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“Calm-Dev” is here to take stress about gifts for your Valentine
MUMBAI: Woohoo, India’s largest e-gifting platform, is celebrating love this month. Keeping in mind the hassle one goes through while selecting a worthy gift for Valentine’s Day, the brand has launched a campaign – ‘Calm Dev – The Love Guru of Gifting’. It also powers the individual to gift their loved ones the freedom of choice.
WooHoo’s ‘Calm Dev – The Love Guru of Gifting’ – is the ultimate love guru that lets people be calm and gift their loved ones in peace. WooHoo gives the option of choosing from a range of quirky gift cards for your Valentine, who can choose to spend it on 100+ brands across categories. Being digitally accessible, it ensures easy transfers and can be used to enjoy products or experiences. Some of the top brands include Amazon, Flipkart, Uber, Big Bazaar, Bookmyshow etc.
MAIN BANNER With ‘Calm Dev’, the platform has also introduced specially designed Valentine- themed E-Gift card. To enhance the experience, the gift card can be personalized with photos, GIFs, voice messages and more, with the ease to gift directly through WhatsApp or e-mail.
The gift card can be sent instantly via app or web. The sender can also include a paragraph or a few lines to add the personal touch to the e-gift cards.
For more details, please visit- https://www.woohoo.in/calm-dev
Woohoo, a part of the Qwikcilver family, is India’s largest gifting platform. The digital gift cards can also be gifted through www.woohoo.in & the Woohoo app. Woohoo is a gift card superstore for personal and occasion-based gifting. With Woohoo app and Woohoo.in, consumers can gift their loved one’s apparels, jewelry, a meal at a restaurant, a movie, spa outing or even a holiday at a resort or a luxury hotel. The recipient of the gift cards can also store the gift cards on woohoo.in or Woohoo app so that there are no concerns about the card getting stolen or lost.
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YES Bank hands the keys to SBI veteran Vinay Tonse as it bets on a new era
Former SBI managing director appointed as YES Bank’s new MD and CEO
MUMBAI: YES Bank is done rebuilding. Now it wants to grow. The private sector lender has appointed Vinay Muralidhar Tonse as managing director and chief executive officer-designate, with RBI approval secured and a start date of April 6, 2026 confirmed. The three-year term signals the bank’s intent to shift gears from crisis recovery to full-throttle expansion.
Tonse, 60, is no stranger to scale. Most recently managing director at State Bank of India, he oversaw a retail book of roughly $800bn in deposits and advances, one of the largest in the country. Before that, he ran SBI Mutual Fund from August 2020 to December 2022, a stint that saw assets under management surge from Rs 4.32 lakh crore to Rs 7.32 lakh crore across market cycles. Add stints in Singapore and four years leading SBI’s overseas operations in Osaka, and the incoming chief arrives with a genuinely global CV.
His academic grounding is equally solid: a commerce degree from St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru, and a master’s in commerce from Bangalore University.
The appointment follows an extensive search and evaluation process by the bank’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee. NRC chairperson Nandita Gurjar said the committee unanimously backed Tonse, citing his leadership track record, governance credentials and ability to drive the bank’s next phase of transformation.
Non-executive chairman Rama Subramaniam Gandhi was unequivocal. “I am certain that Vinay Tonse, with his vast experience as a senior banker, will propel YES Bank to its next phase of growth,” Gandhi said, adding that the bank remains focused on strengthening its retail and corporate banking franchises and expanding its branch network.
Rajeev Kannan, non-executive director and senior executive at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the bank’s largest shareholder, said Tonse’s experience across retail, corporate banking, global markets and asset management positioned him well to lead the lender. SMBC said it looks forward to working with Tonse and the board as YES Bank pursues its ambition of becoming a top-tier private sector lender anchored in strong governance and sustainable growth.
Tonse succeeds Prashant Kumar, who took the helm in March 2020 when YES Bank was in freefall following a severe financial crisis, and spent six years painstakingly stabilising the institution, rebuilding governance and restoring operational scale. Gandhi was generous: “The bank remains indebted to Prashant Kumar, who is responsible for much of what a strong financial powerhouse YES Bank is today.”
Tonse, for his part, struck a purposeful note. “Together with the board and my colleagues, I remain deeply committed to creating long-term value for all our stakeholders,” he said, pledging to build on Kumar’s foundation guided by his personal motto: Make A Difference.
Beyond the balance sheet, Tonse played cricket at college and club level and represented Karnataka in archery at the national championships — sports he credits with teaching him teamwork, situational leadership, discipline and focus. In quieter moments, he reaches for retro Kannada music, classic Hindi songs, and the crooning of Engelbert Humperdinck, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar.
YES Bank has its steady-handed rebuilder in Kumar to thank for survival. Now it has a scale-obsessed growth banker at the wheel. The next chapter starts April 6.
