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Kirloskar Brothers appoints Devang Trivedi as Company Secretary

Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL), a pump manufacturing company involved in engineering and manufacture of systems for fluid management, announced the appointment of Devang Trivedi as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the company, effective March 18, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform you that pursuant to the recommendation of Nomination…

Praveen Kadle appointed to John Cockerill India board

John Cockerill India Limited (formerly known as CMI FPE Limited) has appointed Praveen Kadle as an Additional Director on the board of the company, with effect from April 1, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on March 18, 2022 have approved the appointment of…

OYO elevates Rohit Kapoor to Global Chief Marketing Officer, Ankit Tandon takes on additional role of CEO-SEA & ME, & Ankit Gupta elevated as CEO – India

India headquartered global travel tech major OYO, announced that it is elevating Rohit Kapoor to a global role as the company’s marketing head, from his current position of CEO – India & Southeast Asia. The company also announced that its Global Chief Business Officer, Ankit Tandon will take on the additional responsibility of Southeast Asia with specific focus on…

Bharat Petroleum appoints Suman Billa to its Board

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) announced it has appointed Dr. Suman Billa as Government Nominee Director, with effect from March 16m 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we hereby inform you that in terms of communication received from Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India, Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Suman…

KarmaLife appoints Shishir Modi as Chief Growth Officer

KarmaLife, a real time credit solutions provider of gig workers, has announced the appointment of Shishir Modi as its Chief Growth Officer. Shishir will drive Employer partnerships and user growth for Karmalife. In this previous entrepreneurial journey as Cofounder and Chief Business Officer of Niki.ai, he has been instrumental in leading the company to partner…

Hinduja Leyland Finance merges into NXTDIGITAL

Hinduja Leyland Finance Limited announced its merger into NXTDIGITAL Limited, the media vertical of the global Hinduja Group. The Board of Directors of NXTDIGITAL Limited (NDL) at its meeting today, accorded an in-principle approval for merger of Hinduja Leyland Finance Limited (HLFL), a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) into NDL, subject to all statutory or regulatory…

Zydus Lifesciences acquires stake in AMP Energy Green Nine

Zydus Lifesciences Limited announced it has acquired 11.86% stake in AMP Energy Green Nine Private Limited. As per the exchange filing, the company stated, “we hereby inform that in line with the commitment to enhance the share of renewable power source in its operation and to comply with regulatory requirement for being a ‘captive user’…

Manoj Rana named VP – Corporate and Business Development at Ardent Mills

Ardent Mills, the US-based flour-milling and ingredient company, announced that Manoj Rana has joined the company as its vice president of corporate and business development. He will report to Angie Goldberg, Chief Growth Officer at Ardent Mills. In this newly created role, Manoj will partner with leaders across the industry to identify future business ventures that support Ardent…

Godrej Industries Ltd acquires additional stake in GCL

Godrej Industries Limited(GIL) announced the acquisition additional stake in Godrej Capital Limited (GCL). Post this, the company will hold 87.11% stake in Godrej Capital Limited. “We would like to inform that Godrej Industries Limited (the Company) has made further investment in Godrej Capital Limited, its subsidiary on March 16, 2022. Consequently, the Company now holds…

Scaler appoints Akshay Raje as Head of People & Culture and Kashif Kudalkar, Head of Data & Analytics

Scaler, a Bengaluru-based edtech start-up for upskilling students and working professionals, announced the expansion of its leadership team with two key appointments, further strengthening its People and Culture Practice and Data analytics unit. Akshay Raje, a 18+ year veteran in HR and People function, joins as Head of People & Culture, while Kashif Kudalkar, with…

Chennai Ferrous Industries appoints Venkatasubramanian Pichaiswaminathan to its Board

Chennai Ferrous Industries Limited announced the appointment Venkatasubramanian Pichaiswaminathan to its Board of Directors, effective March 16, 2022. As per the exchange filing, “With reference to the above subject and pursuant to the provisions of Section 161 of the Companies Act, 2013 and other applicable provisions of the Act, Board of Directors of the Company…

Licious raises $150 mn in funding led by Amansa Capital

Licious, a fresh meat and sea food startup, announced it has raised $150 million from investors led by Singapore-based Amansa Capital. Kotak PE and Axis Growth Avenues AIF-I are also among the backers in the Series F2 round, a senior company official said. “The company will use the funding to fuel its inorganic growth ambitions,…

Dinesh Thapar joins Bajaj Auto as CFO

Bajaj Auto Ltd. announced that Dinesh Thapar has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Dinesh served Reliance Retail as Group Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he spent two decades with Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL), where he held a range of leadership roles across corporate finance, business finance, investor relations, managing joint…