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LC Nueva Investment Partners raises Rs 224.8 Cr

LC Nueva Investment Partners, a partnership between Singapore headquartered Lighthouse Canton and Delhi based Nueva Capital, announced that it has achieved a first close of INR224.8Cr / USD$30Mn on its venture capital (VC) fund, LC Nueva AIF. “India’s private market has been growing exponentially – a robust ecosystem that we are proud to be working…

Neha Maheshwari appointed Compliance Officer at Hawkins Cookers

Hawkins Cookers Limited announced the appointment of Neha Maheshwari as Compliance Officer of the company, effective April 1, 2022. She succeeds Hutoxi Bhesania, who has retired from the position of the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, with effect from March 31, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “The Board has appointed Mrs. Neha Maheshwari,…

Wipro collaborates with University of South Carolina and IIT, Patna to advance AI-led innovation

Wipro Limited, a global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced a three-year collaboration with the University of South Carolina and the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna (IIT, Patna) under a co-innovation model for AI research. This co-innovation model represents a joint research endeavour engaging doctoral candidates from industries, academia and Wipro focused…

SG Analytics appoints Dr. Kiran Bala as CHRO

SG Analytics (SGA), a Global Insights and Analytics Company, announced the appointment of Dr. Kiran Bala as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Kiran brings over 18 years of experience leading high-performing human resources (HR) teams at global organizations, to her new role. As CHRO, Kiran will lead SG Analytics’ global HR strategy to improve operational effectiveness and align…

Tech hiring platform HireHunch raises $ 500K seed round led by Waveform Ventures

HireHunch, a Bangalore-based B2B platform that offers interview-as-a-service, has announced raising USD 500K funding in a seed round led by Waveform Ventures. The tech recruitment platform has also been supported with investments from marquee angels like Alok Mittal, Saurabh Bansal, Ramneek Khurana, Deepak Singh Ahlawat, Kshitij Jain, Ram Kuppuswamy, Gunjan Srivastava, Ajay Gopalkrishnan and more.  Founded…

Ex-Flipkart exec Manjeet Singh joins Woovly as Head of Content

Woovly, the social commerce platform for Tier 2, Tier 3 millennials driven by a creator community, has announced the hiring of Manjeet Singh as Head of Content. Singh’s new role will entail leveraging content to build the next big thing in social commerce and content creators’ community, a statement said. Manjeet has previously managed the…

Ranjan Kalia joins Orion as Chief Financial Officer

Orion Innovation (Orion), a digital transformation and digital product development services firm, announced that Ranjan Kalia has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 4, 2022. Kalia succeeds Jeffrey Robinson, who will continue to play a key role supporting Orion’s finance organization, a statement said. Raj Patil, Chief Executive Officer & President, said: “We are pleased to welcome…

Bosch picks up 14% stake in Bengaluru-based Zeliot Connected Services

Bosch Limited has acquired a 14 per cent stake in Bengaluru-based deep tech startup Zeliot Connected Services Pvt Ltd. As the automotive industry undergoes rapid technology transformation, Bosch said it has been “working extensively” in the connected mobility environment to create a digital mobility ecosystem that has safety and sustainability at its core, according to…

CSB Bank appoints Pralay Mondal as interim MD and CEO

CSB Bank announced it has appointed Pralay Mondal as interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, with effect from April 1, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform you that Mr. Pralay Mondal, Deputy Managing Director took charge as the interim Managing Director & CEO of the Bank with effect from…

NATHEALTH elects Dr. Shravan Subramanyam as President

Dr. Shravan Subramanyam, Managing Director, Wipro GE Healthcare Pvt. Ltd has been announced as the President of NATHEALTH – an apex body representing the entire ecosystem of the Indian healthcare industry. He takes the charge from Dr. Harsh Mahajan, erstwhile President of NATHEALTH and Founder & Chief Radiologist Mahajan Imaging. This was announced in the AGM at the recent…

ServiceNow opens two data centres in India

ServiceNow announced it has launched local data centre facilities in Mumbai and Bangalore, strengthening its commitment to help Indian customers embrace innovative digital solutions and meet local data residency preferences. “India is a top growth market for ServiceNow and we are seeing larger local organisations partnering with us to benefit from the power of our Platform…

Microland names Gopal Sharma as Chief Information Officer

Microland, the digital IT transformation company, announced the appointment of Gopal Sharma as its Chief Information Officer. Based in Microland’s Bangalore office, Gopal will focus on reimagining enterprise-wide business processes and technologies to transform Microland into an agile organization that helps clients meet their strategic business objectives at pace and scale, the statement said. Gopal has been…

NATCO Pharma appoints Chekuri Venkat Ramesh as Company Secretary

Natco Pharma Limited has announced the appointment of Chekuri Venkat Ramesh as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the company, effective April 1, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Company has appointed CS Chekuri Venk at Ramesh (Ch. Venkat Ramesh) member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi with Membership…

Zim Laboratories appoints Dr. Kamlesh Shende and Dr. Kakasaheb Mahadik to its Board

Zim Laboratories Limited, a research-driven pharmaceutical company, announced the appointment of Kamlesh Shende and Dr. Kakasaheb Mahadik as Additional Directors on the board of the company, with effect from April 1, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we hereby inform you that the Board of Directors in their meeting held on 30.03.2022 have approved…

Micross appoints Valli Murugappan as Sales Director for Asia Pacific region

Micross Components, Inc. (Micross), a global provider of mission-critical microelectronic components and services for high-reliability aerospace, defense, space, medical, and industrial applications, announced the appointment of Valli Murugappan to the position of Sales Director for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.  Murugappan comes to Micross with over 25 years of experience in serving the APAC region for Microelectronic product solutions…