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McDowell’s Signature Celebrity Golf on 6 June
MUMBAI: McDowell’s Signature Celebrity Golf is going to be played on 6 June on the scenic greens of the US Club golf course. The event has confirmed the participation of a host of celebrities from the world of sport, entertainment and the corporate world,says a press release.
Golf and glamour goes hand in hand. Popular star Mandira Bedi’s participation in the second edition of McDowell’s Signature Celebrity Golf,along with other celebrities and ace golfer Shruti Khanna reaffirms this fact.
According to Mandira, who is keenly looking forward to the event, “Sports has always been a favourite of mine. Golf, to my mind is synonymous with glamour thanks to the lazy elegance of the golfers and their stylish swings. I am looking forward to playing alongside some living legends like Allan Border during the McDowell’s Signature Celebrity Golf. And of course, it’s great to know that all the fun we have will be for the great cause of The Champs Foundation”.
Mandira and Shruti sported the official McDowell’s signature Celebrity Golf attire sponsored by Daks London, the official clothier for the event, on the occasion of the announcement. Three kits have been designed, one for the male players, another for the women players and the third for the caddies,confirms the release.
Ace golfer Shruti Khanna will be bringing to the event large measures of golfing skills. Speaking about the event, Shruti said that even professional golfing circles were excited at the prospect of playing in a field of achievers from various domains.
She said, “I have been approached by several golfers who are keen to take part in this event. McDowell’s Signature Celebrity Golf is a great occasion for meeting up with a veritable who’s-who from the world of sport, entertainment, and the corporate world. Golf really is a great leveller and allows all of us to participate on an equal footing. At last year’s event, the winner’s trophy was picked up by filmstar Madhavan from under the noses of several renowned golfers, including me!! So, who knows, one might even see Mandira laying her hands on the trophy this time.”
This year’s star studded line up also includes cricketing great and former Australian captain, Allan Border along with Rahul Dravid, Geet Sethi, Venkatesh Prasad, former Indian wicketkeepers, Kiran More and Syed Kirmani, model turned actress Nafisa Joseph, Manpreet Brar, Shobhaa De, Charu Sharma and golfer Digvijay Singh and from the corporate world, Neeraj Roy of Hungama.com, Romesh Sobti of ABN AMRO, Bob Hoekstra of Philips, Sanjay Sharma of Swarovski and Sanjay Krishnamurthy of BPCL.
UB Spirits Division controller marketing G. Balasubramanian said, “An event of this nature has multiple benefits. The great cause of the Champs Foundation, popularizing the sport of golf, providing a fun opportunity for people from across domains to get together and a great day of golf and glamour for spectators are just some of them. The response to last year’s McDowell’s Signature Celebrity Golf has been phenomenal and we look forward to a great day of golf and glamour in Mumbai on June 6”.
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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.
