Senior tech leader Chitranjan Kesari has joined N R Agarwal Industries, a leading manufacturer of finished paper products, as the Head of Information technology & Information Security. He joins the firm from Idemeum where he served as Head of Information Technology. Chitranjan comes with over two decades of diverse experience in both technology and business leadership roles. 

In his career as a technology leader, he has been associated with companies like Hive Carbon Zero Developers, Kanakia Group, Lodha Group, Omkar Realtors & Developers, Jindal and Advanced Enzyme Technologies among others. In 2019, he moved up to become the CEO of Netlynx Technologies. 

Established in 1993, the Mumbai-based N R Agarwal Industries produces high-quality paper products for both domestic and international markets. The company has its manufacturing facilities located in Vapi and Sarigam, Gujarat and has its presence over 20 countries. 

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Veteran technology leader Dr. Avadhut Parab has joined Waaree Energies as CIO, according to various media reports. 

Founded in 1989, Waaree Energies is a global provider of solar PV modules and solar energy solutions. It has presence over 20 countries and offers a diverse range of solar solutions, including EPC services, solar products & utilities, energy storage, and more. 

Avadhut was previously the CIO of Parle Agro, the Indian beverages brand, for a little over two years before joining Waaree. Prior to that, he had a 17-year-old stint at Wockhardt, serving various leadership roles before becoming the Global CIO of pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant. He has also worked for brands like Atos and Unichem Laboratories. 

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Atlassian Corporation the provider of team collaboration and productivity software including Jira Software, Confluence and Jira Service Management, announced the appointment of Shamik Sharma to Head of Engineering, Commerce and Enterprise Agility. Shamik will report directly to Rajeev Rajan, CTO of Atlassian.

Shamik joins Atlassian with close to three decades of experience in the field of technology and engineering. He spent the past 5+ years at Cure.fit/Cult.sport, a company he co-founded, and prior to that he served as CTO and CPO at Myntra (a company in the Flipkart group). Across his career, he has held multiple senior leadership positions at Lytro Inc., RockYou, StumbleUpon, Yahoo!, Confluent Software and HP, among others. Having scaled organizations and processes from small founding teams to large & specialized teams, he has also built innovative products in e-commerce, digital advertising, gaming, digital media, social networks, enterprise software, and consumer electronics. Shamik has completed an M.S., Computer Science from the University of Maryland and B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Speaking on the appointment, Rajeev Rajan, Chief Technology Officer, Atlassian, said, “Shamik’s experience in technology and e-commerce will add much value to Atlassian, both globally and in India. We want to become a 100-year company at Atlassian and the meaningful work that our teams are contributing to in India is critical to this trajectory. As India is our fastest-growing R&D site globally, we’re confident that Shamik will only help accelerate our path to building a world-class engineering team.”

Shamik Sharma adds, “With a great passion for building products and combined technical expertise, I’m excited to be joining Atlassian in its mission to unleash the potential of every team. I look forward to leveraging the potential of Atlassian engineering talent to build innovative new products that enhance workplace collaboration.”

Shamik’s appointment comes at the back of Atlassian’s recent hiring of Paranth Thiruvengadam for the role of India Site Leader and Head of Engineering IT Service Management. The company started with just over 60 employees in India 5 years ago and now has over 1,800 employees in 17 states across the country.

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