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Prakash Mallya to succeed Debjani Ghosh as new Intel South Asia MD
Intel’s Managing Director for South Asia, Debjani Ghosh is reportedly leaving in March after her 21 years stint in the company. She has been the Managing Director for Intel in South Asia since 2012. Reports suggest that the leadership change was announced
Ola hires Pranav Tiwari and Sanjay Kharb as VPs of Engineering
After a spate of high-profile management exits, cab-aggregator Ola is compensating for the losses with two significant appointments, strengthening its core technology leadership. Pranav Tiwari, former CTO of Cellworks as well as an ex-Googler has joined as the Vice President
Pinterest hires Google’s Randy Keller as its head of search
With renewed focus on its visual discovery tools, Pinterest has made an important hire in the form of Google’s former image search veteran, Randy Keller, who led a team of 40 engineers at Google, according to his LinkedIn page. In
Apple hires Timothy D. Twerdahl to lead Apple TV product marketing
The Cupertino giant has hired Timothy D. Twerdahl, former head of Amazon’s Fire TV, as Vice President in charge of Apple TV product marketing. Apple confirmed the report to Bloomberg, saying that Twerdahl joined the company earlier this month. With
Uber hires NASA engineer Mark Moore to lead Uber ‘Elevate’
Uber has hired NASA engineer Mark Moore as the Director of Engineering at Uber Elevate; its flying taxi project that is expected to take off in next few years. Mark Moore, a 30-year veteran of NASA, is the one who
Hugo Barra is joining Facebook after leaving Xiaomi
Within a week of leaving Xiaomi, Hugo Barra has another big news for the tech world. Barra, a former executive at Alphabet Inc.’s Google and who successfully led Xiaomi’s international efforts is now joining Facebook to oversee the social network’s
Ola appoints former PepsiCo exec Vishal Kaul as new COO
Cab aggregator, Ola has named former PepsiCo executive, Vishal Kaul, as its chief operating officer (COO) and Pranay Jivrajka will continue to lead key strategic initiatives in a new role as founding partner, the company said. In his new role,
Uber hires former Google search chief Amit Singhal
Google’s former Senior Vice President of Search and employee number 176, Amit Singhal is joining Uber as its new SVP of engineering. In the role, the engineer who spent 15 years at Google will be heading up the Maps and
TCS top boss appointed Tata Sons chairman, CFO Rajesh Gopinathan will succeed him
Tata Sons has named 54-year old CEO and managing director of TCS, N Chandrasekaran as its new chairman. He will take charge from February 21, 2017. The decision to appoint Chandrasekaran was taken at a meeting of Tata Sons board today
As Kalyan Krishnamurthy takes charge, 3 top Flipkart execs call it quits
Barely a day after Tiger Global’s Kalyan Krishnamurthy was appointed as the new CEO of India’s largest online marketplace, Flipkart, its three top-level executives reportedly have called it quits. Citing a company executive in the know of the things, Economic
Larry Paulson appointed as vice president and president of Qualcomm India
Qualcomm Incorporated has appointed Larry Paulson as vice president and president of Qualcomm India. He was Vice President Product Management- Qualcomm Device Reference Designs (QRD) at Qualcomm prior to this. In his new role, he will provide leadership and drive business growth
Karan Bajwa succeeds Vanitha Narayanan as new IBM India MD
BANGALORE, INDIA: IBM today announced the appointment of Karan Bajwa as Managing Director of IBM India, succeeding Vanitha Narayanan who has moved to the Chairman’s role of IBM India now. Karan will be responsible for all strategic and operational matters
Airtel Payments Bank names Dhiraj Sharda as Chief Digital Officer
MUMBAI, INDIA: Airtel Payments Bank has appointed Dhiraj Sharda as its Chief Digital Officer. In his new role, Dhiraj will be responsible for product development, digital delivery and development of digital marketing platforms for Airtel Payments Bank. He will also
Rajan Anandan joins Capillary Technologies’ board
Google’s Vice President – South-East Asia & India, Rajan Anandan has joined the board of the omni-channel engagement and commerce product company, Capillary Technologies. Rajan is one of its early investors and advisor of the company. An experienced professional in digital, mobile and software
BMC Software appoints Polycom’s Peter Leav as new president and CEO
PUNE, INDIA: BMC Software announced Peter Leav’s appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer. Leav succeeds Bob Beauchamp, who continues to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and will play a key role going forward. Leav joins BMC from Polycom,
Damon Xi to head the UCWeb business in India
BANGALORE, INDIA: UCWeb, an Alibaba Mobile Business Group Company has appointed Damon Xi as the General Manager for UCWeb India. This move puts Damon in charge of the strategic alliance and business development for the company in India. Damon was earlier in Tencent
After Microsoft and Google, Pulkit Trivedi to build Facebook’s relationships with clients in India
Google India’s former Head of Industry (e-commerce), Pulkit Trivedi has been appointed by Facebook as Director for e-commerce, retail, travel and financial services verticals. In his new role, he will lead building and maintaining of strategic relationships with clients in
Unity hires Uber’s machine learning head to add to its AI prowess
Just after a year as Uber’s head of machine learning, Dr. Danny Lange is now joining game engine startup Unity to head its AI and machine learning divisions. Before Uber, he had also worked at Amazon — on Amazon’s internal
