Tejas Networks appoints N. Ganapathy Subramaniam and Amur S. Lakshminarayanan as nominee directors  

Tejas Networks has appointed N. Ganapathy Subramaniam and Amur S. Lakshminarayanan as Nominee Directors from Panatone Finvest Limited, a subsidiary of Tata Sons Private Limited. This appointment is based on recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Tejas Networks Board, and is subject to the approval of shareholders.

Subramaniam has been serving as the chief operating officer (COO) of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) since February 2017. He is also a director and chairman of Tata Elxsi Limited since November 2014. He has about four decades of experience in TCS in strategic management of technology and operations, across large corporations in both established and new growth markets. He has been closely involved with the evolution of Indian IT industry and the value creation process with a globally distributed talent.

Meanwhile, Lakshminarayanan has been serving as the CEO and MD of Tata Communications. He has over 35 years of experience in a broad range of leadership roles across regions and industries. Through the course of his career, he has managed and developed scalable businesses, with deep understanding of the global technology market and enterprises’ growing digital needs. Prior to Tata Communications, he was president and CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, Japan, where he was in charge of accelerating the company’s market opportunity and developing the brand in the region.  His other leadership positions within TCS also include global head of four P&L units (Telecom, Media and Information Services, HiTech and Utilities) and head of UK and Europe.

Commenting on the appointment, V. Balakrishnan, chairman of the board, Tejas Networks, said, “We are delighted to welcome two industry luminaries to our Board. They bring a rich strategic as well as operational experience, strong domain knowledge and a stellar track record of scaling-up companies from India to global scale. We look forward to their valuable insights, as Tejas Networks accelerates its journey to become a top global end-to-end telecom products company.”