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Intercell-Virtual Mentor Network names Abhishek Verma as CMO
Mumbai: Ed-tech start-up and online mentoring service Intercell – Virtual Mentor Network announced on Wednesday that it has onboarded Abhishek Verma to its leadership team as chief marketing officer. Verma will lead all marketing and PR initiatives and will help build a compelling brand story and drive user growth.
Intercell is backed by marquee HNI investors, including actor Sonu Sood, who has recently invested in the business.
“I am very excited to be joining the Intercell team,” said Abhishek Verma. “I believe Intercell has a great business model and talented management team that uniquely positions it to capitalize on the changing industry. Mentoring services are the need of the hour and I look forward to working with the leadership to craft a narrative for the brand and drive the next phase of growth.”
Verma comes with 21 years of industry experience, has led marketing teams at Star TV, Sony Entertainment Television and Discovery Channel. More recently, he led the P&L of Freemont Digital, a digital agency with luxury hospitality clients like the Taj Group of Hotels. Verma has graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA and has an MBA from SP Jain School of Global Management.
“We are delighted to have Abhishek join our leadership team and direct the marketing function towards our next phase of growth,” said CEO Arunabh Varma. “His diverse expertise in building brands will be pivotal to our plans.”
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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.
