Microsoft announced on Monday the appointment of Bhaskar Pramanik as the chairman for Microsoft India. Pramanik will report to Jean-Philippe Courtois, President of Microsoft International, said a press release.
As chairman, Pramanik will oversee Microsoft's sales, marketing and services subsidiary, provide overall leadership on all Microsoft assets in India and lead their citizenship agenda in close alignment with India's national priorities.
"Bhaskar comes to Microsoft with a strong reputation as a business leader and organization builder. His deep experience and understanding of the Indian IT industry will be critical to continuing to build our leadership in India, as well as enriching our relationships with customers, partners and government," said Courtois.
After Ravi Venkatesan quit as Microsoft India chairman last month there were many rumours doing the round as to who would replace him.
Pramanik, who was the managing director of the India operations of Oracle, had quit the company recently "to pursue other opportunities". Prior to that he worked for Sun Microsystems for 13 years as managing director in India and more recently as global vice president, Commercial Systems at the U.S. headquarters.
He was responsible for growing Sun Microsystems' business in India from under $20 million to over $200 million in just six years and expanding Sun's organizational presence in India from 24 people to more than 1200. He received the Sun Leadership award in 2005 and Chaired the Sun Global Leadership Awards Committee for two years. He has been active in industry bodies including NASSCOM, AMCHAM and CII.
Taking up the new responsibility, Pramanik said he is excited to be part of a company that has such a wide play across industries, segments, products and services.
“These are indeed very exciting times for the IT industry, as well as for India... I look forward to partnering with the business leaders and the entire Microsoft team to grow our business in India and enable the success of all our stakeholders,” he added.
Microsoft in India has more than 5300 employees housed in two campuses and thirteen offices across the country. It is the largest employee base outside of the U.S. for Microsoft, and its six business units including research, product development, consulting services, sales and marketing services, Microsoft IT, and global technical support services represent the complete Microsoft product lifecycle.
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