Karan Bajwa set to take over from Sanket as Microsoft India MD

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Microsoft India has announced the appointment of Karan Bajwa as the new managing director of its sales and marketing group (SMSG) in the country.

Karan, who is currently the head of the enterprise business in India, will continue to be based out of Gurgaon, and will report to Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman, Microsoft India. Karan has been with the company for over five years.

As a part of this planned transition, Sanket Akerkar, the current managing director, is moving back to the United States to take up another assignment in the company. He has been with Microsoft Corporation since 2003, and moved to the Indian subsidiary in 2010.

Karan starts his new tenure in July 2013 and Sanket will help with the transition until the end of July.