Accelya Solutions India Limited, a company that provides technological products and services, announced the appointment of Gurudas Shenoy as Managing Director of the company, with effect from July 1, 2022. He succeeds Shrimanikandan Ananthavaidhyanathan (Mr. Mani), who has resigned from the role of MD, with effect from May 31, 2022. Gurudas Shenoy, aged 53 years,…
HappyEasyGo, an online travel agency (OTA Platform), currently invested by Samsung Venture Investment, Korea Investment Partners Co. Ltd., M&S Partners Pte. Ltd., CVC Capital Partners, and UOB Venture Management, has raised new funding from its existing shareholders. The funding is backed by the encouraging business trends in the travel industry in the Indian market. Recently, there…
Bengaluru-based self-driving vehicle startup Minus Zero announced it has raised $ 1.7 million in a funding round led by Chiratae Ventures. JITO Angel Network and senior executives from tech companies like Nvidia, and Lyft also participated in the funding round. The funding will be primarily utilized for building an extensive autonomous vehicle research and development,…
Teachmint, an education infrastructure provider, announced the appointment of Kapil Vardhan as their Chief Human Resources Officer. With 20+ years of experience in creating path-breaking people strategy across leading Indian and global organizations, Kapil will play a critical role in furthering Teachmint’s vision of building a highly competitive team to transform the education ecosystem across the world,…
AdmitKard, an Edtech firm that simplifies access to higher education opportunities, announced its plans to onboard around 100 employees to take the overall workforce figure up to 250. The company currently boasts a strength of 150 and with this current enrollment, it will be increasing the strength by a whopping 66 %, a statement said.…
Gaurav Sachdeva has been appointed as the CEO of JSW One Platforms, an e-commerce venture by JSW Group. This e-commerce business aims to bring transparency, timely delivery, trust, and ease-of-doing-business digitally for MSMEs. Gaurav transitioned from his role at JSW Ventures where he led venture capital investments for the fund, according to the statement. In…
Artson Engineering Limited (AEL) announced the appointment of Vinayak Pai, CEO & MD Designate at Tata Projects, as an Additional Director on the company’s Board, with effect from May 23, 2022. According to company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform, that based on the recommendations of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors…
Maneesh Sharma, previously GitHub General Manager for India, has joined LambdaTest, a test orchestration and execution platform, as its Chief Operating Officer. Maneesh will lead all the go-to-market functions in the company. Maneesh, who has over 22 years of experience, was leading GitHub India’s phenomenal growth and operations until recently. Under his leadership India was…
Integrated business-to-business (B2B) sales intelligence and engagement platform, Apollo.io, said it will invest over $30 million in India over the next two years, according to ETtech report. It will open its first office space in India, in Bengaluru, to house a growing R&D team, and hire over 100 R&D engineers in the coming months, the…
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) announced it has entered into an agreement with the State of Georgia to build its first dedicated full electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facilities in the U.S. The Group’s U.S. investment decision will support its goal of becoming a leader in electric mobility in the U.S. market. It also highlights the Group’s…
Skan, a Process Intelligence solution company that provides unprecedented insights into how organizations get work done, has appointed Vinaykumar (Vinay) Mummigatti as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Customer Transformation. A world-renowned expert in process automation, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation, Vinay brings over 20 years of experience in building enterprise business transformation and process…
Marwari Catalysts’ Portfolio Startup, XOOG has raised USD 150K in their pre-seed round with a series of institutional and individual investors investing in the startup. The strategic investors who participated in this round were Seetharaman Thiruvenkatam, Kavitha Seetharaman, Prasad Prabhakaran and Prashanth Prabhakaran. The round also saw further participation from existing investor Marwari Catalysts, India’s fastest growing startup…
Indian cement manufacturer Shree Cement Limited has appointed Zubair Ahmed as Additional Director on the company’s board, with effect from May 21, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company has today i.e. 21st May, 2022 approved the appointment of Mr. Zubair Ahmed (DIN – 00182990) as an Additional…
Paytm announced that Madhur Deora, Group Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed as a Whole-time Director on the company’s Board, with effect from May 20, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company (“Board”), at their meeting held on May 20, 2022, has considered and approved the apointment of…
Jindal Steel and Power Limited announced the appointment of Ramkumar Ramaswamy as Chief Financial Officer of the company, with effect from May 21, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “this is to inform that Mr. Ramkumar Ramaswamy, has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Key Managerial Person (KMP) of the Company…