Satyam Board member apprises PM of developments

NEW DELHI: Tarun Das, CII's chief mentor and a member of the government-appointed Satyam Computer Board, on Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is believed to have discussed the fallout of the global financial crisis on Indian economy.

Das, who is actively involved in restructuring of the scam-hit IT firm, is also understood to have briefed the Prime Minister on the progress of the sale process of Satyam.

Singh has been meeting prominent industrialists for getting inputs ahead of his visit to London for the G-20 Summit on April 2.

The Prime Minister has called a meeting of corporate honchos including Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Azim Premji and others tomorrow to elicit their views on the summit and the state of economy.