@MittuChandilya quits @airasiain

AirAsia India today announced that Amar Abrol will succeed Mittu Chandilya as the CEO of AirAsia India, with effect from April 1, 2016. Mr. Chandilya’s contract ends March 31, 2016 but he will continue with the company until the end of April to ensure a smooth transition of the CEO role.

@MittuChandilya quits @airasiain pic.twitter.com/5XvZYfvstI

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) March 17, 2016

 Chandilya has led AirAsia India from June 1, 2013 and under his leadership, the airline has established a fleet of six aircraft, covering 12 routes and carrying over 1.8 million passengers.  In the most recent quarter of operation, October-December 2015, AirAsia India clocked a 134% growth in passenger traffic as it flew over half-a-million customers, and operated 3,376 flights as compared to 1,444 flights in the same period of 2014.

There had been talks in the aviation industry that the decision-making process in AirAsia was almost bureaucratic and slow, preventing the airline’s management in India to make significant changes for last 20 months after starting operations in India. Chandilya’s resignation was also expected by many experts.

Commenting on the appointment, . S. Ramadorai, Chairman of AirAsia India said, “Mittu Chandilya led the airline team from the front through its launch and establishment in an intensely competitive market. The Board deeply appreciates his contribution. In Amar Abrol, we have a strong successor, with years of experience in customer delivery, which will be critical to the airline’s future.  Together with his senior management team, we are confident that Amar will lead AirAsia India into its next stage of growth.”

Khanna joins from Air France/KLM, where he most recently held the position of Regional Finance Head for the Middle East/Gulf region based in Dubai. Ms. Jain has over 25 years of aviation related experience covering airports, airlines and duty free. Ms. Jain most recently headed the Airport Marketing and Route Development function at Delhi International Airport.

Chandilya said, “The past three years has been a rewarding and enriching journey for me and AirAsia India. I am delighted that AirAsia India is today a customer-preferred airline in the sectors that it operates. I will truly miss each member in our young organization without whose passion and energy none of this would be possible.”

In other management announcements today, AirAsia India also announced the appointment of  Ankur Khanna as the Chief Financial Officer and Ms. Kiran Jain as the Head of Commercial.

Intel @IntelIndia Appoints Ms. Nivruti Rai as India Site General Manager

Intel Appoints Ms. Nivruti Rai as India Site General Manager pic.twitter.com/x9wXAyJYo7

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) March 2, 2016

With over 7,500 employees, Intel India is Intel’s largest non-manufacturing site outside the US.

#Atos appoints Jon Pritchard as CEO of Unify

#Atos appoints Jon Pritchard as CEO of Unify pic.twitter.com/rAPPdpFvHn

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) February 22, 2016

French digital services group Atos has appointed Jon Pritchard as CEO of Unify,the subsidiary for communications and collaboration software and services that Atos acquired from Siemens and Gores. In his new role, Pritchard joins the Atos Executive Committee and will have overall responsibility for Unify’s strategy, business direction and global execution.Prior to joining Unify, Pritchard was president of Comstor Worldwide, a $2.5 billion channel IT business operating across 40 countries. While President of Comstor, he was responsible for global operations of Westcon's Cisco dedicated business practice. He oversaw operational and strategic sales programs, marketing and business development initiatives, business segmentation planning and organizational development. Pritchard also held previous positions at Ingram Micro UK

New executive director of #Canara Bank takes charge

Canara Bank welcomes its New Executive Director, Sri Dinabandhu Mohapatra who joined on 22.01.2016. pic.twitter.com/VFNDF8ULzD

— Canara Bank (@canarabanktweet) January 27, 2016

Dinabandhu Mohapatra took charge as Executive Director of Canara Bank from 22.01.2016.Prior to his elevation as Executive Director, Mohapatra was posted as General Manager, National Banking Group (East) consisting of 7 zones of entire eastern India.He started his Banking Career with Bank of India as Probationary Officer.

Rostow Ravanan is new CEO of #Mindtree

Rostow Ravanan is new #CEO of #Mindtree pic.twitter.com/VzH3SF4sDe

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) January 25, 2016

Bengaluru-based mid-sized IT company Mindtree has appointed Rostow Ravanan as the CEO and managing director, and Krishnakumar Natarajan as the executive chairman of the company. Subroto Bagchi has stepped down as executive chairman but will continue on the Board as a non-executive director.The new roles would be effective April 1.MindTreehas reported that its third quarter net profit for FY15-16 grew 7.2 per cent to Rs 150.9 crore and revenues 33.2 per cent to Rs 1,214.5 crore, compared with the same quarter last year.

Yatra.com appoints Vikrant Mudaliar as CMO

https://t.co/t9DRYvTw2E appoints Vikrant Mudaliar as CMO pic.twitter.com/HIvSMS5YyJ

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) January 21, 2016

Yatra.com, amongst India’s leading online travel portals, has announced the appointment of Vikrant Mudaliar as the Chief Marketing Officer of the company. He will be responsible for leading  marketing activities across all Yatra.com business-lines and group entities.   While focusing on strengtheningYatra’s brand equity in the travel category, he will be responsible for driving the marketing and communications strategy to support the company’s overall strategic objectives. The role will also have him responsible for all traffic and consumer marketing initiatives across web and mobile platforms and driving customer-engagement and loyalty.

#Micromax appoints Vikas Thapar as Sr VP Finance

Micromax Informatics Ltd., today announced the appointment of Vikas Thapar as its new Senior Vice President-Finance.Prior to joining Micromax, Thapar was the Executive Director at Avocado Management Services and before this worked with leading firms like One97 Communications (PayTm), Bharti Airtel, Morepen Laboratories, Hutchison Telecom, Times Internet, HFCL.Micromax Informatics Limited is one of the leading consumer electronics company in India and the 10th largest mobile phone player in the world (Counterpoint Research).

Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal appointed as Chairman of #Manipal Health Enterprises

Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal appointed as Chairman of #Manipal Health Enterprises pic.twitter.com/FK60K1DIQP

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) November 18, 2015

Manipal Health Enterprises Private Limited (MHEPL) has announced the appointment of Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal as the Chairman of MHEPL. Veteran Nephrologist Dr. Ballal has been part of Manipal Health Enterprises for over 20 years.Dr. Ballal is also the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board and Medical Director, Board of Director & Member of Management Committee of MHEPL and a Senate Member of Manipal University. He has also held several other portfolios internationally such as, the Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Manipal University, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at St. Louis University Medical Centre, Chairman of the Board at Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd., teacher/examiner in DNB Nephrology and examiner for the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London.
Commenting on the recent appointment Dr. Ranjan Pai, Director, Manipal Health Enterprises said “I am confident that under his astute leadership and guidance in this additional role as Chairman of MHEPL, the Company will go a long way".

Neelesh Garg appointed MD and CEO of #TataAIGGeneralInsurance

Neelesh Garg has been appointed as the new managing director and chief executive officer of Tata AIG General Insurance. Garg takes over from K K Mishra, who retires this month.

Neelesh Garg appointed MD and CEO of #TataAIGGeneralInsurance pic.twitter.com/vc7QizVkkr

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) October 1, 2015

Prior to this, Garg was executive director at ICICI Lombard General Insurance, where he spent over 12 years. 

Diwakar Gupta becomes new vice president of Asian Development Bank @ADB_HQ

Diwakar Gupta becomes new vice president of Asian Development Bank @ADB_HQ pic.twitter.com/Bf9w1T0e0a

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) August 17, 2015

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Diwakar Gupta as its new vice president for private sector and co-financing operations.Gupta  replaces Lakshmi Venkatachalam, former managing director and chief financial officer of the State Bank of India.Diwakar Gupta has resigned from the Directorship of Jet Airways (India) Limited  consequent to his appointment as Vice President in Asian Development Bank.

Mrs. Usha Ananthasubramanian becomes new CMD of Punjab National Bank (#PNB)

Mrs. Usha Ananthasubramanian becomes new CMD of Punjab National Bank (#PNB) pic.twitter.com/l2WroBLHut

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) August 17, 2015

Mrs. Usha Ananthasubramanian, has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Punjab National Bank (PNB) for a period of three years. Mrs. Usha Ananthasubramanian has assumed the charge of Managing Director & CEO of the Bank on August 14,2015.
Earlier Mrs. Ananthasubramanian acted as the Chairman and Managing Director, Bharatiya Mahila Bank. She joined the banking industry in 1982 as a specialist officer in the planning stream of Bank of Baroda and rose to the rank of general manager. She was the Head of the core management team constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, for coordinating the process of establishment of the Bank. Prior to taking over as CMD of the Bharatiya Mahila Bank, she was the executive director of Punjab National Bank. She started her career with LIC and has worked in various positions in the banking and allied areas. She was closely associated with the transformation project of Bank of Baroda including rebranding and innovative HR initiatives. She holds a Masters degree in Statistics from the University of Madras and a Masters degree in Ancient Indian Culture from the University of Mumbai.

Andrew Koh becomes #Canon India's new VP

Andrew Koh becomes Canon India's new VP pic.twitter.com/9UEcSseEvv

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) July 25, 2015

Canon India has announced the promotion of Andrew Koh to the post of Vice President for its Consumer Imaging and Information Center (CII) effective July 2015.

#Tata Teleservices appoints Anuraag Srivastava as CFO

Tata Teleservices has appointed Anuraag Srivastava as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.
Srivastava has over 20 years of experience as a finance professional.Prior to this, he served Indus Towers as Senior Vice President of Internal Audit and Assurance. Before that, he has held significant positions at Future Axiom Telecom Limited and Glaxo Smithkline.
 Having a pan-India presence across India’s 19 telecom circles, TTL operates in more than 450,000 towns and villages across the country. TTL offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under the unified brand name Tata Docomo and operates its wireless networks on GSM, CDMA and 3G technology platforms.

#Syndicate Bank gets new CMD Arun Shrivastava

Arun Shrivastava has assumed charge as Managing Director & CEO of State-owned Syndicate Bank form today.

#Syndicate Bank gets new CMD Arun Shrivastava pic.twitter.com/lLvueCbuJ2

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) May 15, 2015

Prior to joining Syndicate Bank, Shrivastava was Executive Director of Bank of India, looking after Finance, Strategy & Planning, Large Corporate & Mid Corporate Business, Corporate Debt Restructuring, Project Finance & Syndication, Credit Monitoring & Asset Recovery, Publicity & Public Relations portfolios of Bank.
Syndicate Bank's previous chairman and managing director Sudhir Kumar Jain was booked by the CBI - under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and criminal conspiracy for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 50 lakh through conduits and abusing his official position to enhance the credit limits of some companies in violation of procedures.Subsequently, Syndicate Bank removed its suspended chairman and managing director Sudhir Kumar Jain from CMD's post.

Ex ICICI bank CMD KV Kamath to head BRICS bank

Ex ICICI boss KV Kamath to head BRICS bank pic.twitter.com/VDRmNR0092

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) May 11, 2015

 ICICI Bank's non-executive chairman KV Kamath has been elected as the chief of BRICS Development Bank.67-year old Mr Kamath started his career in 1971 at ICICI, an Indian financial institution that founded ICICI Bank and merged with it in 2002. In 1988, he moved to the Asian Development Bank and spent several years in South-East Asia before returning to ICICI as its managing director and CEO in 1996 and retired as MD and CEO in April 2009.

CK Birla Group appoints Anjan Lahiri as the CEO of #Birlasoft

The CK Birla Group, a USD 1.6 billion diversified business conglomerate has announced the appointment of Anjan Lahiri as the Chief Executive Officer of its global IT services firm Birlasoft. Anjan Lahiri is a globally recognized information services expert and one of the co-founders of Mindtree.

Commenting on Anjan Lahiri’s appointment, Amita Birla Chairman, Birlasoft said, “Birlasoft is going through an interesting growth phase, and Anjan’s appointment comes at the right time. He brings with him a rich experience of growing organizations. His ability to lead high performing teams to the next level of excellence and maturity will benefit our organization. Furthermore, with Anjan we aim to make our delivery teams more agile to changes emerging from end customer behaviour and enable our customers to transform and align to their business goals.”

An alumnus of the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Anjan earned a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical and Electronics engineering. The Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, is part of the CK Birla group.  He also holds an MBA from the University of Florida, Gainesville USA.

Appointment of new Executive Director of #Canara Bank

Appointment of new Executive Director of Canara Bank @canarabanktweet pic.twitter.com/TgfriGUVyB
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) March 11, 2015

Harideesh Kumar B has been appointed as new Executive Director of Canara Bank today.
He has headed Vijaya Bank’s Regional offices at Chandigarh, Bangalore and Delhi. He was heading Vijaya  Bank’s Delhi Region as General Manager prior to joining Canara Bank as Executive Director.

Ashok Bhasin to head Sales, Marketing & Customer Care at #Hero MotoCorp

Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer has appointed Ashok Bhasin as the Head of Sales, Marketing & Customer Care function for India market.

Ashok Bhasin to head Sales, Marketing & Customer Care at #Hero MotoCorp pic.twitter.com/BNSLVBhLgB
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) March 11, 2015

Bhasin comes to Hero MotoCorp from Reckitt Benckiser where he was heading their operations in entire Central Africa as General Manager and as Managing Director, RB Nigeria. Prior to that, he worked with Whirlpool in several leadership roles starting as Director – Marketing (India), leading on to Vice President – Marketing (South Asia), and thereafter as Global Director, Whirlpool Corp, USA.

Bhasin’s appointment follows a series of new additions to the Leadership Team at Hero. The company recently brought in Dr. Markus Braunsperger as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from BMW, Germany and Markus Feichtner from Austria's AVL to head its newly-created division of New Engines Design & Development within the R&D function. Hero also appointed Rajat Bhargava from McKinsey & Co. to head its Corporate Strategy and Performance Transformation function, and Mr. Sanjay Jorapur from Honeywell, as the Chief Human Resources Officer.

'I am pleased that Ashok is coming on board at this juncture. He will lead our Sales, Marketing and Customer Care function to consolidate our dominant market position in the country.' said  Pawan Munjal of Hero MotoCorp.

Om Ahuja joins as CEO residential properties #Brigade Group

Om Ahuja joins as CEO residential properties #Brigade Group pic.twitter.com/fs4pj04xiI
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) February 17, 2015

South Indian real estate major Brigade Group has appointed Om Ahuja as the CEO, Residential. Om Ahuja has over 18 years of experience in Real Estate, Banking & Capital Markets.Om Ahuja’s last assignment prior to joining Brigade was as the CEO of the Jones Lang LaSalle, Residential in India.Over 25 million sq.ft. of developed real estate, across over 100 projects, Brigade has emerged as one of South India’s leading property developers.

Angelo Lo Vecchio appointed as the Country Manager & MD for #Adecco India

Angelo Lo Vecchio appointed as the Country Manager & Managing Director for #Adecco India pic.twitter.com/nZrhr6GQEK
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) October 21, 2014

The Adecco Group, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is the world’s leading provider of HR solutions. With more than 31,000 FTE employees and around 5,100 branches in over 60 countries and territories around the world, Adecco Group offers a wide variety of services, connecting more than 650,000 associates with over 100,000 clients every day. The services offered fall into the broad categories of temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition and talent development, as well as outsourcing and consulting. The Adecco Group is a Fortune Global 500 company