Infy's Balakrishnan joins Tejas Board

BANGALORE: Tejas Networks Ltd., a provider in telecommunications services today announced that Infosys executive Balakrishnan V has joined the Tejas Board as an Independent Director.

Balakrishnan is a senior vice president and group chief financial officer at Infosys Technologies Ltd. He has significant experience in leadership positions in the finance domain, with expertise in corporate finance, international taxation, risk management and mergers and acquisitions. He has been a recipient of the “Best CFO” award from CNBC and Finance Asia.

“I am delighted to welcome Bala to our Board. Bala is a highly respected finance professional and comes with rich experience of building world-class companies,” said Dr. Gururaj Deshpande, chairman of the Board.

He added that Tejas Networks has all the ingredients to become a globally successful telecom product company. “I look forward to Bala providing us with his perspective and guidance,” he added.

Balakrishnan said, “I am excited to join the Board of Tejas Networks, which is India’s first telecom product company with ambitions to be a global company. They have built a great team and I look forward to work with them in their globalization journey.”

“We are excited to have Bala on our Board. He brings in wealth of experience and insights in the finance domain and has guided one of India’s leading companies in their journey towards global scale and success. We look forward to his guidance in helping us build a great global company,” said Sanjay Nayak, MD and chief executive officer of Tejas Networks.