Movements

Raj Joins WiChorus

WiChorus
is strengthening its presence in India. The provider of intelligent access
services network (ASN) gateway for WiMax and 4G core networks has recently
appointed Raj Yadav as its senior director, South Asia. His immediate priority
is to step up business in South Asia and India is a key market for the company.
Before joining WiChorus, Yadav had worked with Aperto Networks as regional sales
director, South Asia and was responsible for some of the main WiMax contracts.
WiChorus is driving open standards through its participation in the WiMax Forum
and its One Open WiMax initiative.

Avaya Appoints Samir as Managing Director

Avaya
has announced the expansion of its R&D operations in Pune as part of its
initiative to increase its foothold in India. Simultaneously, the company has
also announced the appointment of Sam (Samir) Gulve as MD, Avaya India and VP of
Avaya's Global Communication Solutions (GCS) division. The company is now
expanding its operations in the western part of the country with the goal of
tapping the vast talent pool of developers available and subsequently
strengthening its technical expertise and offerings in the area of business
communications applications.

Rajesh Puri Joins Tata Teleservices

Tata Teleservices Maharashtra has announced the appointment of Rajesh Puri as
president, Operations. Rajesh Puri brings with him wide experience in the
telecom industry. Before joining Tata Teleservices, Puri served as chief
operating officer of the Enterprise Business (East) and International Calling
Business, Airtel. Prior to this, he was COO (East Circle), Tata TeleServices.

Cellebrum Appoints Saket Agarwal as CEO

Cellebrum, a value-added services and solutions provider from Spice Group, has
appointed Saket Agarwal as chief executive officer (CEO). In this role, Agarwal
will be responsible for overseeing the operations of Celleburm and lead it to
become a global giant providing innovative services to end-consumers. Prior to
leading Cellebrum, Agarwal held various senior-level positions in Spice Group.
He was among the senior management members at Spice Communications.

Balakrishnan in New Avatar

Ajit
Balakrishnan, founder, chairman, and managing director, Rediff.com, is chairman
emeritus of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). In his
capacity as chairman emeritus, a life-time appointment, Balakrishnan would head
the council of past chairpersons and provide strategic direction to the
association as well as the Internet and mobile content and services industry.
The governing board of IAMAI has also unanimously elected Sanjeev Bikhchandani
as chairman for FY 2008-09. Bikhchandani is founder and CEO of Info Edge India,
which went public in 2006.

Ahuja is ISA Chairperson

The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) has announced the appointment of
its new executive council for 2008-09. The association has decided to appoint
Jaswinder Ahuja, vice president and managing director, Cadence Design Systems,
as chairperson, while BV Naidu, MD, SemIndia Systems, will be vice chairman. The
other executive council members are Pradip Dutta, Synopsys India; Sham Banerji,
Texas Instruments; Vivek Sharma, ST Microelectronics.

Hungama Appoints Rohan Desponded

Hungama
has appointed Rohan Deshpande as associate director, wireless technology. At
Hungama, he is responsible for creating and executing the technology roadmap.
The technological strategy will be devised using his expertise, keeping in mind
the requirements of digital entertainment products and services. In addition, he
will analyze the variety of technologies available and identify the systems
needed to build a complete product offering. Rohan brings with him 8 years of
rich experience in the telecom sector.