Avaya has announced that Rajeev Mittal has been appointed as the managing director of its operations in India and SAARC.

Mittal was until recently general manager, small and mid market solutions and partners (SMS&P) for Microsoft India and was responsible for expanding that company?s business in the mid-market segment, along with managing the partner ecosystem.

Prior to that, he worked in senior positions for companies including Oracle, IBM and Wipro Technologies, both in India and APAC.