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  • Xiaomi India elevates Muralikrishnan B as president

    Xiaomi India elevates Muralikrishnan B as president

    MUMBAI: Smartphone and smart TV brand, Xiaomi India on Friday announced the elevation of Muralikrishnan B as Xiaomi India president. The change will be in full effect by 1 August 2022.

    After serving as a chief operating officer since 2018, in his new role as president of Xiaomi India, Muralikrishnan B will be responsible for day-to-day operations, services, public affairs, strategic projects and will continue to work towards strengthening the company’s commitment towards the Make in India and Digital India initiatives.

    An alumnus of IIM-Calcutta, Muralikrishnan comes with over 25 years of experience in the consumer tech domain and has been instrumental in the brand’s growth across offline sales, service and operations, etc.

    Under Muralikrishnan’s able leadership, the company has witnessed strong growth across categories and has substantially scaled its organizational capabilities, execution machinery and built a solid foundation in the offline retail segment, according to the company.

  • Bobble AI partners with Xiaomi to develop ‘Mint Keyboard’ for Android smartphones

    Bobble AI partners with Xiaomi to develop ‘Mint Keyboard’ for Android smartphones

    MUMBAI: Bobble AI, a Gurgaon-based tech company today announced that it has partnered with Xiaomi, India’s number one smartphone and smart TV brand to develop ‘Mint Keyboard’ for Android smartphones. Bobble AI is empowering the Next Billion by making their communication personalised, expressive, and smarter with its cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence around input methods. Taking a leap in terms of technology and innovation, Bobble AI has developed an Indian language keyboard called ‘Mint Keyboard’ which will be pre-loaded across Xiaomi devices in India and Indonesia. The new feature will be a part of Xiaomi’s latest MIUI 11 Operating System.

    Mint keyboard is a ‘Made in India’ application which is specially designed keeping Indian users in mind, with their need for local languages and personalisation to enrich conversations.  The AI engine is continuously learning user typing habits in real time to suggest absolutely personalised responses whether it is in a regional language, slang, shortcuts, or emoji preferences. With the availability of 25+ Indic languages on the Mint Keyboard, users can type in their preferred language. Not only this, but the users can also go to the extent of applying personalized themes on their keyboards using images from their gallery and using different fonts while typing.

    Additionally, it has features like Swipe typing, speech-to-text, real-time emoji suggestions, different themes every week, cloud-sync and clipboard. With a rich database of stickers and GIFs to express every emotion or mood, users can share stickers directly from the keyboard to make conversations even more expressive and fun.

    The keyboard is also available for non MIUI devices and can be downloaded from the Google Play store.

    On IME and partnering with Xiaomi, Bobble AI CEO and founder Ankit Prasad said, “The Input Method Editor (IME) software industry, considering only keyboard and voice inputs, is growing at a CAGR of 17.2% and is expected to reach 40 Billion USD by 2025. Our main focus is to partner with leading smartphone players to co-create solutions for the Next Billion. Partnership with Xiaomi is a huge validation of our capabilities and shift in need of new-age technologies and business opportunities.”

    Xiaomi India chief operations officer Muralikrishnan B said, “We have always provided the highest quality and customised solutions to our Mi fans in India and therefore for the first time anywhere in the world, we are launching Mint Keyboard. India provides one of the most diverse cultures with several thousands of languages and dialects being spoken. Mint Keyboard, supporting 25+ Indic languages and with the ability to transliterate across all of them is just the first step in Xiaomi truly developing services for India. ”

    Bobble AI is backed by some of the most celebrated names in the Indian startup ecosystem. Apart from SAIF Partners and Xiaomi Inc. others include co-founders of Flipkart, founder of MakeMyTrip, Co-founder of SlideShare, Founders of 1mg, Co-creator of Cassandra, and 15 other individual investors.

    Following the B2B2C model, Bobble has partnered with the homegrown operating system Indus and many more in the past.

  • Jabong appoints Rahul Taneja as CBO

    Jabong appoints Rahul Taneja as CBO

    MUMBAI Online fashion destination Jabong has announced the appointment of Rahul Taneja as the company’s Chief Business Officer. He will report directly to the CEO, Sanjeev Mohanty and will be responsible for overseeing Category management, pricing, creative campaigns and offline / brand marketing.

    On this appointment Mohanty said, “Rahul has a tremendous ability to manage categories and build brands. With his addition to the leadership team, we can now focus on growing the business using core category strengths instead of discounts as a lever and bring in consumer focus on growth categories which could result in profitable growth. I am very sure that Jabong now has one of the best e commerce teams in the country with a very balanced, online and offline experience and a very diverse background in scaling businesses profitability. This now completes the leadership hiring which directly reports to me. We are now ready to go full throttle on the task at hand.”

    This is the fifth top management appointment in Jabong under Mohanty’s leadership.

    Jabong had recently announced the appointment of Muralikrishnan B as its Chief Operating Officer and Deepa Chadha as its Chief Human Resource Officer. The company had previously strengthened its leadership by appointing Ranjan Kant as Chief Marketplace Officer and Kalyan Kumar as Chief Merchandising Officer.

  • Jabong appoints Rahul Taneja as CBO

    Jabong appoints Rahul Taneja as CBO

    MUMBAI Online fashion destination Jabong has announced the appointment of Rahul Taneja as the company’s Chief Business Officer. He will report directly to the CEO, Sanjeev Mohanty and will be responsible for overseeing Category management, pricing, creative campaigns and offline / brand marketing.

    On this appointment Mohanty said, “Rahul has a tremendous ability to manage categories and build brands. With his addition to the leadership team, we can now focus on growing the business using core category strengths instead of discounts as a lever and bring in consumer focus on growth categories which could result in profitable growth. I am very sure that Jabong now has one of the best e commerce teams in the country with a very balanced, online and offline experience and a very diverse background in scaling businesses profitability. This now completes the leadership hiring which directly reports to me. We are now ready to go full throttle on the task at hand.”

    This is the fifth top management appointment in Jabong under Mohanty’s leadership.

    Jabong had recently announced the appointment of Muralikrishnan B as its Chief Operating Officer and Deepa Chadha as its Chief Human Resource Officer. The company had previously strengthened its leadership by appointing Ranjan Kant as Chief Marketplace Officer and Kalyan Kumar as Chief Merchandising Officer.

  • eBay India announces Latif Nathani as managing director

    eBay India announces Latif Nathani as managing director

    MUMBAI: eBay India today announced a shift in leadership. Latif Nathani, a senior executive in the technology space in both India and the US will join eBay India as managing director.

    Nathani is taking over from Muralikrishnan B, who will be completing his responsibilities by the end of the quarter and then will be looking at exploring entrepreneurial opportunities.

    Nathani said, "I am excited about leading the thriving eBay India business, a market leader in India, that has helped thousands of entrepreneurs make a livelihood as well as provide vast selection and great deals to millions of consumers. The marketplaces business model fascinates me and I look forward to steering the talented India team to even greater heights."

    Nathani has 22 years of experience including a 15 year career at Microsoft and Symantec and most recently served as CEO of product strategy consulting firm. He has extensive expertise in building and leading high performance global business, engineering and marketing teams. He also led a consumer incubator for Microsoft India (including equity investments in mobile payments), headed global product marketing for Symantec‘s Norton business and was cofounder of eMemories.com.
     
    Muralikrishan said, "It has been my proud privilege to lead the India team and business through two of the most exciting years the industry has seen. We have set new benchmarks improving the customer experience along with building a stronger brand and reputation among government, industry, entrepreneurs and consumers."

  • eBay appoints Alok Agarwal as director marketing

    MUMBAI: Ecommerce marketplace ebay.com has got on board Alok Agarwal as director – marketing.

    Agarwal moves to ebay from Mahindra Two Wheelers where he was designated as the category head motorcycles.

    On his appointment eBay India country manager Muralikrishnan B said, “We welcome Alok to the eBay India family. eBay and eCommerce in India are at an inflection point and Alok‘s expertise in building Brands and marketing thought leadership would help for further enhance our growth trajectory in India and strengthen our position.”

    Agarwal said, “Distribution in India is complex, and with more than a decade of healthy growth, demand and supply are even more widely dispersed. The conventional multi-tier distribution model will be hard-pressed to make demand and supply meet. With my new role at eBay India, I look forward to playing match-maker between brands, entrepreneurs and consumers”

    Prior to joining Mahindra, Agarwal had worked with Sara Lee for six years, handling different roles at the organisation. He had also worked in Unilver, Cadbury India and Philips Consumer Electronics.

  • eBay launches high voltage ‘Want it. Get it’ brand campaign in India

    MUMBAI: eBay India, a leading eCommerce marketplace, has unveiled its latest integrated marketing campaign under the theme ‘Want it. Get it’.

    The new campaign reinforces the Smart Shopper positioning adopted by brand eBay by portraying conversions of traditional offline shoppers into savvy online shoppers.

    eBay India’s new campaign is targeted at value-driven consumers in the age bracket of 18 – 40 years and emphasises online shopping as a smarter way to shop, backed by the fundamental promise of 100 per cent satisfaction through eBay Guarantee.

    The campaign is designed to encourage consumers to check deals on eBay India before they shop elsewhere.

    The new February campaign highlights eBay India as the destination for the widest range of brand new every-day use products, with the best deals across product categories such as apparel, accessories, fashion, personal care, gadgets, technology products, fitness, health-care among many others.

    Conceptualised in an everyday conversational format, the TVC is designed to appeal to audiences with its tongue-in-cheek style. The campaign highlights casual situations between young couples in which the protagonists evangelise advantages of online shopping to their partner by showcasing best deals on eBay India backed by eBay Guarantee.

    The TVC is being created in six languages – English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada to cater to multiple regional demographics while having a national appeal.

    eBay India Country Manager Muralikrishnan B says, “Online shopping in India is a mainstream phenomenon with savvy online shoppers logging online for convenience, variety & deals. Our new campaign is in conjunction with our theme ‘Want it. Get it’ which plays to eBay’s core strength of unmatched deals & wide variety across categories, giving consumers a completely secure & satisfaction-guaranteed experience.”

    Scheduled for a high-voltage, nationwide launch, the campaign has been developed by Law & Kenneth. The campaign will roll out nationally, with a combination of TV, Radio, digital & social mediums to drive awareness and encourage Indians to look for fantastic deals with unmatched variety while shopping on eBay India.

    Law & Kenneth West & South Chief Creative Officer Rahul Nangia said, “These are simple stories about people & their shopping behavior, told using couples & the different dynamics between them.”