Rathnam Chaguturu has joined Menlo Park, Calif.-based SRI International’s Center for Advanced Drug Research as senior director, exploratory research.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Symphony Service Corp., a provider of product development services to independent software vendors, and Malmo, Sweden-based Teleca, a supplier of product development services for mobile applications, have merged to create Symphony Teleca Corp.

Piaggio launched its famous Vespa scooter in India April 26, making a $50 million bet that a luxury scooter market will thrive on India’s crowded roadways.

Jitender K. Miglani has been promoted from director, software engineering, to engineering VP at Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Calient Technologies, a supplier of photonic switching technology.

Paris, France-based Publicis Groupe has acquired Indigo Consulting, an Indian ad agency providing Web site design, search engine optimization and online marketing.

Ailing Air India has been slapped with a fine of $80,000 by the American authorities for failing to post customer service and tarmac delay contingency plans on its Web site and adequately inform passengers about its optional fees.

India’s biometric-based Unique Identity program will bring that country’s needy and underprivileged into the mainstream economy for the first time, according to the first part of an ongoing study by two Indian American professors.

TiEcon, the hugely influential annual conference of The Indus Entrepreneurs, has added new elements in its 20th anniversary year.

Indian American residents in the Northern California got a pleasant treat as sweets and snacks company Haldiram’s offered samples of its new line of frozen foods at a road show in Fremont.

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved the nominations of Indian American Ajit Varadaraj Pai, a Republican, and Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, to fill two vacant seats on the Federal Communication Commission’s five-member board