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Tarlok Singh appointed as data centre vertical & solutions head at Delta Electronics India
Bengaluru: Delta Electronics India has turned to an insider to drive its data centre ambitions. Tarlok Singh has been appointed data centre vertical and solutions head at Delta Electronics India, effective January 2026, signalling a sharper focus on the fast-growing infrastructure segment. In the new role, Singh will oversee the company’s data centre business and solutions portfolio, aligned with its existing customer base and long-term growth plans.
Singh has spent more than 16 years at Delta Electronics, most recently as director – key accounts, a role he has held since 2010. Over that period, he managed end-to-end relationships with major telecom clients, working across exports, operators, infrastructure firms, system integrators and OEMs. His remit spanned domestic and international markets, with an emphasis on continuity, scale and execution.
His career has been rooted in the telecom and infrastructure ecosystem, where he has built long-standing customer relationships and managed complex, multi-stakeholder engagements. Before joining Delta Electronics, Singh worked at Pan Intellecom as a sales consultant, handling the distribution of AV and security equipment across assigned markets.
With experience spanning key account management, international business, project planning and team leadership, Singh now takes charge of a vertical that sits at the crossroads of digital growth and physical infrastructure.
As India’s data centre demand accelerates, Delta is betting on institutional memory—and steady hands—to power its next phase.
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Reliance Retail FY26 revenue rises 11.8 Per Cent to Rs 3.7 lakh crore
Q4 revenue up 11.1 Per Cent, hyperlocal orders surge 4x, PAT steady
MUMBAI: Reliance Retail isn’t just ringing up sales, it’s ringing doorbells faster than ever. Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) reported a steady FY26 performance, with growth powered by store expansion, a sharp surge in hyperlocal commerce, and consistent traction across grocery, fashion and jewellery. For the full year, revenue rose 11.8 per cent year-on-year to Rs 3,70,026 crore. In the January–March quarter, revenue from operations climbed 11.1 per cent to Rs 87,344 crore, up from Rs 78,622 crore a year earlier.
Operating performance remained stable, with Q4 EBITDA inching up 3.1 per cent YoY to Rs 6,921 crore from Rs 6,711 crore. However, quarterly profit after tax held steady at Rs 3,563 crore. For the full fiscal, PAT grew 11.7 per cent to Rs 13,842 crore.
Expansion remained a key lever. RRVL added 1,564 new stores during FY26, while simultaneously scaling its digital and hyperlocal commerce play. The latter emerged as a standout, with daily orders surging more than fourfold year-on-year in Q4, underlining a clear shift towards faster, localised fulfilment.
In grocery, large-format stores maintained momentum, aided by festive demand and the expansion of Smart Bazaar, which crossed 1,000 stores. Promotional campaigns such as ‘Full Paisa Vasool’ delivered record results, with sales rising 26 per cent YoY.
Digital commerce also picked up pace. JioMart added 5.8 million new users in Q4, nearly doubling its registered base year-on-year. Hyperlocal orders grew 29 per cent sequentially and over 300 per cent annually during the quarter.
Fashion and lifestyle saw steady traction. Ajio recorded a 23 per cent YoY rise in average bill value, while fast-fashion platform Shein crossed 11 million app installs, scaling rapidly with expanding product lines.
The jewellery business added further shine, with average bill value jumping 53 per cent YoY, largely driven by rising gold prices and sustained consumer demand.
Commenting on the shift, RRVL executive director Isha Ambani said hyperlocal commerce has become a structural growth driver, with orders rising more than fourfold over the year.
Looking ahead to FY27, the company is betting on technology to deepen engagement. The focus, Ambani noted, will be on AI-led merchandising, sharper pricing strategies and disciplined execution turning scale into sustained customer value.
In short, the carts are fuller, the clicks are quicker, and the next phase looks less about reach and more about precision.
