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Leading with purpose creates wins for consumers, community and country: Hina Nagarajan of Diageo India
Microsoft India has appointed Arun Kakatkar as human resources leader. Kakatkar, who was previously the president or chief of strategy and organisation at Kalyani Group, stepped into the shoes of Ira Gupta at Microsoft.
In his current position, Kakatkar is connecting organisation and talent strategies with business strategy, building high performing leadership teams and developing and delivering unified people and culture strategies which drive business goals. This is followed by driving customer obsession and agility for business growth and implementing operating mechanisms to integrate various parts of the organization and create harmony and alignment.
Kakatkar began his career at Black & Decker as HR manager and went on to work across Foseco, Ingersoll Rand, Flextronics and TE Connectivity.
At the Storyboard18 DNPA Conclave 2025, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw spotlighted the critical role of traditional media in an evolving digital landscape. He emphasized that such gatherings can aid the govt in formulating more effective policies for a balanced and sustainable media ecosystem.
Read MoreFrom the chiefs of Nestle, Diageo, Colgate, PepsiCo, Zetwerk and CRED to AI visionaries, marketing mavens, top creators, ad legends and leading global agencies' CEOs, the brightest minds converged at the Storyboard18 Global Pioneers Summit for an action-packed day of meaningful dialogues on creativity, commerce and culture.