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Linc Pen inks sponsorship deal with three IPL teams
MUMBAI: Linc Pens, one of the leading pen brands of the country, has inked sponsorship deals with three teams for the current season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Linc Pen would continue as a partner of both the Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders from IPL 2010. Additionally this season, they will also be the Principal Sponsor for the Deccan Chargers.
Following the terms of the agreement, Linc Pen will have a presence on the cap and helmet of the players of Kolkata Knight Riders and on the jerseys of the players of the Deccan Chargers. They will continue to be the Official Pen Sponsor for the Rajasthan Royals following IPL 2010.
The Kolkata IPL franchise team Kolkata Knight Riders is owned jointly by Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Jai Mehta, whereas the Deccan Chargers is owned by the south based leading English newspaper, The Deccan Chronicles.
Rajasthan Royals is owned by a consortium of international investors comprising Suresh Chellaram, Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Raj Kundra and Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.
Linc Pen MD Deepak Jalan said, “We are extremely proud to be associated with an event such as the DLF IPL 2011. We are extremely privileged to continue our association with teams such as Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders given their enormous potential. Our decision to sponsor the Deccan Chargers is in keeping with our decision to expand to the markets in the south. Additionally, the Deccan Chargers have been the victors of IPL 2009 and hence it is indeed a matter of great honour to be associated with a team, which has always displayed so much promise.”
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.
