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Zee Network appoints StarHub as ad sales agent
MUMBAI: As Hindi programming seems to be gaining momentum in Singapore, the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Network has appointed StarHub as its ad sales agent.
Zee had launched a dedicated beam for Singapore, last year to target Indian community in the South East Asian region.
Starting May, StarHub will co-ordinate all of Zee TV’s local airtime sales and programme sponsorships.
Confirming the development, the Zee Telefilms spokesperson said “The objective is to make the media-buying process effortless and smoother for our advertisers by having a dedicated media representative like StarHub to handle the advertising sales of Zee TV in Singapore.”.
The partnership between the two will also empower advertisers to tailor its advertising to reach the Singapore market segment effectively
The Zee TV feed is on the StarHub network that services cable homes in Singapore .
Zee TV is carried on StarHub Digital Cable Channel 90, and offers a variety of programmes that include primetime comedy and drama series, television movies, mini-series, theatrical films, children’s programmes, and game shows.
StarHub’s existing channels Sun TV, Star Plus and Sony Entertainment Television cater to the Indian community .
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Naveen Kokkanti promoted to director – devOps at Nasdaq
Tech leader steps up to steer innovation and modernise systems
BENGALURU: Naveen Kokkanti has been elevated to director – devOps at Nasdaq, marking a defining moment in his 14 year journey through the fast evolving world of digital transformation.
Based in Bengaluru, Kokkanti moves into the role after a short but impactful stint as lead devOps engineer at the global exchange operator. In his new position, he will focus on driving innovation, sharpening operational efficiency and reinforcing the organisation’s technology backbone.
For Kokkanti, the promotion reflects more than a change in title. It crowns over a decade of building, migrating and modernising enterprise systems across some of the biggest names in technology and consulting.
Before joining Nasdaq in 2025, he spent four years at Deloitte Consulting as senior consultant, where he worked extensively on large scale cloud and data transformations. His work ranged from migrating legacy data applications to AWS and implementing unity catalog governance frameworks, to designing multi cloud Databricks lakehouse strategies. He was also part of Deloitte’s Databricks alliance core team, contributing to go to market initiatives and publishing technical whitepapers on migration and architecture best practices.
Earlier roles at Virtusa and Infosys saw him lead cloud migrations, design secure infrastructure environments and manage enterprise grade AWS ecosystems. At Infosys, he led a team of engineers while overseeing everything from VPC architecture and IAM policies to disaster recovery, security hardening and cost optimisation.
His career began with hands on infrastructure and support roles at Micro Focus, Cerner Corporation and Dell Technologies, where he developed a strong foundation in systems engineering, virtualisation and enterprise IT operations.
Across roles, a consistent theme emerges. Kokkanti thrives at the intersection of cloud, data and governance. From Terraform and AWS to Databricks and enterprise devOps frameworks, his skillset reflects the growing demand for leaders who can translate complex infrastructure into scalable, secure and business ready platforms.
At Nasdaq, that blend of technical depth and leadership experience is set to play a key role as the organisation continues to evolve its global technology infrastructure. For Kokkanti, the promotion is not just about moving up. It is about building forward.
