Hyderabad, India, May 19, 2016: LYCOS the global Internet brand today announced the appointment of Dr. Jayalakshmi Kumari as independent director to its board with effect from May 17, 2016. While, Mrs. Rajyalaxmi Reddy, non-executive director, has resigned from the board (effective May 18, 2016) citing other obligations. Dr. Jayalakshmi Kumari has a Ph.D. in social sciences, an M.A in Economics, M.A in Political Sci-ence, M.Phil. and M.Ed., with years of experience in teaching. With proven ability to constantly chal-lenge and improve existing processes and systems, she has been participating and rendering voluntary services to many social organizations.
With a deep passion for teaching, Dr. Jayalakshmi brings in 15 years of experience from the educa-tional sector having worked for leading schools and colleges in Hyderabad. Presently, she is working with the Nalanda Educational Society as a faculty in the field of social sciences. In addition to this, she regularly conducts awareness programs for women's development, entrepreneurship, health camps, and does community services towards encouragement of economically weaker women.
Dr. Jayalakshmi is also an Independent director in the listed company Ws Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd., Hyderabad.
About LYCOS:
LYCOS is one of the original and most widely known Internet brands in the world, evolving from pioneering search on the web, into a family of three business units covering digital media, marketing, and Internet of Things (IoT).
LYCOS Media is a network of easy-to-use community and social sites in 120 languages across 177
countries. LYCOS’ award-winning products and services include tools for blogging, web publishing
and hosting, online games, e-mail, and search. The LYCOS Network of sites and services include Lycos.com, Tripod, Angelfire, HotBot, Gamesville, WhoWhere, and LYCOS Mail.
LYCOS Advertising enables businesses, agencies, and online publishers worldwide in meeting their
digital marketing needs, serving 40 billion impressions every month. Clients include leading blue chip
advertisers like Airtel, British Airways, Coca-Cola, Hyundai Motors, ICICI Bank, ITC, ING, Lenovo,LIC, Maruti Suzuki, MTV, P&G, Qatar Airways, Samsung, Viacom, Sony, Star India, Vodafone, Titan, and Unilever. Publishers include Facebook, LinkedIn, MSN, Twitter, and Yahoo! LYCOS works with agencies like Havas Digital, JWT, Mediacom, Mindshare, Neo@Ogilvy, OgilvyOne, OMD, Satchi&Satchi, TBWA, and ZenithOptiMedia, to name a few.
LYCOS Life is the new consumer products division focused on IoT. LYCOS Life is dedicated to the
future of communication and information management in which everyday objects will be connected to
the internet, also known as the “Internet of Things” (IoT).
LYCOS employs around 450 people working out of 24 offices worldwide, across the US, Israel, India,
Western Europe, Australia and Latin America. For more information please visit www.lycos.com