Brands
Mukta Nakra takes charge as Crocs India’s new HR head
MUMBAI: Crocs India has appointed Mukta Nakra as its head of human resources, marking a significant leadership addition as the brand looks to deepen its talent capabilities and scale its India operations. She joins the company after an extensive career spent shaping people strategy across global retail, fashion, banking and technology organisations.
Nakra steps into the role from Marks and Spencer Reliance India, where she spent more than seven years as head of human resources and sustainability. There, she oversaw people strategy for more than 100 stores across 37 cities and played a key role in strengthening the employer brand, taking the company’s Great Place to Work ranking from 82nd to 13th. She worked closely with the leadership team to drive workforce planning, succession pipelines, digital capability building and frontline development while also steering the company’s sustainability mandate.
Before M&S, she led talent strategy at Wiley as talent director for the Asia Pacific region while also serving as the India HR head. She partnered global teams during Wiley’s shift toward digital learning, focusing on building leadership, strengthening skills and aligning HR priorities with new business models.
Nakra earlier spent more than three years at American Express as director – market HR, supporting the company’s consumer, commercial and merchant businesses. She led enterprise-wide talent and learning for 12,000 employees and drove several culture, inclusion and leadership programmes, including the multi-company women’s leadership initiative Reach Out.
Her longest stint was at Walmart India, where she held progressive roles across compensation, talent and corporate HR for nearly six years. She helped shape rewards architecture, leadership pipelines, capability frameworks and people operations during the company’s high-growth retail and cash-and-carry years.
Nakra began her HR journey at ABN AMRO and ACES, where she led compensation, performance management and HR transformation projects, including the setup of HR shared services and system transitions.
With more than two decades of experience spanning retail, financial services, publishing and global capability centres, Nakra is expected to play a central role in shaping Crocs India’s people strategy as the brand expands its footprint and strengthens its talent engine.
Brands
Atomberg unveils AC rotary compressor technology at Acrex 2026
Move marks entry into Hvac components with India built solution
MUMBAI: Atomberg Technologies has unveiled a new air conditioner rotary compressor technology at Acrex India 2026, signalling the company’s entry into the Hvac components space and expanding its engineering capabilities beyond consumer appliances.
The compressor has been developed by the company’s B2B engineering arm, Atomberg Innovation Private Limited, which focuses on building engineering solutions for the consumer durables and Hvac ecosystem.
Designed and manufactured in India, the rotary compressor is built for 1.5 tonne air conditioners and integrates high efficiency motor technology with improved noise, vibration and harshness performance. The system also complies with Indian regulatory standards, positioning it as a locally developed alternative in a segment often reliant on imports.
The development marks Atomberg’s latest step in expanding its technology portfolio into Hvac component systems while continuing its push towards indigenous innovation in appliance engineering.
Atomberg Technologies founder and chief executive officer Manoj Meena, said the launch reflects the company’s evolution from appliance innovation to deeper engineering solutions. “Our journey began with reimagining everyday appliances through technologies such as BLDC motors. Today we are building advanced engineering solutions in India, including this AC rotary compressor, as we expand into the Hvac ecosystem,” he said.
Atomberg Innovation operates as an end to end original design manufacturing partner, developing solutions that include motor technologies, integrated drive systems, embedded control platforms and manufacturing capabilities. Its portfolio spans technologies such as air conditioning motors, motor drivers based on field oriented control algorithms, solar tracker motors and drone motors.
The company’s engineering infrastructure covers the full product lifecycle, from electronics design and digital twin modelling to testing and manufacturing through in house facilities such as SMT lines, motor assembly units and automated production systems. This integrated setup allows some products to move from concept to production in as little as three months.
By combining vertically integrated manufacturing with engineering led design, Atomberg aims to strengthen India’s capabilities in advanced appliance components while supporting the broader push for domestic technology development and reduced dependence on imports.
