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Mayank Jain joins CarDekho Group as CEO – new auto business
MUMBAI: Auto-tech company CarDekho has further fortified its leadership team by appointing Mayank Jain as CEO of its new auto business. He will be responsible for strengthening the organisation’s new auto offering, and deepening engagement with OEMs, dealer network and other enterprise partners. He will operate out of the company’s Gurugram office and report to CarDekho CEO & co-founder Amit Jain.
Mayank brings in rich experience of over 18 years working in technology, media and telecom sectors in India and Internationally. Prior to this, he was the CEO of the Hindi news cluster at Network18, where he managed a cluster of seven news channels. He has held leadership roles in sales, marketing, product management and strategy in companies such as Disney Star, British Telecom, Samsung, and HT Media.
CarDekho Group CEO & co-founder Amit Jain said, “I am delighted to welcome Mayank Jain to the CarDekho family. Mayank is a highly reputed professional in the media world and has an impressive track record of scaling businesses across varied industries. His deep customer understanding, and expertise will enable us to design and provide the best auto-tech solutions to our partner customers.”
Mayank Jain said, “I am delighted to join the CarDekho group and have the opportunity to work with one of the best teams in the auto-tech space. Our market leading portfolio of auto portals & platforms help customers buy cars, bikes, commercial vehicles and other products and services, whilst our suite of innovative solutions & technology enables auto manufacturers and dealers to build their brands and sell more.”
Over the years, Mayank has made an enormous contribution across different industries. In the year 2019, he received the IMPACT 40 under 40 award for achievement in Media, Marketing and Advertising industry. He is a Computer Engineer and an MBA from INSEAD, and also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from MDI Gurgaon.
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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.
