Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari has resigned from his position after a stint of virtually seven years on the software program firm.
The exit led to a shuffle among the many high executives of the multinational software program big.
Microsoft has elevated firm’s chief working officer Irina Ghose to the position of Managing Director for India.
When contacted a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the event.
“We can confirm that Anant has decided to leave Microsoft to pursue a role outside the company. We would like to thank Anant for his many contributions to our business and culture in India and wish him every success in his future endeavors,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The firm has elevated Navtej Bal as the brand new chief working officer, as Venkat Krishnan assumes the position of government director of public sector enterprise.
Before becoming a member of Microsoft, Maheshwari served because the president at Honeywell India, and engagement supervisor at McKinsey & Company.
Meanwhile, it was reported a couple of days again that Microsoft’s senior engineering government Sreenivasa Reddy is more likely to be a part of Google in direction of the tip of this yr, as quoted by folks conversant in the matter mentioned. He has beforehand labored in senior positions at Apple‘s India regulatory group and headed authorities relations on the native unit of Swedish telecom-gear maker Ericsson AB, serving to to drive home manufacturing at each corporations.
The government will even assist Google navigate regulatory challenges. The Mountain View, California-based firm is combating antitrust costs in India, with authorities accusing it of abusing its dominant place in cell working programs.