During an average week, executives at two of India’s largest software exporters, Infosys and Wipro, meet dozens of startups in Silicon Valley — the world’s biggest startup hub and home to tech giants such as Google and Facebook. These executives are starting to quietly acknowledge one fact — India’s startup ecosystem is still at a very nascent stage and finding […]
» Read moreTaxi aggregator platform Ola on Monday appointed Joy Bandekar as Corporate President to lead new initiatives. With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Bandekar will be part of Ola’s core leadership team, focussing on new initiatives for the company, Ola said in a statement. He joins Ola from Flipkart where he was most recently the corporate president. Mr. Bandekar has […]
» Read moreaking a comeback to the Indian market, audio devices maker Altec Lansing aims to garner revenues of $15-20 million from the country in the first year of operations. The brand, which has been licensed in India by Trade Bazaar (a part of Konark group), will be sold online through Flipkart and later will be expanded to other e-commerce platforms and […]
» Read moreOla has appointed Rajiv Bansal as its chief financial officer (CFO). The former Infosys CFO will be joining Ola’s leadership team in January next year. Its current CFO Mitesh Shah will lead strategic finance initiatives as part of Bansal’s team. Bansal, who was a former EVP and CFO at Infosys, resigned from the second-largest IT services firm in October. He, […]
» Read moreFlipkart, India’s largest e-commerce company, has hired former Twitter executive Tarun Jain to head the products division of its online advertising business. Jain will be responsible for driving business strategy, product vision, roadmap, execution, partnerships and customer adoption. Jain has relocated to Bengaluru from San Francisco and will be reporting to entrepreneur-in-residence Ravi Garikipati. The ads business is headed by […]
» Read moreInternational Institute for Information Technology and Indian Institute of Science in the city are among the eight leading academic institutions selected by Infosys Foundation to set up faculty chairs. The philanthropic arm of India’s second largest software exporter has 11 faculty chairs in eight leading academic institutes across India to promote research. These chairs also provide advanced training and support […]
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