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K. Bala Chandran Managing Director for India & Subcontinent Markets ADC KRONE
Joining ADC KRONE in 1991 and serving in various positions across Marketing & Business Development, Bala Chandran is currently the Managing Director for India and Subcontinent markets for this US headquartered company. The man behind the successful ‘KRONE’ products – a by-word for physical connectivity in communication networks in India - Bala believes that physical layer infrastructure is foundational to any network – Copper, Fibre or Wireless. Over the years he has played a key role in positioning ADC through its gaining of KRONE as a key player in the network infrastructure space covering copper, fibre and wireless within the Indian market and also expanded the company’s operations into cabling infrastructure for enterprises resulting in a very profitable year-on-year growth. Presently he is leading some thought leadership activities relating to Fibre and FTTX initiatives, Active Infrastructure Sharing for rural connectivity for the company, which involves development of an appropriate technology solution for India. Bala has a keen interest in blending spirituality with corporate life besides serving on several committees of the CII, Manufacturer’s Association for Information Technology (MAIT) and Boards of organisations in the telecom software and facilities management space. He is also an Executive Council Member and the Southern Regional Chairman for the Association of Telecom Enterprise and Manufacturers (TEMA) and also serves as a board member of Subex Systems Limited.
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Naresh Wadhwa President and Country Manager Cisco Systems – India & SAARC
Naresh Wadhwa, is the President and Country Manager for Cisco – India & SAARC region. Prior to this, Naresh was heading the Marketing organisation for Asia Pacific based out of Hong Kong. An industry veteran of 18 years, Naresh joined Cisco India in January 1998 as a Sales Manager, and was responsible for driving Cisco’s Enterprise, Commercial and IT services Business. Naresh successfully managed and grew the business four-fold and laid strong foundation for Cisco’s success in the Indian market. Subsequently, Naresh was chartered to grow the Telecom Business in India where he architected some of the largest wins for Cisco globally and grew the business substantially. Prior to his Marketing role in APAC, Naresh was responsible for Channels, Commercial, Sales Operations and Advanced Technologies across North Asia based out of Hong Kong. During his tenure, Naresh was instrumental in driving the strategy for Cisco’s foray into new markets for products and technologies across this region. Earlier to joining Cisco, Naresh has worked with 3Com Asia Ltd and Wipro Infotech in India. Naresh has completed his Engineering in Electronics from Mumbai University.
egov 5th Anniversary Special Issue
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january 2010
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