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Nepa names Esha Nagar managing director in India
MUMBAI: Nepa, a leading Consumer Science company offering customer experience and marketing optimization solutions, has named Esha Nagar Managing Director within Sales for Nepa India.She will be based in Mumbai and will oversee Nepa research and client development efforts across a range of vertical industries. Nepa AB will continue to maintain a separate Product Operations Unit in Mumbai responsible for servicing global clients.
Esha has been with Nepa as a Director for two years and previously oversaw the Sales and Marketing vertical in India.She brings vast experience through her multiple stints at Kantar & Nielsen prior to Nepa, where she led the West Region Media and Digital practices, among other roles. Over her career, Esha has worked in both the research focused consulting side and business development space in the industry. Her work cuts across multiple verticals like Consumer – Retail panels, Digital focused solutions, Path-to-Purchase Understanding & Media Effectiveness.
Esha holds an MBA from the Nirma Institute of Management.
Quote from Esha Nagar
“I am really excited to take up this new role at Nepa. The company’s client focusand entrepreneurial culture are ideally suited to success in today’s dynamic consumer science world.One of the key focuses for Nepa India will be to bring in meaningful solutions for the fast-evolving content industry, and we are already well along on that journey. I look forward to help our clients with agile & relevant solutions.”
Quote from Fredrik Östgren, CEO
“I am very excited to take the next step in our journey in India. We have shown tremendous growth and yet we are just scratching the surface. Esha, with her drive, passion and know-how within Consumer Science, will help further accelerate our expansion. I couldn’t be happier about her appointment as our new Managing Director of sales and about the future that lies ahead.”
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LTTS CDO Narayanan Ramanathan steps down
Resignation effective 19 February, company cites personal reasons
CHENNAI: L&T Technology Services Limited announced the resignation of its chief delivery officer and senior management personnel Narayanan Ramanathan, marking a key leadership exit at the engineering services firm.
Ramanathan stepped down from his role, effective at the close of business on 19 February 2026, citing personal reasons. The company accepted the resignation the same day and duly filed all regulatory disclosures related to his cessation.
Based in Chennai, Ramanathan led LTTS’s Digital Products and Manufacturing Services (DPMS) business as a P&L head, overseeing multi-million-dollar operations and large-scale digital transformation programmes. His mandate covered Industry X.0, the Internet of Things, operational technology cybersecurity, robotics, cobots, digital twins, analytics and artificial intelligence.
He joined LTTS in 2018 and spent nearly eight years at the firm, holding several leadership roles before becoming chief delivery officer in November 2024. During his tenure, he worked closely with global capability centres to execute engineering-led digital strategies for international clients.
A technology industry veteran with over 27 years of experience, Ramanathan previously held senior leadership roles at Tech Mahindra, where he served as vice president and global head for connected engineering and analytics, and earlier led integrated engineering solutions across APAC and MEAI markets.
Ramanathan is also the first recipient of the International Galileo Master Award from the European Space Agency. LTTS said there is no additional information to disclose regarding board relationships following his resignation.
