Luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz announced the appointment of Vyankatesh Kulkarni as the Executive Director and Head of Operations, India, effective June 1, 2022. Vyankatesh will be responsible for production and procurement related functions of Mercedes-Benz India, including the company’s transformation journey into electrification, digitization and technology driven smart manufacturing prowess of the future, the statement said.…
JITO Angel Network (JAN), the only global community-based Angel network in India, has invested an undisclosed amount in observability platform KloudMate in a pre-seed funding round. KloudMate, a deep tech platform founded by Amitava Saha, Pranab Buragohain and Bidyut Baruah, detects performance bottlenecks in serverless applications, identifies errors and helps developers fix issues in a…
Degreed, the workforce upskilling platform, has appointed Venkat Subramaniam as Regional Vice President of APAC to further the company’s strong growth in the region. Subramaniam’s first priority will be to set the stage for high growth in the region, particularly in India, Singapore and Australia/New Zealand, in response to the increasing demand for learning solutions that meet…
Bangalore-based optics company Optics and Allied Engineering Pvt Ltd (Optica) announced that Ramakrishna Siddam has been appointed as General Manager of its Photonics division. Ramakrishna brings in more than 13 years of product and business development experience in the optics, nano-technology and thin-films industry to the company, a statement said. Ramakrishna will lead all the business…
Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited (TPEML), a subsidiary of Tata Motors Ltd, and Ford India Private Limited (FIPL), have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Gujarat (GoG) for the potential acquisition of FIPL’s Sanand vehicle manufacturing facility including (i) Land & Buildings (ii) Vehicle Manufacturing Plant, Machinery and Equipment and…
SMS Lifesciences India Limited announced the re-appointment of Veeravenkata Satyanarayana Murthy Talluri (TVVSN Murthy) as Managing Director of the company, with effect from June 1, 2022.. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company, at its Meeting held on May 28, 2022 has approved the reappointment of Mr. Veeravenkata Satyanarayana…
Voith Paper Fabrics India Limited (VPFV) announced the appointment of Pallavi Dinodia Gupta as Independent Woman Director on the company’s Board, with effect from May 29, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we would like to inform you that Ms. Pallavi Dinodia Gupta has been appointed as an Independent Woman Director by the Board…
Nestle India Limited announced the appointment of Alpana Parida as Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of the company, with effect from June 1, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “this is to inform that the Special Resolution as set out in the Postal Ballot Notice dated 21s 1 April 2022 regarding appointment of…
Sportskeeda, the new age sports & esports media brand, announced it has established its 100% owned subsidiary in the US by the name of Sportskeeda Inc. Speaking on the establishment of Sportskeeda Inc, Porush Jain, Founder & CEO, Sportskeeda said, “We are extremely confident that Sportskeeda has the right mojo to win. Over 40% of our users now come…
Nelco Limited, a part of US $ 116 Bn Tata group, announced the appointment of Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan, MD & CEO of Tata Communications, as Additional Director and Chairman of the company, with effect from May 29, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “The Board of Directors (on the recommendation of the Nomination, HR…
Online learning platform Udemy has appointed Natalie Rothman to its board of directors effective immediately. “Natalie is an accomplished executive and leader, and I’m proud to welcome her to our board of directors,” said Gregg Coccari, Chairman and CEO of Udemy. “As Udemy broadens its partnership with companies seeking to integrate learning and skill development…
CloudFabrixä, the inventor of Robotic Data Automation Fabric, unifying Observability, AIOps and Automation on cfxCloud SaaS platform, announced the appointment of Shailesh Manjrekar, as Vice President of AI and Marketing to the leadership team. Shailesh Manjrekar will be responsible for CloudFabrix’s AI and SaaS Product thought leadership, Marketing, and Go To Market strategy for Data Observability and AIOps…
Triton EV, a US-based EV company, announced it has established its comprehensive Research and Development (R&D) Center facility in Kheda, Anand District near Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The facility is 1 Lakh 50 Thousand square feet in area. And will become the global centre of Triton EV’s entire R&D activities which includes Triton EV Trucks, Triton EV…
WSO2, a digital transformation technology company, announced that the company has completed its Series E funding round with the addition of RedStart Labs (India), a subsidiary of Info Edge Limited. The move brings the total growth capital raised to $93 million. Info Edge joins lead investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Credit (‘Goldman Sachs’), which completed the first tranche…
Exotel, a Bangalore-based full stack customer engagement platform, announced their new addition to leadership by appointing Pranesh Babu as SVP of Delivery and Support. In his new role, Pranesh would lead the Delivery team in solutions designing, customer onboarding and revenue realisation strategies for large enterprises. In addition, he would also lead Support initiatives ensuring Exotel’s…