Category: News

The New India Assurance Company appoints Mandakini Balodhi to its Board

The New India Assurance Company Limited announced the appointment of Mandakini Balodhi to its Board of Directors, with effect from April 18, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform you that Ministry of Finance vide their notification dated 04th April, 2022 has appointed Ms. Mandakini Balodhi as a Government Nominee Director…

OnMobile Global appoints Asheesh Chatterjee as Global Group CFO

OnMobile Global Limited, a mobile entertainment company, announced the appointment of Asheesh Chatterjee as Global Group Chief Financial Officer for the company, effective April 18, 2022. Asheesh Chatterjee joins OnMobile with twenty-five years of rich experience in manifold facets of finance, such as fundraising, strategic and operational finance, risk management, regulatory compliances, digital transformation, procurement,…

Wipro appoints Satya Easwaran as Country Head, India

Wipro Limited, a global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced the appointment of Satya Easwaran as the Country Head for India. Satya will be in charge of strengthening Wipro’s business in India across key industry sectors through strategic consulting, transformation and modernization engagements. He will help clients leverage Wipro’s capabilities and investments…

Former Uber marketing exec Jenny Lewis joins The Knot Worldwide as CMO

The Knot Worldwide, a global digital wedding planning company & the parent company of WeddingWire India, announced that Jenny Lewis, former Head of US & Canada Marketing for Uber Technologies, Inc. has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer. Lewis will lead all marketing, insights, and editorial initiatives for The Knot Worldwide and its 19…

Ujjivan Financial Services appoints Radhakrishnan Ravi as CEO & CFO

Ujjivan Financial Services Limited announced the appointment of Radhakrishnan Ravi as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the company, with effect from April 19, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Please be informed that our Board of Directors at their meeting held today, April 18, 2022, based on the recommendation of the…

Sanofi India appoints Rodolfo Hrosz as Managing Director

Sanofi India Limited (SIL) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Rodolfo Hrosz as the Company’s new Managing Director with effect from 1 st June 2022, subject to regulatory approvals. He will transition from being Sanofi’s General Manager, Consumer Healthcare business in Brazil to his new role in India as soon as the applicable…

India Accelerator and Gujarat’s i-Hub join hands to nurture the startup ecosystem in India

India Accelerator, India’s only GAN partnered accelerator has recently partnered with Gujarat government’s vibrant incubation setup, i-Hub to fuel and foster the startup ecosystem in India, with a special focus on Gujarat. India Accelerator and i-Hub have both agreed to develop joint programs and initiatives that bolster the startup ecosystem of the country while creating…

Sterlite Power acquires 64.98% stake in MTCIL JV for OPGW Fiber Network in Maharashtra

Sterlite Power, a private sector power transmission infrastructure developer and solutions provider, has announced acquisition of 64.98% equity stake in Maharashtra Transmission Communication Infrastructure Limited(MTCIL) – a joint venture with Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL). MTCIL is a Public Private Partnership for OPGW (Optical Ground Wire) Fiber networks operating on a ‘BOOM’ model.…

Fujitsu opens new research center in India

Fujitsu, a Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, announced a key development in its global innovation strategy with the establishment of a new research center, ‘Fujitsu Research of India Private Limited’ (hereinafter FRIPL), on April 1, 2022. FRIPL represents the latest addition to Fujitsu’s global R&D network and will focus on research and development…

Websol Energy System announces new appointments to its Board

Websol Energy System Limited, a producer of Solar Photovoltaic Cells and Modules in India, announced the appointments of Vishal Patodia and Dipti Budhia to its Board of Directors, with effect from 18 April 2022. Vishal holds a degree of Bachelors of Commerce and is a Qualified Company Secretary & Cost Accountant. He has been working…

EX-Fusion raises pre-seed funding round

EX-Fusion Inc., the first startup in Japan aimed at commercializing laser based fusion energy, announced that it has closed a pre-seed round funding of 130 million Japanese yen. The pre-seed round was led by ANRI, a Tokyo based venture capital firm, along with Osaka University Venture Capital (OUVC) and was the first company funded within ANRI’s latest ESG specific fund.…

Bangalore-based Expertia AI raises $1.2 mn in funding round

Expertia AI, a deeptech virtual recruitment platform, announced it has raised $1.2 million in a funding round led by marquee investors Chiratae Ventures and Endiya Partners with participation from Entrepreneur First and angel investor Archana Priyadarshini, according to ETtech report. The startup plans to use the funds for assembling a team of artificial intelligence (AI)…

Binance appoints Chagri Poyraz as Global Head of Sanctions

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance announced that its Director of Sanctions Compliance Chagri Poyraz has been promoted to Global Head of Sanctions since joining in early January. In his current position, he is responsible for ensuring all Binance meets and maintains full sanctions compliance globally as well as building robust sanctions control frameworks similar to traditional…

Tessolve appoints Huzefa Cutlerywala as SVP of Sales & Marketing and Madhav Rao as SVP VLSI Design

Tessolve, a Hero Electronix venture and an end-to-end engineering solution partner for semiconductor and system companies, announced the appointment of two industry veterans, Huzefa Cutlerywala as Senior VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, and Madhav Rao as Senior VP VLSI Design. Huzefa will be responsible for driving Tessolve’s business, as it transforms its engineering services…

IndusInd Bank bags global ‘Celent Model Bank’ Award

IndusInd Bank announced that it has been awarded the global ‘Celent Model Bank’ award under the category – ‘Payments System Transformation’ for building a best-in-class Enterprise Payments Hub (EPH). The award acknowledges the Bank’s outstanding journey in creating a cloud-based central payments hub that is capable of seamlessly processing high transaction loads originating across all…