Vanitha Narayanan takes over as MD, IBM India

Vanitha Narayanan has replaced Shanker Annaswamy as the Managing Director of IBM India. Shanker Annaswamy will continue to remain in IBM as the Senior Adviser to the corporation on India Enterprise. Both of them will report to Jim Bramante, Senior Vice President, IBM Growth Markets Unit.

Vanitha Narayanan in her new position will be responsible for all of IBM's sales, marketing, services and global delivery operations in the India/ South Asia (ISA) region, including operations in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Vanitha has been associated with IBM for over 25 years. Since 2009, she has been a part of the IBM ISA business, serving in roles as the sales and distribution leader and recently as the managing partner for Global Business Services (GBS). Prior to this, she has served as the Vice President of Communications sector, Asia Pacific, and the Global Vice President for IBM's telecom solutions offerings. Vanitha is a member of IBM's Integration & Values Team which is comprised of senior Global Executives who are selected by the IBM Chairman. Vanitha also leads several leadership development & diversity initiatives for ISA and is the executive sponsor for developing the women's leadership pipeline.

Annaswamy joined IBM in 2004 as General Manager of IBM India and has lead ISA region as its Regional General Manager since 2007. He was recently inducted as Member of the India at 75 National Committee of CII and continues to be a member of the CII National Council.