Category: News

Vedant Fashions Ltd appoints Anand Narang as Chief Marketing & Digital Officer

Vedant Fashions Limited, owner of popular ethnic clothing brand Manyavar, announced the appointment of Anand Narang as Chief Marketing and Digital Officer of the company, with effect from September 4, 2023. Also, the company named Vedant Modi, Chief Marketing Officer, as the Chief Revenue Officer of the company. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we…

Uday Kotak resigns as MD & CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank announced that Uday Kotak has resigned from the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, with effect from September 1, 2023. According to the bank’s exchange filing, “Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Listing Regulations”)…

Schneider Electric appoints Niharika Mohan as VP-HR

Schneider Electric has appointed Niharika Mohan as Vice President – Human Resources, Secure Power International, according to ETHRWorld report. This is Niharika’s second stint at Schneider Electric. Niharika comes with over 23 years of HR experience spanning across Appliances, Electrical and Electronics Manufacturing, Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting. Prior to joining Schneider Electric,…

EW Nutrition appoints Jan Vanbrabant as new CEO

EW Nutrition, a global provider of functional animal nutrition solutions, appoints Jan Vanbrabant as its new CEO. Jan holds a doctorate in microbiology. He is an experienced animal health and nutrition manager, having held leadership positions at DSM, Erber Group, Biomin and Kemin. “We are very pleased to have found in Jan a strong leader who embodies the…

Sumitomo Chemical India acquires majority stake in Barrix Agro Sciences Private Limited

Sumitomo Chemical India Limited (SCIL), a subsidiary of one of the leading global diversified chemical companies Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan (SCC Japan) and a leading player in Indian agrochemical, household insecticides and animal nutrition sectors, announced signing of definitive agreements to acquire majority stake of Barrix Agro Sciences Pvt Ltd. (Barrix). Since more than…

Firstsource Solutions appoints Ritesh Mohan Idnani as MD & CEO

Firstsource Solutions Limited, a leading global business process outsourcing provider, announced the appointment of Ritesh Mohan Idnani as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, with effect from September 1, 2023. He succeeds Vipul Khanna, who has retired from the role of MD & CEO of the company, with effect from August 31,…

WNS announces retirement of John Freeland from the Board

WNS (Holdings) Limited (WNS), a leading provider of global business process management (BPM) solutions, announced that effective end of day August 31, 2023, John Freeland will retire from the WNS Board of Directors and step down from the Compensation Committee and NCG & ESG Committee. John will retire after having served on the WNS Board…

Athora Netherlands expands strategic partnership with TCS

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has expanded its long-standing partnership with Athora Netherlands, a Dutch life insurance and pension provider, to help the latter adopt a business and IT operating model that will enhance customer experience, operational resilience and business agility. This partnership with TCS will contribute to Athora Netherlands’ Ambition 2025 program to become a…

SAP appoints Gina Vargiu-Breuer as Chief People Officer

German software giant SAP SE announced that Gina Vargiu-Breuer has been appointed to the Executive Board of SAP as Chief People Officer and labor director, effective from February 1, 2024. She will succeed Sabine Bendiek, who will be leaving the company by her own request on December 31, 2023. In her new role, Vargiu-Breuer will lead…

IDFC First Bank appoints Mahendra Shah to its Board

Mumbai-headquartered private sector lender, IDFC First Bank Limited, announced the appointment of Mahendra Shah as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from August 30, 2023. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Bank has approved the appointment of Mr. Mahendra Shah (DIN: 00124629) as Additional Director in…

Cloud4C appoints Arindam Mukherjee as new President of Sales for India region

Cloud4C, a globally leading managed cloud services provider, announced the appointment of Arindam Mukherjee as President of Sales for India region, across all its industry and service verticals. This underlines the company’s strong vision to help transform the technology landscape in India, having grown over the last few fiscals to become one of the country’s top multi-cloud services players,…

SatSure raises $15 mn Series A round led by Baring Private Equity Partners, India and Promus Ventures

SatSure, a global leader in satellite Earth observation data and analytics, has closed a Series A round of $15 million in equity capital and venture debt. The round has been led by Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP), India and Promus Ventures, with participation from Omidyar Network India, and xto10X. With this investment, SatSure’s plans of launching a fleet of…

RPS Consulting Private Limited Wins 2023 Google Cloud Training Partner of the Year – Asia Pacific Award

RPS Consulting Private Limited, an NIIT Limited subsidiary, has been awarded the 2023 Google Cloud Training Partner of the Year Award for the Asia Pacific region. As a leading training partner for Google Cloud, it has been recognized globally for partner innovation, for delivering exceptional training and customer success with Google Cloud in 2022, a statement said. “Congratulations…

Chetu opens Software Skill Development & Training Centre for technical graduates

Chetu, a leading provider of world-class software development and support services, recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate its new state-of-the-art Skill Development Centre in Noida, India. Located in Sector 63 at its A8 campus, the 6,000 sq. ft. skill development centre offers free skill development training to new technical graduates looking to begin their…