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Ceat to be official tyre partner for Jamshedpur FC
NEW DELHI: Tyre manufacturer Ceat has come on board as the official tyre partner of Jamshedpur FC for the Indian Super League 2020-21.
The association is Ceat’s first partnership with an Indian football team, after having established a successful alliance with various top brands in world sports with the likes of Torino Football Club in Italy, Indian Premier League (IPL) and Ultimate Table Tennis.
“Jamshedpur FC with its strong following and an ever-growing fan-base, provides Ceat an opportunity to have a greater visibility for its brand across the country. This association in one of the growing football leagues; ISL allows us to engage with the large fan following of this growing sport, especially with the youth of India,” said Amit Tolani, CMO – Ceat Ltd.
Jamshedpur FC’s CEO Mukul Choudhari said, “Ceat is one of the top brands of India who have been associated with various top global sports brands like Torino FC in Italy and the IPL. We are happy to welcome them to the world of Indian Football and look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with them.”
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
