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Innocean India wins Narayana Health’s consolidated media mandate
MUMBAI: It’s go health on its mind, and now in its pocket. Innocean India, part of the global Innocean Network, has secured the consolidated media mandate for healthcare provider Narayana Health.
In an era where both online and offline media platforms dominate communication, ensuring timely and effective delivery of critical healthcare messages is paramount. With its expertise in strategic media planning and execution, Innocean aims to strengthen Narayana Health’s connection with its audience, fostering greater trust and accessibility.
By aligning Narayana Health’s commitment to care with Innocean’s innovative media strategies, this collaboration looks to reshape the way Indians engage with healthcare information, ensuring it is both impactful and life changing.
Narayana Health chief marketing officer Ashish Bajaj said, “We are delighted to partner with Innocean India for our media mandate. Their innovative approach to media planning and execution is exactly what we need to elevate our brand and expand our reach. We are confident that their expertise will play a pivotal role in achieving our objectives and making a significant impact on the healthcare landscape.”
Innocean won the mandate despite cut-throat manoeuvres from other agencies. Innocean India managing director Jaeho Yoo said: “Innocean India is honoured to partner with Narayana Health, a leader in the healthcare industry. We look forward to leveraging our expertise to help Narayana Health reach new heights in the healthcare industry. We will strive to introduce and collaborate on innovative media solutions through close cooperation with Innocean headquarters in Korea.”
Added Innocean chief operating officer Santosh Kumar: “Our partnership with Narayana Health is a pivotal step in Innocean’s 2.0 journey. In today’s evolving healthcare landscape, media plays a more critical role than ever in reaching and engaging patients. By leveraging the power of strategic media planning and execution, we aim to amplify Narayana Health’s commitment to providing quality healthcare with best-in-class facilities to millions across India. This partnership aligns perfectly with our vision of driving meaningful impact through innovative media solutions.”
Together, Innocean and Narayana Health aim to empower every individual with the critical information and knowledge they need for their well-being. Placing the consumer at the heart of their efforts, this partnership reflects a shared mission to prioritise health and safety. By combining their strengths, the duo hopes to take healthcare communication to a new high — making it more accessible, relatable, impactful, and deeply resonant with the needs of every individual.
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Tessolve lands a semiconductor veteran to drive its next big push
Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, who started his career at ISRO and has spent 35 years building chips and companies, joins the Bengaluru-based firm as president and chief operating officer
BENGALURU: Tessolve has never been shy about its ambitions. The Bengaluru-based engineering services firm already counts 18 of the world’s top 20 semiconductor companies among its clients, employs more than 3,500 engineers across 12 countries, and last year pocketed a $150m investment from TPG. Now it has hired the executive it believes can turn those assets into something bigger. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, a 35-year semiconductor veteran who once built satellite payloads for ISRO and has since scaled engineering organisations across three continents, joins as president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
THE MAN AND THE MANDATE
The appointment is, by any measure, a serious hire. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu comes to Tessolve after senior leadership stints at HCL Technologies, Altran and Wipro, where he managed large profit-and-loss portfolios and oversaw cross-regional teams. Over the course of his career, he has been instrumental in bringing more than 1,000 new products to market across the high-tech, energy and manufacturing verticals. Before the private sector claimed him, he began his working life as a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation, contributing to research and development in charge-coupled device technology and satellite payloads, a foundation that shaped everything that followed.
In his new role, he will lead Tessolve’s global growth strategy: expanding its engineering capabilities, deepening customer relationships and accelerating innovation across semiconductor and high-performance computing domains. The brief is broad, but the context is specific. Tessolve operates in the $550 billion global semiconductor market, and its recent moves, the acquisition of Germany’s Dream Chip Technologies and the TPG funding round, have sharpened both its reach and its expectations.
Srini Chinamilli, co-founder and chief executive of Tessolve, is characteristically direct about why Ravi Kumar Chirugudu was the choice:
“As we scale our global semiconductor and system engineering capabilities, Ravi’s appointment marks an important step forward. As global semiconductor demand continues to accelerate across industries, it is creating significant opportunities across the semiconductor lifecycle, from design, packaging, validation and systems integration. Ravi’s deep knowledge and leadership in this ecosystem brings the right mix of industry expertise, customer connect and execution capability, which will play a key role in strengthening our position as a trusted global engineering partner and reinforcing our market leadership.”
THE NEW ARRIVAL SPEAKS
Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, for his part, frames the move in terms of timing and culture, two factors that veteran executives tend to weigh as heavily as title or compensation:
“I am happy to join Tessolve at a time when the industry is rapidly evolving towards more complex, AI-driven systems. What stands out to me is its strong people-first culture and its commitment to bringing value to its customers. The strength of its global team, combined with its deep expertise in semiconductor innovation and next-generation product engineering, creates a solid foundation to build differentiated, scalable solutions. I look forward to working closely with the team to drive strategic growth and strengthen its role in shaping the global semiconductor ecosystem.”
The reference to AI-driven systems is not incidental. The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a structural reshaping, driven by the insatiable compute demands of artificial intelligence. For engineering services firms like Tessolve, which offers end-to-end capabilities from silicon design to packaged parts and invests in high-performance computing, high-speed interfaces, photonics and 5G, the moment is both an opportunity and a test. The company says it is well positioned to capture the next wave of industry growth. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu is now the person who has to prove it.
He came in from outer space, literally, and spent three decades learning how the semiconductor industry works from the inside out. Now Tessolve is betting that accumulated knowledge can help it cross the next frontier. In the $550 billion global chip market, the gap between ambition and execution is measured in engineering hours and leadership quality. Tessolve has just gone shopping for both.
