| | SEPTEMBER 20268Bhartiya Converge, the Global Capability Centre enablement platform of Bhartiya Urban, has named Eric Pagdiwalla as Chief Operating Officer to lead consulting, opera-tions strategy and customer suc-cess as the company scales its in-tegrated GCC model. Eric brings over 25 years of experience across GCCs, global business services and transformation, In what is being called Odisha's largest foreign investment push, Adani Group and Abu Dhabi's Inter-national Holding Company have signed agreements with the state government to explore 14 projects worth Rs.2,10,500 crore, expected to create around 189,700 direct jobs. The proposals span mining, AI data centres, coal-to-chemicals, renewable energy, shipbuilding, health-care and sustainable urban development. The largest is a Rs.50,000 crore hyper-scale AI data centre at Naraj, followed by a Rs.40,000 crore coal-to-chemicals facility at Bedabahal, alongside iron-ore processing, a shipbuild-ing cluster and an integrated sports and wellness city among the proposed invest-ments. Music-tech platform Hoopr has appointed Moushumi Chandra as Business Head ­ East, task-ing her with strengthening the company's presence across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and the North East from her Kolkata base. Chandra brings more than 21 years of experience across media, tele-com and entertainment, with prior leadership roles at JioStar, Disney Star and Radio Mirchi. Co-founder and CEO Gaurav Dagaonkar said the appointment BHARTIYA CONVERGE APPOINTS ERIC PAGDIWALLA AS COOADANI GROUP, IHC SIGN MOUS WORTH RS.2.1 TRILLION WITH ODISHAHOOPR BRINGS IN MOUSHUMI CHANDRA AS BUSINESS HEAD ­ EASTNEWSROOM Digital adoption platform Whatfix has appointed co-founder Vara Kumar as Chief Executive Officer, effective im-mediately, following the sudden pass-ing of his co-founder Khadim Batti on September 1, 2026. Vara, who co-founded the company with Batti in 2014, has served as the architect of Whatfix's product and research strate-gy, steering its growth from a startup into a global leader serving Fortune 500 clients. As CEO, he will lead the company's next growth phase while preserving its founding values and customer-centric culture, with the executive leadership team and board continuing to support seamless oper-ations across all regions worldwide. WHATFIX NAMES CO-FOUNDER VARA KUMAR AS NEW CEOLEADERSHIP & APPOINTMENTSINVESTMENT & INFRASTRUCTUREjoining from Persistent Systems, with earlier leadership stints at ANSR, Ascena Retail Group and 13 years at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Leadership said his expertise will strengthen execution capabilities as GCCs evolve from delivery centres into strategic hubs for technology, innovation and business functions across India. comes as East India emerges as a key content and advertising market, with the festive season driving demand for licensed music across reels, campaigns and digital content in regional languages.
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