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Pizza Hut elevates Unnat Varma as APAC MD
MUMBAI: Pizza Hut International, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, has elevated the post of Unnat Varma from MD India Subcontinent to MD of Asia Pacific region. Varma will be based out of Singapore and report to Vipul Chawla, President, Pizza Hut International. He will be looking after over 5,500 stores across 22 countries.
The company has also integrated its India sub-continent unit into the Asia Pacific business unit.
Varma has an impressive work experience of 24 years. He had joined Yum! Brands as director marketing with KFC, in 2006. He then went on to work for Taco Bell as GM, and Pizza Hut as GM and MD for India Subcontinent Region. Prior to joining Yum! Brands. Unnat Varma had worked with Gillette for around 12 years.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
