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HomeLane.com appoints Naveen Raman as AVP marketing
MUMBAI: Modular home furnishing solutions provider HomeLane.com has roped in Naveen Raman as its associate vice president – marketing.
The company is looking at intensifying its marketing operations as it gears up for growth and pan-India expansion, with the signing up of Mindshare as its media buying agency. Raman will be driving the company’s overall marketing initiatives.
HomeLane currently offers its services in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kochi, Pune and Mumbai. The company plans to expand its operations to 10 more cities, including Delhi/NCR in the coming months.
HomeLane.com co-founder and CEO Srikanth Iyer said, “We are now ready to build on our success and turn HomeLane into a strong national brand loved by new home buyers in all major cities of India. I am delighted that HomeLane’s marketing efforts will now be steered by Naveen’s capable hands and supported by an illustrious media buying partner in Mindshare.”
Raman added, “HomeLane has a great solution to a new home buyer’s furnishing problem and I am delighted at the opportunity to help bring this solution to as many new homebuyers around the country as possible. I am equally proud to join the exceptionally talented and passionate team at HomeLane, and welcome Mindshare as our partner to help us reach our consumers more effectively.”
Mindshare India leader south Sriram Sharma said, “We are very proud to have partnered with HomeLane as they get ready for the next phase of growth. We hope to share a fruitful partnership with them to help them reach their vision of being the largest online home furnishing player worldwide.”
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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.
