal representation and her lawyers contacted Mr. Murthy’s counsel that he reluctantly informed the Board of the relationship, just before the Board would have learned on its own from other sources. On behalf of Ms Roiz, we are contemplating next steps, which will certainly include court action against Mr. Murthy and iGate.”

Araceli Roiz

 

Araceli Roiz’s legal firm Aiman-Smith & Marcy

ranscript Call Date 01/17/2013

Operator: Greetings, and welcome to iGATE Corporation’s Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Araceli Roiz, Head of Investor Relations for iGATE Corporation. Thank you, Ms. Roiz. You may now begin.

Araceli Roiz - IR Manager: Thank you. Good morning and thank you for joining our call to discuss our 2012 full year and fourth quarter financial results. With me today are Phaneesh Murthy, iGATE’s President and Chief Executive Officer; and Sujit Sircar, iGATE’s Chief Financial Officer……………………..

I will now turn the floor over to Phaneesh.

Phaneesh Murthy - President and CEO: Thank you, Araceli, and good morning to all of you in the U.S. I want to just talk a little bit about both the fourth quarter and the full year…………………..

Araceli Noizz with her 73 yrs old sibling

 

iGate Investor Contact

Araceli Roiz

Investor Relations Manager

+1 510 896 3007

email: araceli.roiz@igate.com

 
Media Contact of iGATE
Prabhanjan Deshpande "PD"
+91 80 4104 5006

Gender: Female:

Places Lived: Mountain View, CA,  San Carlos, CA,  Sunnyvale, CA, 

About Araceli Roiz

Araceli Roiz was born in 1982. Araceli currently lives in Redwood City, California. Before that, she lived in Mountain View, CA from 2009 to 2010. Before that, she lived in San Carlos, CA in 2006.

Araceli Roiz

ARACELI ROIZ  CLASS OF 2000

Riverbank High School Class of 2000

Riverbank, CA


Controversy now

Araceli Roiz, currently head of investor relation at i-GATE's US office (as on her profile) has filed a complain of sexual harassment against Murthy. i-GATE did investigation externally and found him guilty of not disclosing relationship and fired him. Nowhere the i-GATE has mentioned that he is guilty of sexual harassment. There are also reports in media that Roiz is pregnant and planning to file a lawsuit against Murthy.

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In a press release issued in the early hours of this morning of May 23, 2013 , Araceli Roiz’s lawyers claim she was pregnant with Murthy’s child

Phaneesh Murthy was allegedly asked to leave iGate because Araceli Roiz, iGate’s head of investor relations, was pregnant with his child, and the Fremont California based IT firm faced the risk of multi-million dollar lawsuit.

 

In a statement released early this morning by her legal firm Aiman-Smith & Marcy, said, “When Ms Roiz refused to have an abortion, Mr. Murthy attempted to get her to leave the company and keep their relationship a secret.  It was not until after Ms Roiz refused to do so and informed him that she would be seeking legal representation and her lawyers contacted Mr. Murthy’s counsel that he reluctantly informed the Board of the relationship, just before the Board would have learned on its own from other sources. On behalf of Ms Roiz, we are contemplating next steps, which will certainly include court action against Mr. Murthy and iGate.”

 

Earlier in the evening Forbes India had asked Phaneesh Murthy if Ms Roiz was carrying his child. In a brief statement sent through his spokesperson Murthy said, “There are always two sides to the truth and now that the matter is definitely heading to court, I can't comment anymore.”

 

In an investor call on Tuesday, May 21, iGate said Roiz was on a medical leave. 

 

On May 21 when the news of his resignation became public, Murthy had spoken to forbes over telephone from his residence in Fremont, California. He said he had informed the Chairman of the Board of his relationship with Ms Roiz “a couple of months back”. When asked why he chose that time to speak to the Chairman, Murthy said, “There were a variety of reasons”. He refused to say anymore than this. 


Araceli Roiz, 31

Redwood City, CA

94065 Zip Code

Redwood City, CA, population 74,508, is located in California's San Mateo county, about 13.6 miles from Sunnyvale and 14.3 miles from Fremont.

 


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Complete Biodata of New CAG Shasi Kant Sharma

By Premendra Agrawal at May 23, 2013 21:38
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Shashi Kant Sharma was on Thursday May 23, 2013 sworn in as CAG by President Pranab Mukherjee in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

 

The 61-year-old 1976 Bihar cadre IAS officer replaced Vinod Rai, who superannuated yesterday after a five-and-a-half year eventful tenure as the head of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). 

 

"Shashi Kant Sharma will have a tenure up to September 24, 2017," an official statement said. 

 

He was holding the post of defence secretary prior to this new assignment. 

 

Sharma's appointment comes at a time when the CAG has come under sharp attack from the government and ruling party for its reports on assessment of Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss in allocation of 2G spectrum. 

 

Under Vinod Rai's tenure, the CAG was accused of going beyond its auditing ambit and indulging in analysing policy decisions. 

 

Vinod Rai, however, had hit back saying the government just wanted the CAG to be an accountant. 

 

The new CAG will have to handle the audit report on AgustaWestland chopper deal, among other reports. He was closely associated with the deal from its early days till its completion in 2010.

 

 

Complete Biodata

Name :Shri Shashi Kant Sharma

Identity No.01BH027200

Service/Cadre/Allotment Year :IAS/Bihar/1976

Source of Recruitment :RR

Date of Birth :25/09/1952

Sex :MALE

Place of Domicile :Uttar Pradesh

Mother Tongue :HINDI

Indian Languages Known :ENGLISH

Foreign Languages Known :

Retirement Reason :ON SUPERANNUATION

II. Details of Central Deputation

A.1.Whether Presently on deputation to GOI?Yes

 2.Date of Start of Central Deputation02/12/2003

 3.Expiry Date of tenure of Central Deputation

 4.Tenure CodeTENURE NOT APP

B. If in Cadre, date of reversion from Central Deputation, if any

C. Whether debarred from Central Deputation?No

  If so, period of debarment -

III.Educational Qualifications

Sl.NoQualification

Institute/University/PlaceSubjectsDivision

1GRADUATE 

PHYSICS CHEMISTRY MATHEMATICSSecond

2P.G.

POLITICAL SC.First

3M.Sc.

University of YorkADMN.SC.&DEV PROBLEM

IV. Experience Details

Sl.NoDesignation/LevelDepartment/OfficeOrganizationExperience (Major/Minor)Period 

(From/To)

1S D O

Jr. Time Scale BankaCADRELand Revenue Mgmt & District Admn

Sub Divisional Admn17/07/1978

02/08/1980

2Addl Dist Magistrate

Sr. Time Scale DhanbadCADRELand Revenue Mgmt & District Admn

District Admn03/08/1980

31/07/1981

3Managing Director

Sr. Time Scale Bokaro Indl. Area Dev

BokaroCADREIndustries

Industries01/08/1981

16/06/1982

4Dist Magistrate

Sr. Time Scale BhagalpurCADRELand Revenue Mgmt & District Admn

District Admn20/06/1982

28/01/1985

5Jt Secy

Sr. Time ScaleCADREHealth & Family Welfare

Health & Family Welfare05/02/1985

01/11/1985

6Dy Commr

Dy Secy Level/JAG PalamuCADRELand Revenue Mgmt & District Admn

District Admn03/11/1985

19/09/1987

7Dy Commr

Dy Secy Level/JAG Singhbhum EastCADRELand Revenue Mgmt & District Admn

District Admn21/09/1987

23/12/1989

8Collector & D M

Dir Level/SL JAG PatnaCADRELand Revenue Mgmt & District Admn

District Admn24/12/1989

31/05/1990

9Labour Commr

Dir Level/SL JAG BiharCADRELabour & Employment

Labour01/06/1990

12/09/1992

10Director

Director D/o Youth Affairs & Sports

CENTRE-N.DELHIYouth Affairs & Sports

Youth Affairs & Sports17/09/1992

25/05/1995

11Prl Commr

Joint Secy EquivM/o Urban Affairs & Emp

Delhi Dev Auth (DDA)

CENTRE-N.DELHIUrban Development

Urban Develoment26/10/1995

17/09/1997

12On Foreign Training

JS Level/Level - ICDR-FOREIGN TRGN.Applicable/N.Available

Not Available01/10/1997

30/09/1998

13Secretary

JS Level/Level - I Urban Dev Deptt

CADREUrban Development

Urban Develoment28/10/1998

15/02/2001

14Commr & Secy

JS Level/Level - I Excise & Prohibition Deptt

CADRESocial Justice & Empowerment

Prohibition16/02/2001

29/10/2001

15Secretary

JS Level/Level - I Road Construction Deptt

Indl Dev Copn

CADRETransport

Road Transport30/10/2001

01/12/2003

16Jt Secy

Joint SecyM/o Defence

D/o Defence

CENTRE-N.DELHIDefence

Defence02/12/2003

10/02/2007

17Addl Secy

Addl SecyM/o Defence

D/o Defence

CENTRE-N.DELHIDefence

Defence10/02/2007

05/04/2007

18Addl Secy

Addl SecyM/o Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

D/o Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances

CENTRE-N.DELHIPersonnel & General Admn

Administrative Reforms05/04/2007

19/08/2007

19DG (Acquisition)

Addl Secy EquivM/o Defence

D/o Defence

CENTRE-N.DELHIDefence

Defence20/08/2007

24/11/2009

20DG (Acquisition)

Secy EquivM/o Defence

D/o Defence

CENTRE-N.DELHIDefence

Defence24/11/2009

24/09/2010

21Secretary

SecretaryM/o Communications & Info Tech

D/o Information Tech

CENTRE-N.DELHICommunications & Information Technology

Information Technology24/09/2010

09/02/2011

22Secretary

SecretaryM/o Finance

D/o Financial Services

CENTRE-N.DELHIFinance

Banking09/02/2011

11/07/2011

23O S D

Secy EquivM/o Defence

CENTRE OTHERSStaff Officers

Ministers Office11/07/2011

13/07/2011

24Defence Secretary

SecretaryM/o Defence

D/o Defence

CENTRE-N.DELHIDefence

Defence14/07/2011

V. Mid Career Training Details

N   I   L

VI. In-Service Training Details

Sl.NoYearTraining NameInstituteCityDuration (Weeks)

11985-1986Mgt.Concepts and Decision Making TechAIMA1

21986-1987Programme ImplementationMIDA4

31987-1988Awareness of Economic EnvironmentAdministrative Staff College of IndiaHyderabad1

41991-1992Middle Level 1975-1981Indian Institute of ManagementBangalore3

51993-1994Finance & GovernmentNIPFP1

61995-1996Senior Level - 1975- 78 BatchesLal Bahadur Shastri National Academy Of AdministrationMussoorie3

71995-1996Senior Level - 1975- 78 BatchesLal Bahadur Shastri National Academy Of AdministrationMussoorie3

81999-2000Issues in Urban DevelopmentHuman Settlement Management InstituteNew Delhi1

92001-2002Office Productivity Tools & Internet ApplicationsNational Institute of Information TechnologyNew Delhi1

VII. Domestic Training Details

Sl.NoYearTraining NameDuration (Weeks)

1199Public Finance1

21985Mgt Concept & DM1

31986PROGTAMME IMPLMN4

41987Awareness of Economic Environment1

51990Middle Level Training4

61994Policy Analysis & Formulation3

72001Office Productivity Tools & IA

 

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