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Kumar Das has resigned as the Chief Legal Officer of Vodafone Idea, according to ET report. Das has served the company for 19 years. Manish Sansi to succeed Kumar Das as the new Chief Legal Officer. Prior to this role, Das served as general counsel for Vodafone’s Indian subsidiary for eight years. Most recently, Manish…
Burns & McDonnell, a family of companies made up of more than 7,000 engineers, architects, construction professionals, planners, estimators, economists, technicians, scientists and consultants with offices across the U.S. and throughout the world, announced the appointment of Rashmi Menon as vice president and general manager for the firm’s California offices. In this new role, Rashmi…
Tata Consultancy Services, a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced it has partnered with B3i Services AG, a global industry-led blockchain initiative, to design, develop and launch ecosystem innovations based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) for the insurance industry. This partnership leverages TCS’ innovation capabilities and B3i’s industry-leading production DLT platform, to…
O.N. Singh steps down as Non-Executive Chairman, Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited, effective as 2nd November 2020. The Board of Directors accepted his resignation during the board meeting. O.N. Singh has been associated with the company since its inception. Universal Sompo General Insurance Co. Ltd is a joint venture of Indian Bank, Indian Overseas…
Lowe’s India, the retail technology and analytics center for Lowe’s Companies Inc., announced the appointment of Mohith Mohan as Senior Director for Human Resources for India operations, according to ET report. Mohan has vast experience of over 17 years in handling HR in the financial, product, and retail industries. Prior to this role, Mohith Mohan…
Manipal Hospitals announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Columbia Asia Hospitals. As per the media reports, the US-based hospital chain Columbia Asia has been acquired for Rs 2,000 crore. Post acquisition, Manipal Hospitals will have over 7,300 beds across 15 cities, over 4,000-doctors and 10,000 employees, making it the second largest…
IBM announced that the company has been recognized as a Leader in three market reports evaluating Managed Security Services Providers. Managing more than 150 billion security events on average daily, IBM Managed Security Services brings together the power and integration of proprietary and third-party machine learning and AI to help customers reduce incident fatigue, perform…
WCG, the world’s leading provider of solutions that measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical research, announced the appointment of Dr. Kavita Patel, a non-resident fellow with the Brookings Institution and a practicing physician, and Pascale Witz, a former senior pharmaceutical executive who has broad corporate board experience, as independent members to the Board…
Infosys, the global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in Everest Group ServiceNow Services PEAK Matrix Assessment 2021. Leaders are defined as service providers who have demonstrated ability to carry out large-scale transformational engagements covering the entire portfolio of ServiceNow offerings and a strong focus…
TUV Rheinland, a global leader in independent technical services announced the appointment of Arun Deshpande as Managing Director for India operations. Deshpande replaces Thomas Fuhrmann who will take up a new assignment within the TUV Rheinland Group. In his new role, Deshpande will lead the management team and will be responsible for project execution, innovative…
Singtel, Asia’s leading communications technology group announced the appointment of Eric Harmon as the Chief Executive Officer of its global cyber security arm Trustwave. Harmon will report to Stuart Harvey, Chairman of Trustwave’s Board and Executive Committee. Harmon succeeds Art Wong as new CEO. Prior to this role, Harmon served as advisor to SecureTrust, a…
TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company announced the appointment of Ritesh Pai as Senior Vice President Product- Payment Solutions. In his new role, Ritesh would lead the Payment Solutions division, in managing strategic partnerships and special projects. He would play an integral role in envisioning and developing the Company’s future proof payments processing infrastructure in…
The Tata Power Company announced it has completed the sale of its Defense business on 31st October, 2020 to Tata Advanced Systems Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd, the company said in its press release. The sale was completed as per a Scheme of Arrangement, which was approved by National Company…
Tejas Networks announced that C3ntro Telecom, a leading wholesale carrier based in Mexico, has chosen to expand existing partnership with Tejas Networks for the upgrade of its high-speed Backbone and Broadband network. Based in Mexico City, C3ntro Telecom is the operator of choice for advanced data connectivity, international voice and SMS. C3ntro will deploy Tejas’…
AMD and Xilinx announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for AMD to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion. “The combination will create the industry’s leading high performance computing company, significantly expanding the breadth of AMD’s product portfolio and customer set across diverse growth markets where Xilinx is an established…