| | SEPTEMBER 20268Colgate-Palmolive India has named Manish Anandani as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 28, 2026. He succeeds Prabha Narasim-han, who will become Executive Vice President ­ Marketing, Asia-Pacific Division, on September 27.Narasimhan led the company for four years, focusing on premi-umization, digital transformation, e-commerce, quick-commerce growth and oral-care category development. During her tenure, the compa-ny's premium portfolio expanded at five times market rate, alongside volume-led growth and improved profitability. The company strengthened dig-ital and e-commerce channels and expanded oral-health initiatives in urban and rural markets.Anandani brings 30 years of experience across sales, marketing and general management. He pre-viously served as Kenvue's Manag-ing Director for India and South Asia and worked at Colgate-Pal-molive from 2005 to 2018. vSingapore and India have agreed to deepen coop-eration in telecommuni-cations, broadcasting and food safety through two memoran-dums of understanding (MOUs) and a letter of intent exchanged after the fourth India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) on August 20. The agreements aim to strengthen collaboration across spectrum management, con-sumer protection, broadcasting regulation and international regulatory participation. Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority and India's Telecom Regulatory Au-thority will share best practices and regulatory perspectives. Meanwhile, the Singapore Food Agency and India's Food Safety and Standards Authority will enhance technical cooper-ation, including information sharing on labelling, product Avanade, a specialist in Microsoft technologies, has appointed Achal Kataria as Managing Director and CEO of Avanade India, effective immediately. Kataria will lead the compa-ny's growth in India and help organizations accelerate respon-sible, AI-driven transformation. His appointment comes as cloud adoption, artificial intel-ligence, and technology invest-ments continue to rise across the country. Kataria brings more than 30 years of experience in services, enterprise transformation, oper-ations, and commercial leader-ship across banking, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommuni-cations, and life sciences. 360 ONE APPOINTS ABHISHEK BHALOTIA AS CHIEF GROWTH & PEOPLE OFFICER INDIA, SINGAPORE EXPAND TIES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, FOOD SAFETY AVANADE APPOINTS ACHAL KATARIA AS INDIA CEO COLGATE-PALMOLIVE INDIA NAMES MANISH ANANDANI AS MD & CEO NEWSROOM LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS GOVERNMENT & POLICY 360 ONE, an India-based wealth and asset manage-ment firm with USD 82 billion in AUM, has appointed Abhishek Bhalotia as Chief Growth & People Officer. Bhalotia will lead group-wide initiatives covering growth, busi-ness development, revenue man-agement and people strategy. He will oversee business strat-egy across Wealth, Asset Manage-ment and Capital, serving UHNW, HNW and NRI clients, institutional assignments and international markets. He will also drive talent man-agement, acquisition, learning and development, focusing on strength-ening senior leadership. As 360 ONE expands and inte-grates acquisitions, Bhalotia will serve as Group Culture Custodian, ensuring consistency in values and practices. He brings more than 30 years of experience with the Kotak Group, most recently serving as National Business Head of Kotak Bank's Private Banking. Before joining Avanade, he led Cognizant's India oper-ations and held senior roles at EXL, Tech Mahindra, and Genpact. In his new role, Kataria will oversee Avanade's In-dia operations, strengthen client relationships, and drive growth while helping busi-nesses achieve outcomes from digital and AI transformation.
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