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Bajaj Electricals appoints Sanjay Sachdeva as MD & CEO
MUMBAI: Bajaj Electricals Limited has announced the appointment of Sanjay Sachdeva as its new managing director & chief executive officer, effective 15 April 2025.
With over three decades of experience at Hindustan Unilever, Sachdeva has held key management roles across Brazil, China, the middle east, north Africa, Turkey, and Russia. His most recent role was as managing director & CEO of Unilever Japan.
In his new role at Bajaj Electricals, he will oversee all business verticals and operations, bringing his extensive global expertise to the company.
Bajaj Electricals chairman Shekhar Bajaj, said, “I am delighted to welcome Sachdeva as our new MD & CEO. Having worked in various countries, including India, he brings a fresh perspective and a strategic vision that aligns with our goal of delivering exceptional value to our consumers and stakeholders. We are confident that under his management, Bajaj Electricals will continue to thrive and achieve new heights, and I look forward to working with him in building a global organisation.”
Sachdeva said, “I am honoured to join Bajaj Electricals, a company with a rich heritage and a strong reputation for innovation, quality, and ethics. I look forward to working with the chairman, Shekhar, and the talented team at Bajaj Electricals to drive sustainable growth and create significant long-term value for all our stakeholders.”
Digital
Galleri5 launches India’s first AI cinema OS at India AI Summit
Collective Artists Network unveils end-to-end production platform powering Mahabharat series and Hanuman teaser.
MUMBAI: India’s cinema just got an AI operating system upgrade because why settle for tools when you can have a full production command centre? Collective Artists Network and Galleri5 today unveiled Galleri5 AI Studio at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, billing it as the country’s first cinema-native production technology platform. Launched on 20 February 2026, the system acts as an end-to-end orchestration layer for film and television, integrating generative AI, LoRA-driven character architecture, controlled shot pipelines, 3D/VFX tools, lip-sync, upscaling, quality control, and delivery, all tuned for theatrical and broadcast standards.
Unlike piecemeal AI tools, Galleri5 controls the entire stack from script and world-building to final master output. Filmmakers retain creative authorship, continuity, and IP security while slashing timelines from years to months.
The platform is already in live use at scale. Mahabharat: Ek Dharmayudh, an AI-powered series produced under Collective’s Historyverse banner, is airing on Star Plus and streaming on JioHotstar, ranking among the top-watched shows in its slot. Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi Hanuman – The Eternal (produced by Star Studios 18) dropped its teaser on IMAX screens, leveraging Galleri5’s infrastructure for the visuals.
Collective Artists Network founder and group CEO Vijay Subramaniam said, “For India to lead in the next era of storytelling, we have to think beyond tools and start building systems. This is about putting durable production infrastructure in place so creators can dream bigger, producers can execute faster, and our stories can travel further.”
Galleri5 partner at Collective and CEO Rahul Regulapati added, “Cinema requires precision, repeatability, and control. Off-the-shelf AI doesn’t solve that. Orchestration does. We built an operating system where technology bends to filmmaking, not the other way around.”
Under Historyverse, Collective Studios is developing a slate including Hanuman, Krishna, Shiva, and Shivaji blending advanced AI systems with traditional craft. The summit session featured directors from Hanuman, Krishna, and Shiva alongside Collective leaders, diving into real-world case studies: what delivers on screen, what glitches, and how production economics are shifting.
At a summit packed with global tech brass and policymakers, Galleri5 stakes a bold claim, cinema’s future belongs to integrated systems, not isolated gadgets and India is building one right now. Whether you’re a filmmaker eyeing faster workflows or just curious about AI remaking epics, this OS could be the script-flip the industry didn’t see coming.
