Category: Movers and Shakers

 TIAA Global Business Services (GBS) India, the Global Capability Center of TIAA, a leading provider of secure retirements and outcome-focused investment solutions to millions of people and thousands of institutions, appointed Oindrila Majumdar as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective Monday, Oct. 3. She will report to Sastry Durvasula, Chief Information and Client Services Officer at TIAA. TIAA is accelerating its strategy to lead in lifetime income, delight its clients and strengthen how the firm operates, with digital-first, cloud-first and enterprise-wide shared services. Since its inception six years ago, TIAA GBS India has played a…

PARAM ANANTA, a state-of the art Supercomputer at IIT Gandhinagar dedicated to the nation under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) – a joint initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), was commissioned on May 30, 2022 by Smt. Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator & Scientist ‘G’, MeitY in gracious presence of Prof. Amit Prashant, officiating Director, IIT Gandhinagar; Col. A.K Nath (Retd.), Executive Director, C-DAC, Pune; Shri Naveen Kumar, NSM- HPC Division, MeitY; Dr. Hemant Darbari, Mission Director- NSM, Dr Namrata Pathak, Associate…

Forcepoint announced the appointment of Beth Gaspich, Chief Financial Officer at NICE, to serve as an independent director on the company’s Board of Directors and Chairperson of the Audit Committee, effective immediately. In her Audit Committee role Gaspich will be responsible for leading oversight of the financial reporting process, the audit process, the company’s system of internal controls and compliance with laws and regulations. “Beth is an experienced transformational leader driving operational excellence and cloud-based portfolio growth within global enterprises,” said Manny Rivelo, CEO of Forcepoint. “She joins the Forcepoint board at a…

Bhanu Prakash Srivastava has been given the charge as Director (Other Units) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) with effect from April 20, 2022. Earlier, he was serving as General Manager of the Advanced Defence Systems-Navy (ADSN) Strategic Business Unit at BEL’s Bangalore Complex before his elevation. Bhanu Prakash Srivastava holds a degree in Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering) and Master of Business Administration. He joined BEL in August 1986 and in a career spanning 36 years gained rich experience in diverse functions such as Manufacturing, Project Management,…

Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), one of India’s foremost agencies working on uplift of rural areas and people has appointed Saroj Mahapatra as its next Executive Director. Mahapatra has been associated with PRADAN as an Integrator for the state of Chhattisgarh. He will take up the responsibilities of Executive Director from April 1, 2022. Saroj has more than 25 years of experience in working on both Central and State Government Projects around increasing effectiveness of flagship programmes like MGNREGA and NRLM, several multi-lateral projects with agencies such as WFP,…

Cigniti Technologies has announced the appointment of veteran IT and product engineering industry business leader, Vinay Rawat as Chief Revenue Officer and Sairam Vedam, an award-winning expert in global marketing, branding, corporate strategy and digital industry thought leader, as its Chief Marketing Officer. Vinay has had an illustrious career as the CRO and Head of M&A at Infogain. At Wipro, as the SVP & Global Head – Network Equipment & Consumer Electronics BU, he was responsible for all aspects of the business of multi hundred-million-dollars. Sairam is an accomplished marketing and strategy leader…

The announcement came just hours ahead of the announcement of poll schedule for the Assembly elections, bringing the code of conduct into place, the Punjab government appointed 1987-batch IPS officer Viresh Kumar Bhawra as the state Director General of Police by replacing 1987-batch Siddharth Chattopadhyaya who was serving as the officiating DGP. Bhawra landed in a controversy over a security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ferozepur on January 5. On Friday, Chattopadhyaya, along with 13 other officers, was issued a show-cause notice by the home ministry for…

HFCL announced the appointment of two industry veterans in its two recently incorporated wholly owned subsidiaries in the USA and Netherlands to bolster its international presence and unleash non-linear growth for the Company in the global markets. HFCL is a player in Optical Fiber and Cable Business in India with significant manufacturing capacity and deploying the largest telecom networks in the Country. It also has business presence in over 30 countries across the globe. With an aim to garner scale globally and substantially increase its international business, HFCL has onboarded Dr.…

HCL Technologies (HCL) has named Santhosh Jayaram as Global Head of Sustainability, reaffirming the organization’s commitment to integrating sustainability as a key element of its business and growth. Jayaram’s appointment will help HCL refine and focus its existing agenda and strategy in the critical areas of Environmental, Social and Governance, and it will be instrumental in strengthening and scaling its current and future sustainability initiatives. He will also facilitate the integration of sustainability into existing business practices and within HCL’s stakeholder value creation. Before joining HCL, he led the sustainability and climate…

BYJU’S has announced the appointment of Rachna Bahadur as the Senior Vice President to lead its Global Expansion plans. In her new role, Rachna will lead the overall planning, strategy, and roadmap for BYJU’S expansion in new and existing markets. This appointment is a step towards strengthening BYJU’S leadership across verticals as the company aims to further build world class products, teams, and partnerships. In addition to designing BYJU’S next growth phase, creating new partnerships, reinforcing sales, and solidifying the company’s market positioning across the globe, Rachna will also be responsible for strengthening…