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Rohit Agarwal joins Accenture as managing director
MUMBAI: Accenture has appointed Rohit Agarwal as managing director, tapping a leader shaped by more than a decade of building and scaling digital education and technology-led organisations.
Agarwal joins with over 13 years of experience forged largely at TalentSprint, where his rise from instructor roles to senior leadership mirrored the company’s own growth. As chief delivery officer and vice-president – operations, he helped turn ambition into execution, blending learning, technology and scale.
At TalentSprint, Agarwal played a central role in launching digital learning platforms, expanding delivery and operations, and building and mentoring high-performing teams. His work strengthened the company’s position at the crossroads of deep-tech education and industry-aligned capability building.
At Accenture, his grounding in digital transformation, operational excellence and people leadership is expected to translate into sharper execution across large, technology-led programmes.
From classrooms to boardrooms, Agarwal’s mandate is clear: build at scale, and make it work.
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OpenAI hires Nitin Bawankule as head of enterprise sales, India
Former AWS, Google and Disney+ Hotstar leader to drive AI adoption at scale
MUMBAI: OpenAI has appointed Nitin Bawankule as head of enterprise sales for India, strengthening its leadership bench as it deepens its push into one of the world’s fastest-growing AI markets.
Bawankule, who will join in mid-May, brings more than two decades of experience across cloud, media, and digital ecosystems. Most recently, he served at Amazon Web Services, where he led multiple high-growth verticals and helped accelerate enterprise adoption of cloud and AI solutions in India.
Announcing the move, OpenAI head of enterprise sales, India Nitin Bawankule said he is looking forward to helping organisations transition from “isolated AI pilots to company-wide transformation” and embedding AI into everyday workflows to unlock productivity and better decision-making.
Before AWS, Bawankule held senior leadership roles at The Walt Disney Company, where he led ad sales for Disney+ Hotstar and television networks, driving revenue growth across major sporting and entertainment properties. He also spent over eight years at Google, including a stint as country director for Google Cloud in India.
His appointment comes at a time when Indian enterprises are rapidly scaling AI adoption, moving beyond experimentation to integrating AI into core business functions. OpenAI’s decision to bring in a seasoned enterprise leader signals its intent to capture this opportunity and build deeper partnerships across industries.
With a strong track record in navigating major technology shifts, Bawankule is expected to play a key role in translating AI’s promise into practical, business-ready solutions for Indian companies.
As the race to operationalise AI gathers pace, OpenAI’s latest hire suggests it is gearing up not just to participate, but to lead from the front in India’s enterprise AI story.
