As many as 40 applicants have thrown their hats in the ring for the top job of CEO at scam-tainted Satyam, whose Board meeting is scheduled for tomorrow to consider the appointment.

"We have received around 40 applications for the post of the top job in Satyam... The Board would be meeting tomorrow to consider appointments of the CEO and CFO," Deepak Parekh, an important member of the newly-constituted Satyam Board, told reporters here today.