Archive: August 1, 2022

CASE Construction Equipment announces Sunil Puri as MD, India & SAARC Operations

India, 01 August 2022: CASE Construction Equipment India Ltd, a brand of CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI), announces the appointment of Mr. Sunil Puri as Managing Director, India. He will be responsible for spearheading the operations and expand the brand presence in the region.

Having worked in various roles in the Construction Equipment industry, Mr. Puri brings in wealth of knowledge and market understanding as a part of his three decades long career. He has led teams in his multiple roles at some of the well-known brands including Ingersoll Rand (I) Ltd, Elgi Equipment, Revathi Equipment & Sandvik. He joins CASE India from Bridgestone India.

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Fabrizio Cepollina, Vice President, Industrial Construction Segment in Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific, CNH Industrial said “With 180 years of expertise, CASE is a renowned and reliable brand that offers full range of Construction Equipment globally. Our aim is to offer innovative quality products and strong aftersales support to ensure best customer experience around the world. It’s my pleasure to welcome Sunil to the India team and I’m confident that he will contribute to further CASE brand development and business growth in the region”. 

On joining the company, Mr. Sunil Puri, Managing Director, India, CNH Construction Equipment India said, “It’s a privilege to be a part of CASE Construction Equipment, a global heavyweight in the Construction Equipment Industry. I look forward to partnering with new colleagues at CASE India and work towards multiplying the business growth, strengthen brand reach and expanding footprint to cater to customers across the length and breadth of the country.” 

Mr. Puri is a B. Tech from Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

CASE offers a full range of construction equipment in the country and is a leader in Vibratory Compactor segment. The company produces Made-in-India products from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh for domestic as well as over 75 export markets.

JoulestoWatts appoints BM Gupta as COO

Bangalore, 1st August, 2022: JoulestoWatts (J2W), a leading talent solutioning company, announced that BM Gupta has been appointed its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). As J2W’s new COO, BM Gupta will lead and scale the company’s growth and global business operations and go-to market teams, customer success and support, and business development. He will report directly to J2W’s Founder & CEO, Priti Sawant.

BM brings over three decades of experience working with large corporates; scaling businesses and fostering inclusive environments for employees to grow and thrive.

Speaking of the new appointment, Priti Sawant, Founder & CEO, JoulestoWatts said, “JoulesToWatts has been striving to establish unique value propositions for our Fortune 500 customers. As the fastest growing market leader, in the talent architecture and collaboration industry which is enabled by our cutting-edge technology platforms, we are on a path to enhance and scale our technology platforms, expand globally, and integrate deeper with our client’s technology capability building decisions. BM is a trusted leader with a proven ability to deliver results. He is uniquely qualified to drive strategic prioritization and accountability, with a laser-focus on operational excellence. Known for his empathetic, people-centric leadership approach, deep understanding of customers and dedication to building high performing teams, BM has been an instrumental voice in the HR services sector having spent last 15 years working at senior leadership level, this would ensure a seamless transition into the organization”

“I have tremendous confidence in BM’s ability to align JoulestoWatts world-class tech talent solutions with dynamic industry requirements to fuel and extend the next-generation of JoulestoWatts market leadership.” Priti added.

In his last stint with ABC Consultants, Gupta was instrumental in designing successful growth strategies for the business including redefining the operating model of core recruitment business, partnership with global networks, incubation of new businesses, acquisition of online recruitment marketplace, strategic sell of RPO business to the global leader, to name a few.

Commenting on the new role, BM Gupta, COO said, “J2W is a leader in next generation talent solutions to bridge the talent and skill gap of dynamic technology sector. We understand the need of our clients and quickly deliver customize solutions which helped J2W to become the trusted partner of our clients. I am excited to join J2W and the management team as we write the next chapter of our growth. We are excited to harness the large addressable market ahead of us as we continue to expand our impact with teams around the world.”

BM has also worked with organisations such as Manpower Inc., Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd, Agro Tech Foods Limited, Apollo, Thakral Group, Tata Steel and Nestle. He is a Gold Medalist, rank holder and first attempt CA & CMA with Executive Education in “Global Operations and Supply Chain” from ISB, Hyderabad and “Leading Professional Service Firms” IIM Ahmedabad.

The Quint, Manorama Online Announce partnership With Ideabrew Studios

Mumbai, August 1, 2022: In a development that further recognises the boom and potential of audio content, The Quint, one of India’s leading digital publications, and Manorama Online, the top Malayalam news website enriching the life of Keralites across the world through its niche offerings, have partnered with Ideabrew Studios to create, host, and distribute podcasts.

Through this partnership, Ideabrew Studios will host, distribute, and monetise over 30 existing shows including top shows such as Urdunama, Qisse Kahaniyan and The Big Story. Together, they will also work to create rich content through new brand-led shows that appease the listener as well as benefit the brand partner.

“The Quint has been a leader among digital news media companies in leveraging the power of sound through its episodic and serialised podcasts. Collaborating with Ideabrew Studios opens exciting prospects for us in terms of not only reaching out to our habitual listeners and finding new audience – but also getting to know them better. The data provided by Ideabrew is helping us better measure user numbers, understand user behaviour, and study demography in a more systematic manner. This year, there’s been an uptick in listenership across podcasting channels as the world returns to a post-pandemic normalcy – and for The Quint, the tie-up provides a timely opportunity to capitalise on this revival.” shared Shelly Walia, Executive Editor, The Quint.

In early 2022, Ideabrew and Manorama Online launched a strategic podcast collaboration, which resulted in extensive amplification and reach of their podcasts as well as scale for the business partnership.

“We are happy to start our relationship with podcast creators and hosting platform Ideabrew. In a short time, our listeners have responded well to the interesting and rich content in English and Malayalam languages on different podcast platforms. Podcasting is disrupting the traditional radio space, making it an exciting time for the news industry. We are happy about creating rich news content that’s true to our brand and a refreshing cultural and technological change across our newsrooms,” Mariam Mammen Mathew, CEO, Manorama Online, said.

With 23 popular shows across genres in Malayalam and English, this is already a head start. This partnership is going to give us a fillip to push out the several projects in our pipeline,” Mariam said.

Aditya Kuber, CEO of Ideabrew, said, “Whether it’s COVID-19 updates, political discord, a new space launch, or the latest celebrity shenanigans, news channels carry 24-hour news, giving you something to constantly ponder or worry over. Through our medium of audio content, Ideabrew aims to disrupt the way the audience receives and responds to daily news. Our podcasts are designed to engage in healthier outlets that allow our audiences the flexibility to choose when they want to consume their news and also stimulating formats in the form of in-depth analysis, interviews or opinions from experts on the subject to make news informative, wholesome and entertaining.”

He further added, “We are excited about making steady inroads into the news category by partnering with the best news providers across the country to make audio the preferred medium to receive national, regional, and local news in different languages. Our premier association with the HW News network has been phenomenal, attracting a new and far younger audience through podcasts, giving the brand a distinctive extension to get their content out.”

This is the latest in a series of strategic partnerships that Ideabrew Studios has struck on its way to becoming India’s most valued podcast host. Their current partners for whom they create and host audio shows are Sakal News, HW News and Reason.

Commvault appoints Arvinderjit Singh Dadhwal as Director of Sales Engineering for India & SAARC

Bangalore, 01 August 2022: Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), a recognised global enterprise leader in intelligent data services across on-premises, cloud, and software as a service (SaaS) environment, announced the appointment of Arvinderjit Singh Dadhwal as Director of Sales Engineering for India and South Asia. In his role, Dadhwal will spearhead the rapid integration of Commvault’s latest technology offerings and the simplicity of our cloud solutions into the pre-sales teams to deliver the best solutions and services for customers and partners.

Dadhwal brings over 25 years of experience in the software industry, including a noteworthy period with Commvault from 2013-2021, when he successfully managed the Sales Engineering (SE) team for North India, expanded the Sales Engineering team across SAARC and grew the Global System Integrator (GSI) engagement to six key India GSIs. He was also instrumental in building Commvault’s Central SE Shared Services (CSS) team for the APJ region. He returns to Commvault, after a yearlong stint at Kyndryl where he was responsible for engaging in large and complex resiliency deals pan India. With his strong leadership and analytical approach, Arvinderjit has been a trusted advisor to CXOs in their organization’s IT journey across India.

Cesar Cid de Rivera, International Vice President of Sales Engineering, said, “We are excited to welcome back Arvinderjit to Commvault. India is a crucial market and pivotal to our growth plans, and we are excited to witness a steady increase across our customer portfolio. Arvinderjit’s appointment reinforces our efforts towards ensuring a diverse and talented international team that will help us in taking Commvault to the next level. His legacy knowledge of Commvault and network is an asset to the vision and mission of extending superior customer experiences through our innovative product portfolio.”

“With a proven track record of leading teams in sales engineering across the entire lifecycle of data management and cloud computing, Arvinderjit is the ideal person to head our sales engineering team through our ongoing transformation to hybrid cloud solutions with SaaS technology. Our clients look to us to help tackle complex data concerns and the expansion of our leadership team with Arvinderjit’s wealth of expertise will support Commvault’s growth trajectory.” said Anshuman Rai, Area Vice President, India, and South Asia, Commvault.

“The accelerated adoption of cloud during the pandemic, along with the increased demand for SaaS solutions, has also heightened concerns about ransomware readiness among enterprises. There is an immense need for intelligent data protection and management solutions in India. Dadhwal’s appointment will strengthen the team’s strategic and industry expertise to help our customers unlock value from their critical data while reducing risks,” Rai added.

“I am quite excited to be back at Commvault during this dynamic period of growth. I am eager to take on my elevated responsibilities and work closely with the leadership teams in supporting Commvault’s success in this market. With one of the broadest product portfolio in industry and the best customer support in this volatile business landscape, it is Commvault’s time to shine. I sincerely believe that Commvault’s innovations around data protection and management in hybrid environments will help shape the industry for years to come,” said Arvinderjit Singh Dadhwal, Director of Sales Engineering, India, and South Asia.

Quote by Manish Mishra, Partner, JSA on July GST collections at Rs 1.49 lakh cr, 2nd highest-ever monthly collections…

With the sustained economic recovery post-pandemic, most of the core sectors of the economy have shown signs of growth. This is reflected in improving economic indices along with GST collection. Further, with the law settling down after five years of implementation and the Government taking significant measures in the past few months to clarify the ambiguities in the law and curbing the menace of fake invoicing and fraudulent credit availment also seem to have contributed to the rising GST collections. With the recent increase in the rate of GST for critical sectors of mass consumption and continuing economic resurgence of India, it is expected that this upward trend in GST collections is likely to continue.” Manish Mishra, Partner, JSA

First Woman CEO for Merck Healthcare in India

Mumbai, August 1, 2022: Merck today announced the appointment of Ms Pratima Reddy as the Managing Director for Merck Specialities Pvt. Ltd, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt in India. Pratima will lead India’s healthcare strategy and operations, effective August 1, 2022, as
successor to Anandram Narasimhan, transitioning into a regional role at APAC. In his role, Anand has steered India and the Emerging Frontier Markets organization to a strong marker, beating growth across therapeutic areas.

Before taking over as the Managing Director of India Operations, Pratima was the Regional Franchise Leader (RFL) of the Cardiovascular, Metabolism and Endocrinology (CM&E) franchise in APAC. An active member of the APAC Leadership team, her efforts have ensured that the CM&E franchise continues to grow in the region and continues its market leadership despite market challenges.

An outcome-oriented leader with demonstrated ability to work across cultures, and business areas, she focuses on creating positive impact across the organisation. “I am privileged to be chosen for this role. Today, more than ever, we need to realize and fulfil our responsibility to improve the overall healthcare ecosystem by working towards providing advanced medical care to patients.” said Ms Pratima Reddy, MD, Merck Specialities Pvt. Ltd.  Pratima has an extensive experience of over 17 years, with nine years in the pharmaceutical industry, including varied roles across functions in national and global teams since joining Merck in October 2013. In addition, she headed the Oncology unit in the country, where she led the turnaround of the Oncology business by demonstrating the opportunity to drive strong growth via focused access strategies.

Samsung Enabling Open Innovation Culture Among Employees Globally Through its C-Lab Program

Gurugram, 1^st August 2022: Smartphone and consumer electronics major Samsung is promoting a strong culture of innovation among its employees globally, including in India, through its C-Lab (Creative Lab) program. C-Lab is an in-house ideas incubation program that enables employees to develop their creative ideas into meaningful offerings while staying within the company.

C-Lab aims to cultivate a creative culture at Samsung that inspires employees to freely propose innovative ideas and solutions that respond to the world’s challenges. Employees whose ideas get selected through C-Lab program work as a startup within Samsung for one year, separately from the normal work environment. C-Lab members have the flexibility to decide their own working hours and days. They can also set their own rules and hire additional members.

Twice every year, employees can pitch their ideas through an internal system that go through online voting and are reviewed by experts. The final idea pitches happen in front of 100 employees, an evaluation group and 10 executives of Samsung.

“Our vision for C-Lab is to expand the creative culture within the company by discovering and implementing innovative ideas. We are striving towards hybrid innovation, which combines the know-how of a large corporation and the spirit of the challenge of a small venture company to spread everywhere in Samsung,” said Mark Sohn of the Creativity and Innovation Center, Samsung Electronics.

The selected teams work on prototyping their ideas and market testing them in the one-year time when they work with Samsung as a startup. These teams get multiple opportunities to show their progress and receive feedback. One opportunity is the C-Lab fair held every November. Another is an opportunity to get feedback from external customers by showcasing prototypes at global exhibitions such as CES, MWC and South by Southwest.

Starting 2015, Samsung introduced the spin-off program for C-Lab projects. Those projects that were not closely related to Samsung’s business and had not been transferred to an in-house division, were spun-off.

An example of the success of the C-Lab program is a company founded by Pankaj Agarwal, who joined Samsung in South Korea in 2004. Today, his startup TagHive, a C-Lab spin-off, offers AI-powered smart school solutions to connect students, teachers and parents for a better feedback loop for all. TagHive’s ‘Class Saathi’, a clicker-based classroom response system, is helping reduce student dropouts in Indian government schools. TagHive is currently working closely with Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha state governments to deploy Class Saathi.

In the last 10 years since C-Lab started, over 1,507 employees have participated in 365 C-Lab projects globally. Many innovations have sprung from C-Lab over the years that are now part of Samsung – like Galaxy Upcycling, Eco-packaging, Lifestyle TV ‘The Sero’, and new features for mobile cameras and Samsung Pay. The program has enabled 59 startups.

In 2018, Samsung also introduced the C-Lab Outside program to vitalize the startup ecosystem and promote job creation, helping startups to grow their business through financial aid, mentoring, consultation, business cooperation and infrastructural support.