Royal Orchid Hotels Limited has appointed Bhaskar Pramanik as an Additional and Independent Director to its Board, effective August 31, 2021.
According to the Company’s exchange filing, “We are pleased to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company, based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, via Circular Resolution dated August 30, 2021, approved the appointment of Mr. Bhaskar Pramanik (DIN: 00316650) as an Additional and Independent Director, not liable to retire by rotation, for a period of 2 ( Two) years commencing from August 31, 2021 to August 30, 2023, subject to approval of the shareholders.”
Bhaskar Pramanik is an accomplished management leader and professional from the Technology Industry. He has held National and Global Leadership positions in leading Multinational Technology Companies. He has worked in India, Singapore, and the US. He was on the Executive Committee of NASSCOM, the National Committee of CII and AMCHAM. He recently retired from the Central Board of SBI, India’s largest Bank. He retired as Chairman of Microsoft India in September 2017 after a successful 45 years career in the technology industry. Before this, he was the Managing Director of Oracle Corporation and Sun Microsystems in India. He was also the Global VP for Commercial Systems at Sun Microsystems Inc based out of Menlo Park, CA.
Pramanik is currently an Independent Board member and Advisor to different companies. He mentors and invests in startups and has also made investments in a few. He is on the Advisory Board of Schulich University, Toronto, Canada, and Bennett University, Noida, India. He regularly speaks at Industry and Leadership forums.
Pramanik has received multiple awards throughout his career, notably the Baton Award at Digital Equipment Corporation, the Global Leadership and the best GEM VP award at Sun Microsystems, and the Platinum award for the best Area at Microsoft. Recent industry awards at Microsoft include the IMA award for best MNC, the Ranstadt Award for the most attractive employer in India, the Great Place to work in Asia by GPTW.
Pramanik has devoted time throughout his career to mentoring and coaching individuals and colleagues. Today a number of his mentees are MDs and senior leaders at various companies in India including SAP, Google, Netaps, Red Hat, and Nvidia, Cisco, Thermo Fisher, the statement said.
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