It is not just the big names in the tech space in India that are making significant hiring plans. Happiest Minds, the Bengaluru-based IT services company, is also gearing up to add at least 300 techies to its over 3,500-strong team, in each of the next three quarters. The Company had taken on about 310 people before June. Happiest Minds had gone public in September 2020, amidst the pandemic. Its shares had been oversubscribed 151 times, giving its shareholders 562 per cent in returns. At the time of listing, the Company had about two lakh public shareholders. This number has…
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Technology company Continental has appointed Latha Chembrakalam as the new head of their in-house R&D center Technical Center India (TCI). Latha will be taking over from Alexander Klotz, under whose leadership TCI grew into one of the largest engineering centers for Continental, globally. Latha’s appointment will be instrumental in leading TCI to the next level of growth and innovation, including infrastructural expansion, headcount growth, and expansion of engineering competence for both global and local markets. Juergen Heim, Senior Vice President and Head of Holistic Engineering & Technology Locations Management, said, “I am glad to welcome Latha as the new head…
Flipkart and the Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur, have come together to help support and promote small and medium-size businesses, artisans and weavers by leveraging technology, market insights and the e-commerce platform itself. A memorandum of understanding will be entered into soon to this effect. This collaboration will allow the e-commerce giant and the management institute to leverage their deep expertise and knowledge to develop an operational framework that will help under-served communities build capacity and enhance market reach. The executives from Flipkart will also contribute actively to the initiative by sharing operational knowledge and experience, along with market and…
Pickrr, India’s leading e-commerce logistics SAAS player, has announced the appointment of Devesh Khandelwal as its Chief Revenue Officer to further strengthen its leadership team and drive its next phase of growth. The industry veteran joins the company with 15 years of experience, having held senior positions at leading startups and conglomerates like Oyo and Amazon. At Pickrr, Devesh will be responsible for leading revenue and strategy for the company. The appointment by Pickrr is in sync with the company’s long-term growth strategy of strengthening its foothold in India’s top metros and expanding in new markets by bolstering its leadership…
Classplus, an industry-leading e-commerce enablement platform for coaching centers, solo tutors and online content creators, has recently launched an emotional wellness program called Classplus Wellness+ for its employees. The program aims at helping the entire Classplus team and their loved ones cope with everyday stress, improve relationships, and lead a happier life. The program consists of one-on-one online counseling sessions about managing anxiety, weight, addiction, health, postpartum depression etc with mental health experts that are available 24×7 free of cost. The sessions are completely confidential and available in several formats including online chats, video/voice consultations, and workshops on Barefoot Counseling,…
In October, Shailesh Jejurikar will become P&G’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO, Shailesh will have profit/loss responsibility for P&G’s Enterprise Markets (Latin America, India, Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe). He will also lead Information Technology, Global Business Services, Sales, Market Operations, New Business, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Distribution efforts for the Company. Currently, Shailesh is the Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble’s largest business sector, Fabric & Home Care, which includes many of P&G’s most-iconic brands: Tide, Ariel, Downy, Gain, Febreze, Swiffer—and represents about one-third of total company sales and net earnings. In this role, Shailesh…
Bengaluru, 29 July, 2021: WizKlub, a k-12 focussed ed-tech startup that builds skills for future careers, has on boarded an increased number of students in the past one month which is a 30% month-on-month student growth rate. These students, across age groups, are engaged with WizKlub’s programmes to build cognitive excellence and tech excellence – HOTS (higher order thinking skills), and Young Product Designer Program involving IoT Robotics & Coding on latest technologies like Alexa and AI. WizKlub is expecting this growth trend to continue and is in the process of hiring 150 tutors in the next 45 days to…
Whistling Woods International (WWI), Asia’s premium film, communication, and creative arts institute opened its door to film and media aspirants in 2006. Today 15 years later, the institute continues to fulfill its vision, to create immense value through educating the next generation in media & entertainment. Celebrating this momentous journey, students, alumni, faculty, and staff logged in from different parts of the country and world to celebrate their 15th Founders’ Day. The virtual event started by paying homage to the late legendary actor, Dilip Kumar Sahab. An audio-visual presentation showcased the instrumental role he played in the journey of WWI.…
3i Infotech Limited , a global Information Technology company, committed to accelerating business transformation, has announced a series of senior level appointments with immediate effect, to include Sax Krishna as Chief Growth Officer, Sudeep Nadkarni as Chief Revenue Officer – Large Deals, Sushant Purushan as EVP & India Business Head, Cloud First & Digital, IMS leadership team and Rangapriya Goutham as Chief Marketing Officer to accelerate the company’s global business. These strategic level hires would be integral to 3i Infotech’s aim of achieving a growth of $1 billion by 2030. Commenting on the appointments, Thompson P. Gnanam, Managing Director &…
Times Network, India’s premium broadcast network today announced key appointments and elevations in its Leadership team. Rising against the adversities and complexities of the pandemic year, Times Network has demonstrated remarkable resilience and achieved superior growth on the back of impeccable standards of content, new properties, strong distribution and digital innovations that reshaped and reimagined the broadcast industry. With its foray into Indian Language with Times Now Navbharat and ET Now Swadesh in Hindi, Times Network is focused on consolidating its leadership position in the news category besides capitalizing on growth triggers including digital, branded content, and new revenue streams…
Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd., one of India’s leading pharma players continues to strengthen its leadership with appointment of distinguished professionals to its board of directors. The company has recently added four independent directors with a wealth of knowledge and experience in various fields. The new additions include Dr. Shailesh Ayyangar, Mr. Vijay Gokhale, Mr. Hitesh Jain and Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar. Earlier this year, Mr. Berjis Desai had taken over the chairman of Emcure Board. The company has had a long standing tradition of appointing a Chairman from amongst its independent directors since 1997. Emcure aims to further augment its strengths as…
Moneyboxx Finance Limited, a BSE listed NBFC has appointed industry veteran Praveen Gupta as its Chief Impact Officer. Co-founder of a renewable energy company BetterPower, Gupta has varied corporate experience of over 15 years. He has worked as Chief Operating Officer of Manipal Green Tech India Pvt Limited (a Manipal Group company), where he was responsible for setting up a renewable energy business for the group. Before Manipal Group, Gupta worked as AGM-Offtake with Renew Power, a Goldman Sachs company & one of the largest Independent Green Power Producing companies in India, and as Senior Manager-Sustainability with Infosys Limited. He…
In its attempts to achieve Vision 3.0, Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) India has undergone a major revamp of its top ranks. The major leadership changes include the transition of Rohit Gupta to advisor to the management and the board; additional responsibility of international sales to Rajesh Kaul, who is the chief revenue officer – distribution and business head – sports and appointment of Sandeep Mehrotra as head-ad sales, network channels. With immediate effect, Danish Khan, business head – Sony Entertainment Television, digital business and StudioNext, will take on the additional responsibility of network channels licensing. Tushar Shah, business head, English,…
In an endeavour to accelerate its global footprint, ZingHR announced the induction of Mr. Shailesh Vishnubhai Haribhakti onto its Board of Advisors. Mr. Haribhakti is a renowned entrepreneur, visionary, innovator, teacher, skilled orator, author, and analyst. Shailesh Haribhakti has donned many hats in his career, from being a Chartered and Cost Accountant, an Internal Auditor, a Certified Financial Planner, to a Fraud Examiner. He is a Board Chairman, Audit Committee Chairperson, and Independent Director at some of the country’s most pre-eminent organisations. A Thought Leader on Indian Economy and Public Policy, he is an ExTech (Exponential Technologies), ESG (Environmental, Social,…
Hero Vired, India’s premium edtech company for professionals and higher education aspirants, has announced Hero Vired Scholarship Advantage to make its top-of-the-line programs accessible to a broader spectrum of learners and working professionals in India. The scholarships have been carefully curated for individuals with exceptional past academic records, women who have exceptional skills and interests and merit students who need financial assistance. Scholarships offered by Hero Vired : ? Vired Toppers: Up to 100% Fee Waived to batch-wise toppers based on performance during the program ? Vired Achievers: Up to 50% Fee Waived for those with exceptional academic or industry-related…
Indian born ed-tech start-up Bada Business has appointed Gyan Gupta as the new Chief of Product, Technology and Growth Officer (CPTGO). Gupta will lead the company’s product and growth strategy, guided by a robust technology roadmap. With this move, Bada Business aims at strengthening its position as a product-led company, making the world’s most affordable entrepreneurship training programs accessible to the last mile aspiring Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs and Wantepreneurs, at the tap of an app. A visionary digital leader, Gupta, brings over two decades of experience involving a deep understanding of content, AI, product and business. Prior to Bada Business, Gupta…
Allied Blenders & Distillers Private Limited, is pleased to announce the appointment of Shekhar Ramamurthy as the Executive Deputy Chairmanof the company with effect from the 1st of July 2021. He replaces Nick Blasquez, who has left ABD Private Limited to pursue other professional interests. Mr. Kishore Chhabria, Chairman has expressed his gratitude to Nick Blasquez for his contributions and the transformation journey that he had guided during his tenure. Shekhar Ramamurthy, has spent over 3 decades with the UB Group in various leadership roles, the last of which was as the Managing Director of United Breweries Limited. He is…
Darwinbox, Asia’s leading HR Technology platform,announced theappointment of Vijayshankar Ananthanarayanan to itsexecutive leadership team.Vijayjoins the company as Vice President and Global Head of Transformationas Asia’s fastest-growingHCM technologyplayer accelerates its expansion globally. Vijay brings a wealth of experience to his new role of providing integrated transformation roadmaps for technology organizations to scale and sustain across geographies. At Darwinbox, he would be primarily leading cross-functional initiatives, strengthening maturity and scalability of the operating model, and accelerating readiness to credibly operate in large enterprise segmentsacross geographies. Prior to Darwinbox, Vijay was the Director of People Consulting at EY where, for more than 15…
Sudhanshu Vats, an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad and NIT Kurukshetra, has a rich career of 30 years spanning diverse organizations like Unilever, Castrol, Viacom18 and more recently, EPL (formerly known as Essel Propack). Sudhanshu is Member CII National Manufacturing Council. He was the Chairman – National Media and Entertainment Committee of CII from April 2014 to March 2020 and Director & Vice President of Indian Broadcasting Foundation from September 2012 to April 2020. Commenting on the announcement Shri. M.B. Parekh, Executive Chairman of Pidilite said “Sudhanshu is a welcome addition to Pidilite’s leadership team. His talent and experience will be of…
Linode, the world’s largest independent cloud computing infrastructure provider, appointed Joseph Zhou as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Zhou will lead all aspects of security risk management for Linode, including enterprise security architecture, governance, product and platform security, network security, secure software development, security awareness training, penetration and vulnerability management, identity and access management, incident response, disaster recovery, business continuity, and supply chain security risk management. “Security is integral to everything we do,” said Christopher Aker, founder and CEO of Linode. “And it is going to get harder and more critical for companies to stay ahead of the onslaught of…
To further bolster its goal of building a robust and granular retail assets franchise, BandhanBank announced the appointment of Kamal Batra as Executive President andHead – Assets, on Wednesday. The Bank’s ‘Vision 2025’ envisages a well-diversified and high-quality asset portfolio, strategically spread across secured and unsecured advances. This appointment is aimed at providing the necessary leadership direction and support towards the same. The four pillars of the Bank’s asset base would comprise Emerging Entrepreneurs Business (erstwhile known as microbanking), Housing Finance, Commercial Banking and other Retail Assets. Kamal will assume the responsibility for growing the Bank’s Commercial Banking (comprising SME…
MedikaBazaar, the leading one-stop Medical and HealthTech procurement platform, announces the appointment of four senior hires to strengthen its leadership team across the country. Mr. R K Narayanan joins MediKabazaar as the Vice President-Business Partner for its VPO (Value Purchase Organization) business. Narayanan brings with him 30 years of rich experience in expanding the business and has previously worked with Boston Scientific handling upstream marketing & CTO programs. He has also been associated with companies like Philips Healthcare, GE Healthcare, and Indchem Electronics. At MediKabazaar, he will be responsible for supporting the creation of product segments in equipment and devices…
UNIBIC Foods, one of India’s fastest growing FMCG companies announced the appointment of Naveen Pandey as its Chief Executive Officer. Naveen will be responsible for leading the strategic direction and growth journey of the Company. Naveen commands over two decades of senior management experience in the Indian FMCG space. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Naveen has had successful stints with corporate giants such as PepsiCo and Asian Paints. His last assignment before joining UNIBIC was as the Head of Marico’s New Foods’ Business Unit, where he led the start-up team to launch category defining products such as…
SHARP, a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of SHARP Corporation, Japan, has announced the launch of 3D Secure – Total Workspace Protection solution. The advanced disinfection solution comes equipped with a three-pronged action that works powerfully against both surface and air-borne viruses. ‘3D Secure -Total Workspace Protection’ combines the strengths of Workspace Procat, which is a disinfectant coating service, Naturizer, which is a natural salt-based sanitiser maker, and the Plasmacluster Air Purifier. The new solution comes with unique natural advantages and fights bacteria and viruses across all kinds of surfaces and indoor air, providing a clean, fresh and safe environment within the…
Eupheus Learning has appointed Kapil Chanana as the Chief Growth Officer. Kapil will spearhead the company’s digital At-Home Learning solutions and expansion to new Growth areas. Eupheus Learning is an education technology firm aiming to bridge the gap between in-class and at-home learning by offering pedagogically differentiated, technology-led solutions in the K–12 space. In this role, Chanana will be responsible for the success of the company’s growth agenda including strategic partnerships, development of innovative platforms and go-to-market strategy across India and the Middle East. Chanana previously served as Director Marketing Activations, Coca-Cola India and South-West Asia from 2011 to 2021…
Morphisec, a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint and server security solutions, today announced it has appointed Ajit Pillai as Regional Director for APAC. In this role, Pillai will oversee strategic direction in the region and ensure Morphisec can meet increasing local demand for its suite of solutions for endpoints, servers, and cloud workloads, which uses patented zero trust runtime security powered by moving target defense technology to block threats. Morphisec is deployed on over 7 million endpoints worldwide and offers enterprises cutting-edge cyber prevention that automatically stops the most dangerous attacks in an automated and easy-to-manage manner. The approach minimizes the…