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  • Meesho appoints Divyesh Shah as vice president of engineering

    Meesho appoints Divyesh Shah as vice president of engineering

    Mumbai: Meesho, one of India’s fastest growing internet commerce companies, has announced the appointment of Divyesh Shah as vice president, engineering. He will lead the supply, monetisation and fulfillment & experience (F&E) engineering teams at Meesho. Shah will oversee Meesho’s efforts in using technology to build solutions that will further enhance user experience on the platform.

     Shah joins Meesho with over 16 years of work experience, having worked at companies like Google and Uber in the US. He started his career at Google building containers on Linux which are now utilized by most large Linux deployments, and later went onto build TV ads and Analytics for Google Fiber.

    More recently, his teams built the product platform for Google Assistant. In between these Google stints, he also worked at Uber where his teams solved complex problem statements related to marketplace health, adtech data & measurement and vehicle solutions.

     “Shah brings a wealth of experience to our talented Tech team and we’re really pleased to have him join us. Right from our very first conversation with him we could sense his enthusiasm towards our mission statement of democratizing e-commerce for every Indian and we’re confident that his skill set & leadership will help Meesho scale newer heights in the near future,” said Meesho founder and CTO Sanjeev Barnwal.

     “After spending the last 16 years working in the US, I was keen to return home and be a part of the Indian tech ecosystem. Of all the opportunities, Meesho stood out because of the scale at which it operates and the mission statement of democratizing e-commerce for everyone in India which also translates into the opportunity to serve a large underrepresented demographic.

    I’m absolutely delighted to join one of India’s fastest growing startups and look forward to understanding the behavior and needs of a user base that stretches beyond the country’s first 50-100 million internet users,” said Shah.

    The latest appointment will strengthen Meesho’s tech leadership team as the company looks to onboard more users and increase its presence in India’s underserved markets. Earlier this year, the company announced the appointment of Debdoot Mukherjee as chief data scientist to oversee their efforts to make every pillar of the e-commerce marketplace smarter and more efficient with the use of AI.

  • Measat Satellite Systems elevates G Selvaraj as CCO & J Rao becomes AVP of network engineering & operations

    Measat Satellite Systems elevates G Selvaraj as CCO & J Rao becomes AVP of network engineering & operations

    Mumbai: Measat Satellite Systems on Friday has elevated Ganendra Selvaraj and Jeevan Rao to new roles. Selvaraj has been named the chief commercial officer (CCO) and Rao has been appointed as the associate vice president (AVP) of network engineering & operations.

    Selvaraj first joined Measat in 2004 and holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas. With close to 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Ganendra has performed a broad spectrum of technical & commercial roles within Measat leading up to this appointment.

    In his new role, Selvaraj will oversee Measat’s sales, customer engineering, business development and corporate communications functions. As a member of Measat’s executive committee, he will focus on building the Measat customer base and expanding its commercial activities in support of the Measat Group’s long-term strategy.

    Rao has been with Measat since 2008 and holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (Mechatronics) from University Technology Malaysia & Master of Science in Communications and Network Engineering from University Putra Malaysia.

    With close to 25 years of experience in satellite communications, broadcast and telecommunications industry, he brings experience in both space and ground segments; video broadcasting and DTH; VSAT and cellular backhaul networks.

    In his new role, Rao will oversee Measat’s service delivery, network management centre, remote site support, system development and information technology departments.

  • Muvi announces virtual recruitment drive for talent hiring in streaming industry

    Muvi announces virtual recruitment drive for talent hiring in streaming industry

    Mumbai: Global cloud-based audio and video streaming platform Muvi has announced a virtual recruitment drive, scheduled for 25 June 2022, from 10 am – 2:30 pm. Through its recruitment drive, the company plans to reach out to over 500 professionals focusing on hiring one skill each day and recruiting at least 50 to 60 people by the end of the drive.

    The virtual walk-in drive is focused on hiring across a variety of roles in technology, including automation engineers, software developers/PHP developers/JAVA developers/javascript developers/PHP fullstack developers and other roles. The company is looking for experienced professionals with relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or a similar field. Candidates with industry-leading courses/certifications in PHP, JAVA, javascript, IOS & android app development will have an advantage.

    The drive intends to showcase Muvi’s work culture and allow interested individuals to have a sneak preview of working with a global leader in its domain. Muvi director HR Prashasti Prititpada and her team will be leading this drive. Anticipating a good turnout, she envisions helping the company with onboarding some exceptional talent through the drive. 

    She said, “In the coming years, Muvi is poised to capture a sizable portion of the streaming solutions provider talent marketplace. Last year alone, we set ourselves on the path of talent expansion by onboarding an additional 150 professionals. This solidifies our position as a leader in the streaming and OTT platform development space.”
    “With this drive, we aim to sieve through the untapped talent pool and hire passionate individuals who believe in our vision and will play an instrumental role in pushing Muvi onto the path of hyper-growth”. 

    Hired candidates will work full-time with the Muvi team, and will be based out of the company’s engineering division in Bhubaneswar depending on the job they have applied for, while hirings may opt for remote working facilities if permitted. Muvi employees enjoy tremendous opportunities to learn, grow and succeed both professionally and personally. 

    Interested candidates can register themselves by visiting the company’s recruitment page at www.muvi.com/walk-in-drive.html or check out the company’s official social media handles. They can also send an email to careers@muvi.com.

  • Byju’s bolsters tech team with two key appointments

    Byju’s bolsters tech team with two key appointments

    Mumbai: Ed-tech major Byju’s on Thursday announced the appointment of Mani Bansal and Maneesh Agrawal to lead key technology functions, in an effort towards strengthening its tech vertical and further drive innovative and impactful learning experiences.

    Bansal will take on the role of vice-president – engineering and Agrawal joins as vice-president – reliability, security & cloud engineering. “Both executives will work on a group level towards catalysing critical technologies to augment Byju’s tech prowess and define the future of learning,” said the statement.

    “At Byju’s, we are enriching our technology vertical by leveraging the vast pool of skilled technology talent in India and abroad, further enabling us to push boundaries, create value, and build more impactful learning programs for students,” said Byju’s president – technology Anil Goel. “I am thrilled to have Mani and Maneesh joinus on this journey, helping us strengthen our innovation backbone and redefine learning for the next generation.”

    Mani Bansal will lead the content engineering platform across the group, along with working closely with the Byju’s Lab team to build AI/ML capabilities to set the benchmark for the future of personalised learning, the company said.

    A tech leader with more than two decades of rich experience, Mani has been leading cross-functional engineering teams to deliver world-class products for millions of customers globally. With a rich career spanning 20+ years, the Hyderabad-based tech leader is an Amazon veteran, having donned multiple global technology leadership roles in Amazon Prime and Amazon Logistics. “I am thrilled to be joining the Byju’s family and embark upon an exciting new journey of bringing tech-driven learning to students everywhere. As someone who grew up in a small town, I recognise the immense power of education and look forward to further building Byju’s into a tech-first organisation,” he said.

    Maneesh Agrawal commands over 22 years of experience with strategic thinking across design, implementation and operational excellence. He will play a pivotal role in driving the company’s reliability engineering, security & cloud engineering. 

    Formerly with Adobe, Olacabs, InMobi, Yahoo and Indiamart where he delivered strategic vision across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS & Cloud efficiency. With Data Security at core of Byju’s, Maneesh’s appointment will further accelerate the company’s investment in this area. “Education has the potential to transform the world, and I am excited to be a part of Byju’s endeavor to make it accessible, personalised, and engaging for all. I look forward to capacity building and creating innovative learning environments for students around the world,” he commented.

  • Cashfree appoints Ramkumar Venkatesan as SVP of engineering

    Cashfree appoints Ramkumar Venkatesan as SVP of engineering

    Mumbai: Digital payments and banking technology company Cashfree has appointed Ramkumar Venkatesan as SVP of engineering, to fuel the next phase of tech-stack innovation and product evolution.

    He will be responsible for scaling the engineering team to enable rapid innovation and customer delight, said the company in a statement.

    Venkatesan has more than 24 years of experience in ad-tech, big data, e-commerce, and database technology in the US and Indian markets. In his most recent role, he worked with Jivox as CTO and VP of engineering, where he led the growth of the engineering team and the acquisition of new customers through product innovation.

    Commenting on the appointment,  Cashfree, CEO and co-founder, Akash Sinha said, “Ramkumar has extensive experience in conceptualising and implementing quality in engineering and tech processes and teams, which is essential for a fast-growing firm like Cashfree. Over the course of his career, he has led engineering operations for tech-driven companies in many industries. Ramkumar’s expertise and domain knowledge will be invaluable as we develop our products and solutions to cater to a global customer base.”

    Venkatesan is passionate about scalability, sustainability and quality in technology and engineering teams and has a few patents in distributed systems.

    Talking about his new role, he said, “India and Cashfree are at the forefront of innovation in the digital economy and payments. I am thrilled about my foray into the world of fintech with Cashfree, led by talented and ambitious individuals. Cashfree is one of the top fintechs in the country that has been enabling seamless, digital transactions through a customer-centric and innovative approach. I am looking forward to enhancing Cashfree’s product offerings, market share, and technology across the globe.”

  • Shadowfax appoints Sumit Pilankar as VP of engineering & technology

    Shadowfax appoints Sumit Pilankar as VP of engineering & technology

    Mumbai: Homegrown crowdsourced logistics platform Shadowfax Technologies on Friday announced the latest addition to its senior leadership team. To further strengthen the technology vertical and make a strategic move towards the larger business goals at Shadowfax, the company has appointed Sumit Pilankar as the vice president – engineering and technology.

    With over 17 years of rich experience in the technology industry, Pilankar will be taking charge of spearheading the engineering and technology unit and will be reporting to Shadowfax Technologies, co-founder & CTO, Vaibhav Khandelwal.

    His role will involve creating innovative tech-enabled solutions to power last-mile delivery services. Prior to joining Shadowfax, Pilankar had led technology intervention in various organisations like Flipkart, Holiday IQ, WordPoint Technologies, and Kudos Infomedia.

    Sharing the vision for the company’s growth aligned to the latest developments, Khandelwal said, “We are a growing and dynamic company. Our core has always been delivering value to our customers and helping them create an enhanced experience for the end customers. At Shadowfax, we leverage technology to build best-in-class logistics solutions that are efficient, cost-effective, and agile to service a vast range of businesses thereby adding value to the lives of our partners and patrons. We are excited to welcome Sumit on board and continue to ameliorate this journey towards excellence.”

    Expressing his thoughts on his new stint, Pilankar said, “I have been closely following the developments in the Indian logistics and supply chain industry and believe that technology has the potential to be the game-changer. The industry has been transforming from manual to data-driven decision making and this when coupled with the latest technologies will enhance the experiences for all stakeholders.”

  • Lowe Lintas + Partners announces second edition of LLAP

    Lowe Lintas + Partners announces second edition of LLAP

    Mumbai: The first edition of the program was well received by the youth from different corners of India who queued up in droves to understand the industry of advertising and what it had to offer to the end-users. That was the outcome of the Lowe Lintas Apprentice Programme (LLAP) that was conducted by Lowe Lintas + Partners in 2012. Building up on that momentum and with a host of additions to the list, the agency has announced the rollout of the second edition of the program in India.

     

    As one of the leading communication agencies in the country, Lowe Lintas + Partners has always supported unique training and recruitment initiatives that aims to broaden its already diverse talent pool. Thus was launched a unique 18-month training program in August 2012 known as the Lowe Lintas Apprenticeship Program (LLAP). The objective of the program is to seek out the oft-overlooked talent available in non-metro cities, identify those with potential and give them the opportunity to succeed in the marketing communications industry. In the first edition, the agency reached out to eight cities across India and received enrollment from about 3000 students. In fact, the apprentices from the first batch of LLAP are currently working as full-time employees across various divisions in the company and are shaping their careers as advertising professionals.

     

    Building on the success of LLAP 1, the agency plans to broaden the initiative by visiting more colleges for the second edition of the program. Thus Lowe Lintas + Partners has moved off the well-trodden path of recruiting from ranked B-Schools, and approach Institutes and Colleges in smaller cities that are making a name for themselves on the parameter of educational excellence. These colleges are evaluated basis the faculty and management focus on the overall development of the student, the opportunities for self-expression provided, and where students are focused on achieving excellence, rather than a singular emphasis on placements. Graduate students with backgrounds as varied as Geology, Zoology, Computer Science, Physics, Commerce, Dentistry, Management, Economics, Engineering and Journalism apply for this program.

     

    The second batch of LLAP will start on July 1, 2015 with the recruitment process currently underway.

     

    Sharing his views on the program, Joseph George, CEO, Lowe Lintas + Partners said, “This is an important and exciting talent initiative for the Lowe Lintas + Partners, which is investing a significant amount of time and resources in this course. The program is intensive, practical, and represents an absolutely unique opportunity to tap into the tremendous potential of the smaller cities of India. The group of students finally selected represent extreme diversity – different academic pursuits, varied socio-economic backgrounds, they all come from different parts of the country, their personalities and interests are divergent. But what is common is the hunger to achieve, the willingness to put their all into this program with the unshakeable belief that they will succeed.”

     

    Of the total applicants, 25 students will get a chance to train for 18 months at Lowe Lintas + Partners. “Apprentices receive training on a wide range of topics related to creative thinking, branding, consumer insight generation, advertising appreciation, and design. These classroom sessions combined with reading assignments, live projects, immersion stints and hands-on experience on live accounts, ensures a packed 18 months,” added Michelle Suradkar, HR Director, Lowe Lintas + Partners.

     

    Basis their performance and ability to excel on the job, the Apprentices stand a chance to secure a permanent job at Lowe Lintas + Partners. During their apprenticeship the students will be provided with a stipend along with accommodation in Mumbai.

     

    As part of the current selection drive, Lowe Lintas + Partners visited the Aligarh Muslim University last week and was greeted by a packed auditorium of over 300 students. The selection procedure was rigorous and involved a variety of techniques. Over the course of two days, students went through written tests, creativity tests, group interviews and in-depth personal interviews.

     

    The next stop on the selection tour is Bhubaneswar where the agency has already received enrollment queries in excess of 2000 students. Selections will happen between the 8-11th  of December. The agency is expecting enrollments to the tune of 5000 students for the second edition of the program.

     

    The final rounds of selection will be conducted in April and May 2015 through panel interviews with business and creative heads of the agency.

  • NGC India premiers The Blackout

    NGC India premiers The Blackout

    MUMBAI: The thought of a complete blackout can give you goose bumps. But tonight at 9:00 pm, you can experience that as National Geographic Channel rolls out its two-hour, gripping new feature film -The Blackout. The film envisions the story of a national power failure in USA caused by a cyber-attack. Gritty, visceral and completely immersive, the drama exposes just how vulnerable the modern day reliance on technology has made our urban populations, and the hellish realities of a 10-day blackout.

     

    Just imagine how difficult life would be if you can’t use the ATM, or don’t get warm water for your daily showers, there’s no way to connect to the internet. We often don’t even think that these things can happen, but in the case of a blackout, this can be a reality. The film explores all these ideas and much more.

     

    The Blackout combines startling user-generated footage from real blackouts in New York & San Diego as well as when disasters such as Hurricane Sandy struck – all of this intercut with scripted, dramatic footage shot in feature-film style, resulting in a terrifyingly real feeling that this disaster could very likely be yours.

     

    “It isn’t science fiction anymore. Our team of researchers interviewed leading experts in various fields – cyber security, search and rescue, emergency medicine, sociology, engineering and more. This film is obviously a drama, but we were determined to be as informed as possible, and we spent countless hours trying to get it right. We needed to know everything that would be affected in a 10-day nationwide blackout … and that turned out to be basically everything,” said Raw Television director Jonathan Rudd. Raw Television is a multi-award winning production company behind the hit series Banged Up Abroad and the acclaimed feature documentary, The Imposter.

     

    Talking about the relevance of the path-breaking concept behind this film, National Geographic & FOX International Channels VP Marketing Debarpita Banerjee said, “While The Blackout is based on a cyber-attack that strikes USA and causes a complete power wipe-out hence, the truth is that any city or nation is just as susceptible to a crisis of this nature. In India, electricity and power issues are as acute as they could get. Add to that the fact that electrical back-up for our every need is something we take for granted. Poised at a time of technological advancement, such as this, if our power grids were to fail at a macro level, our lives would get paralysed, and we would be left feeling crippled in a very significant way. The Blackout gives the thinking viewer a subject to chew on, and tips to combat this very real ordeal.”

     

    So why don’t you get ready and open up your eyes for a similar calamity that might happen!

  • MTNL launches value add service ‘Broadband with Wi-Fi’

    MTNL launches value add service ‘Broadband with Wi-Fi’

    MUMBAI: MTNL has introduced a value add to its broadband services with ‘Broadband with Wi-Fi’. These Wi-Fi services are enabled with CPE’s (Customer Premises Equipment) which have a speed of up to 2 mbps.Using these CPE’s, subscribers will now be able to create their ‘private hot spots’ covering a range of 40 meters in their homes and offices. They can also create “Private public hot spots” through MTNL’s
    pre paid broadband service.

    Speaking on the occasion MTNL executive director A.K. Arora said, “Broadband with Wi-Fi is an initiative to create ease and comfort for our consumers while at home or work. Broadband MTNL’s contribution aims to help increase internet penetration and its usage will be significantly driven by these kind of services”.

    Broadband with Wi-Fi will bring convenience to consumers to the level that multiple computers, laptops and PDAs can operate simultaneously. This will help household consumers who have more than one device at their residence.
    This facet will also help educational institutions such as Engineering, Management, Medical and Research Institutes to save cost and provide better work as well as learning environment.

    Convention centers like auditoriums, conference halls, seminar rooms can also be helped through this connection by providing better service and in turn they will be able to enhance their turnover. With broadband Wi-Fi one can access the Internet anywhere and so café’s restaurants and shopping malls can be converted into infotainment zones.

    The Wi-Fi modem works on the latest version 802.11g of Wi-Fi standard and working in unlicensed 2.4 GHz band. It generally provides bandwidth of 54Mbps. The concurrent users can be upto 30. The Wi-Fi modem shall have a range of 40 meter indoor & 60 meter outdoor range. The range varies with
    obstacles between Wi-Fi modem and laptop/PC/PDA. With above facilities of modem, one can create Hot spot in each house or corporate. The two types of modem used will be USB and Ethernet port or with 4 Ethernet ports.

    Currently MTNL provides Wi-Fi services at domestic airport, India Habitat Center, Pragati Maidan, Vigyan Bhavan, UPSC, Election Commission, IIPA, and Delhi Government etc.

    The customers can get this service by dialing 1500 or 22221500.