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Karbonn Mobiles is the title sponsor of SAFF Championship 2011
MUMBAI: Karbonn Mobiles, the Indian domestic mobile phone brand, has become the title sponsor of the 2011 edition of the South Asian Football Federation Cup.
‘Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011‘, the premier football competition for South-Asia will have the top eight teams from the area which includes the first seed team of Maldives and the second seed team of India.
Karbonn Mobiles executive director Shashin Devsare said, “Karbonn Mobiles, previously, has been associated with various sporting events like ‘Champions League T20‘, ‘Hockey World Cup, 2010‘ and the ‘Indian Premier League‘. It strategically chooses to get associated with various popular sports tournaments as such associations help it to get connected with its Target Audience i.e. youth. Given the popularity of SAFF Championship, which promotes the cause of football in the region and creates more awareness about the same amongst the masses, it is only apt for Karbonn Mobiles to endorse the tournament.”
The ‘Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011‘, apart from the seeded teams of Maldives and India, also features participation of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bhutan, who along with India make up Group I; while Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal along with Maldives make up Group II.
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.
