Category: News

Asian Paints appoints Nehal Vakil to its Board

Asian Paints Limited announced the appointment of Nehal Vakil as Non-Executive Director of the company, effective March 1, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “This is to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held today, based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and subject…

Cyble appoints Vivek Kumar Sharma as Regional Sales Director – Strategic Alliances and Partnerships (India and SAARC)

Cyble, an AI-powered, Y Combinator-backed, cyber threat intelligence company that empowers organizations with darkweb & cybercrime monitoring and mitigation services, announced that Vivek Kumar Sharma, former India Sales head at Attivo Networks, has taken over as Cyble’s Regional Sales Director – Strategic Alliances and Partnerships (India and SAARC). This news follows Cyble’s recent announcement of having…

Tata Steel Advanced Materials acquires 90% stake in Ceramat Private Limited

Tata Steel Advanced Materials Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited, announced it has acquired 90 per cent stake in Ceramat Private Limited. According to the company’s exchange filing, “This is to inform you that, TSAML an indirect wholly owned subsidiary (“WOS”) of Tata Steel Limited, has, today, February 28, 2022, executed a…

Adroit Infotech Ltd acquires Verso Altima India Pvt Ltd

Software company Adroit Infotech Limited announced the acquisition of Verso Altima India Private Limited, a specialist Telco BSS-OSS Systems Integrator with operations in multiple countries including Canada, APAC, and Africa, with around 100 employees globally. “This step will enable Adroit Infotech to move closer to its strategic objective to build sustainable organization that remains relevant…

Tata Elxsi appoints Cauveri Sriram as Company Secretary

Tata Elxsi Limited announced the appointment of Cauveri Sriram as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, effective March 1, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform that Ms. Cauveri Sriram has assumed the office of Company Secretary and will be one of the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company with effect from…

Page Industries names V.S. Ganesh as MD and Sunder Genomal as Chairman

Page Industries Limited, an Indian manufacturer and retailer of innerwear, loungewear and socks, announced the appointment of V S Ganesh as Managing Director and Sunder Genomal as Non-Executive Chairman of the company, effective March 1, 2022. V S Ganesh, Executive Director – Manufacturing & Operations, joined Page on 9 June 2014 as Senior Vice President…

Hitesh Donga appointed to Gujarat Natural Resources Board

Gujarat Natural Resources Limited announced the appointment of Hitesh Donga as an Additional Director (Non-Executive) to the company’ Board, effective February 28, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “kindly take a note that Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on Monday, 28th February, 2022 appointed Mr. Hitesh Donga (DIN: 03393396)…

L&T Financial Holdings appoints S. N. Subrahmanyan to its Board

L&T Financial Holdings Limited, a financial holding company, announced the appointment of S. N. Subrahmanyan as an Additional Director (Non-Executive) and Chairperson of the Board, effective February 28, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform that the Board of Directors of the Company at its Meeting held today has approved the…

Kolkata-based TABLT Pharmacy raises $1.5 mn in pre-Series A round

TABLT Pharmacy announced it has raised $1.5 million in pre-series A funding round. Tablt pharmacy deals in medicines, OTCs, and other healthcare products.  Founded by Anish Agarwal and Anant Jain in the year 2018, the pharmacy has successfully raised $1.5 million from an impressive line–up of investors in pre-series A-round like JITO Angel Network, Tech Innovation (Chennai…

PureSoftware opens 5G Innovation Lab in Noida

PureSoftware, a global software products and digital services company, announced the opening of its new 5G innovation lab in Noida, India. The innovation lab will streamline 5G IP stack development, solution testing and performance validation. Through this lab, PureSoftware aims to provide customized industry-specific 5GNR RU and Integrated Small Cell solution for use cases in connected…

Punjab National Bank appoints Anil Kumar Misra as Director

Punjab National Bank, a state-owned commercial bank in India, announced it has appointed Anil Kumar Misra as Director to the company’s Board of Directors. According to the bank’s exchange filing, “The Exchange is hereby informed that Shri Anil Kumar Misra has been appointed as a Director of the Bank under Section 9(3)(c) of the Banking…

Mahindra Logistics to acquire majority stake in Hyderabad-based Whizzard

Mahindra Logistics Ltd. (MLL), a Third-Party Logistics (3PL) solution provider in India, announced its acquisition of majority stake in ZipZap Logistics Private Limited, a last-mile logistics service provider operating under its brand ‘Whizzard’. The acquisition will complement MLL’s existing last mile delivery business and EDeL, its Electric Vehicle (EV) based delivery services. Expanding technology based…

Giridhar Joshi appointed Head of Engineering at Nesh.LIVE

Nesh.LIVE, a platform for connected vehicles, announced the appointment of Giridhar Joshi as its Head of Engineering. Prior to this, he served MapmyIndia as Vice President. With over 15 years of experience in the automotive industry, Joshi has been instrumental in bringing to market several pioneering technologies, including fuel injection systems for motorcycles, automatic manual…

Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet appoints Simon Harford as CEO and Ravi Venkatesan as Board Chair

The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) announced that Simon Harford will join as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer and UNICEF’s Ravi Venkatesan will serve as Board Chair. These key leadership appointments mark a significant milestone for the Alliance, which was launched during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November with USD10 billion to accelerate investment in green energy transitions…