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Meeta Vyas does Indian women proud

Meeta R Vyas has become the first Indian woman to head a major US Corporation as chief executive officer and vice-chairman of the board of the US-based Signature Brands, a NASDAQ company with sales approaching $300 million.

She has also been appointed the secretary general and chief executive officer of WWF-India.

Earlier, she was a senior executive with General Electric Company in various positions. She was the general manager of cooking products in GE Appliances, with sales exceeding $1 billion. She also hled the position of general manager, corporate business development, GE, where she was responsible for setting up GE's software development operations in India and integrating GE Capital's global strategic plan.

Bombay-born Vyas has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University.

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