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Britannia partners with Dunzo for doorstep delivery of food essentials
MUMBAI: Britannia Industries has partnered with on-demand e-commerce platform Dunzo to deliver all its products in this unprecedented situation. Customers can avail Britannia products through the Dunzo app in under an hour of ordering from the ‘Britannia Essentials’ store.
Dunzo’s no-contact delivery will ensure that Britannia essentials such as biscuits, cakes, rusk, croissants, milkshakes, wafers, ghee, and dairy whitener are delivered safely and securely to users across Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai. The first store in Bangalore will be operational today onwards. These products will be available at Britannia’s distribution centres and Dunzo will source them from this point of sale (POS) to ensure the proper handling of the goods and enable better availability of these products across cities.
Britannia Industries MD Varun Berry said: “During this unprecedented time, it is critical for us to maintain a continuous supply of our products which are daily staples in millions of Indian households. With a significant rise in demand for at-home delivery, we are happy to leverage Dunzo’s innovative and most advanced technology platform, to enable seamless delivery of products every day. Our teams are working round-the-clock to respond to the current situation by innovating ways to get these products to reach homes in a safe manner.”.
Dunzo CEO and co-founder Kabeer Biswas said: “Across the country, there is a demand for essentials and in these extraordinary times, companies need to rise to the occasion. We at Dunzo are committed to helping our cities fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Dunzo’s delivery partners are enabling people to stay home by ensuring the essential needs of the city are met. Partnering with Britannia ensures that essentials are produced and packaged safely, adding to the safety measures that have been taken to ensure that our users, merchants, and delivery partners remain safe.”
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
