Jagbir Singh resigns as CTO of Bharti Airtel

Jagbir Singh has resigned as Bharti Airtel?s chief technology officer (CTO) and director of the Network Services Group. In this capacity, he was responsible for the company?s networks and introduction of new technologies across Airtel?s Indian and South Asian operations. Singh?s resignation marks another high-level exit from Bharti Airtel, which has witnessed significant attrition in senior managerial positions in the past one year. Singh had first joined Bharti Airtel in 2001 and was serving as group CTO in 2010, when he left the company to join Reliance Communications (RCOM). After a brief one-year stint with RCOM, Singh returned to Bharti Airtel in 2011. Following Singh?s exit, Abhay Savargaonkar, chief of network operations, will take over as CTO. He has been associated with Bharti Airtel since 2006 and has been overseeing its network operations across all its verticals in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Bharti Airtel appoints Anand Chandrasekaran as chiefproduct officer

Bharti Airtel has appointed Anand Chandrasekaran as chief product officer, India. In this role, he will lead product conceptualisation, design and development across the business-to-consumer segment and will report to Srini Gopalan, director, consumer business. He will be responsible for driving user interfaces, content partnerships and product experience for all current and future offerings across the internet ecosystem. Chandrasekaran joins Airtel from Yahoo where he served as senior director of Global Search Products and member of the search leadership team. Prior to Yahoo, he was director of product management at Openwave.

Munish Seth resigns as Alcatel-Lucent?s India head

Munish Seth, president and managing director (MD) of Alcatel-Lucent India, has resigned from the company. He had taken over as Alcatel-Lucent?s head of Indian operations in 2010. Prior to that, he had been in charge of customer solutions and support for the Asia-Pacific region and also served as CTO and director, bids and proposals, Alcatel-Lucent India. Over the years, he has played a key role in strengthening the company?s position in the country. In the past, he has worked with Tekelec as CTO. Following Seth?s resignation, Alcatel-Lucent India has appointed Srini Sundararajan as president and chief executive officer (CEO). Sundararajan has been with Alcatel-Lucent for several years, leading its research and development activities.

Prakash Katama resigns as head of Nokia?s Chennai factory

Prakash Katama, director, operations, of Nokia?s Chennai facility, has resigned, ending an almost 14-year stint with the company. Katama was part of the team that set up the Chennai plant in 2006. His resignation comes at a time when the plant faces an uncertain future as the Indian tax authorities had frozen Nokia India?s assets last year over a tax dispute. The tax issue needs to be resolved in order to enable Nokia to transfer the assets to Microsoft as part of a $7.4 billion deal. Katama?s role at the facility has been taken over by V. Sembian, who was serving as head of product and process engineering at the factory. Meanwhile, Katama will stay on with Nokia?s Chennai plant in a consultancy role for a fixed period of time.

Motorola Mobility appoints new general manager for India

Motorola Mobility has appointed Amit Boni as general manager for its Indian operations. In this role, Boni will lead the team across the country and be responsible for the company?s go-to-market (GTM) strategy. He has been associated with the company since 2010, and was responsible for the GTM strategy and sales operations for Motorola?s Asia region. In the past, he has worked with companies such as Honeywell and EVS. Motorola, now a part of Lenovo, re-entered the Indian smartphone market in 2013 and is trying to regain a foothold in the local market through its Android smartphones.

Yogesh Malik joins VimpelCom

Yogesh Malik, who recently resigned as CEO of Uninor, has joined Amsterdam-based VimpelCom as group CTO. He will also be a member of the company?s group executive board and management board. In the past, he has served as CTO of Grameenphone in Bangladesh, CTO of Kyivstar in Ukraine and head of technology and sourcing at the Telenor Group headquarters in Norway. He has also worked for AT&T and Ericsson in various senior positions.

NEC India appoints Koichiro Koide as MD

NEC has appointed Koichiro Koide as MD, India. He has replaced Partho Das Gupta. Koide has been associated with NEC?s international sales and business operations for over 20 years. In his previous roles at NEC, he worked as group manager overseeing international sales and operations for China and Asia-Pacific, and chief delegate of the company?s Delhi office.