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MyGate launches Annual Security Guard Day campaign to highlight the contribution of 8 million-strong private security workforce
MUMBAI: MyGate, India’s leading gated community solution, celebrated Annual Security Guard Day, a yearly event to highlight and applaud the impact of the 8 million-strong private security workforce, on January 16. On this date every year (also the company’s founding day), the MyGate team will organize and promote events and campaigns to spread awareness about their daily efforts and recognize special contributions in the private security field.
MyGate also released some data to raise awareness about the immense contribution this single profession makes to society as a whole. Toward this, it has revealed numbers that showcase the daily effort of private security guards.
The Daily Demands of a Private Security Guard:
As per usage of the MyGate Guard App at 7000+ gated communities in 16 and more cities:
● A guard, on average, validates 343 visitors in an 8-hour shift, a near impossible task without the aid of technology.
● The work of guards’ increases in adverse weather conditions – particularly in the rainy season with increased dependence on e-commerce (food, cabs, groceries, etc.) and, therefore, the number of visitors goes up. The average number of visitors to societies (per shift) were highest in Mumbai (437 in July) and Chennai (364 in November) during the rainy season and for Delhi in during the cold (399 in January).
● Other than visitor verification, guards also respond to a high number of other tasks on the MyGate Guard App to ensure order and security. These include attending to queries from residents (median of 47 phone calls/messages per day) and checking the status of delivery personnel who’ve overstayed their welcome on the premises (26 per day).
On ground event:
The main event was a ceremony to award 12 security heroes from around the country for their special efforts. These guards were selected from among the 1.7 lakh guards trained on the MyGate Guard App. The company flew in all the guards from across the country for the event in Bengaluru.
Video Campaign:
MyGate launched a video campaign to honour the security heroes from around the country for their special efforts. The video showcases the journey of security guards from across India as they prepare to take their first flights to receive the award. The campaign has received over 1 million online views and over 3000 likes across YouTube, Facebook and Instagram (as on March 11th 2020); it has also received rave reviews and support from the MyGate users and others. The video campaign is being promoted on social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
The campaign has been conceptualized by the MyGate team and produced by Red Bangle.
In the #HeroesAtMyGate campaign, MyGate celebrates the immense hard work that security guards do to protect us on a daily basis. They felicitated security guards from around the country bringing a smile of pride, and at the same time got their own team to spend a day in the shoes of these heroes at the gate.
Vijay Arisetty, CEO & Co-founder, MyGate commented on the need for such a day, saying, “The private security profession is unintentionally overlooked, despite their strong contribution toward ensuring the safety of our homes and loved ones. As a company that works closely with security guards, we are proud to announce the first edition of Annual Security Guard Day to recognize their contribution.”
MyGate is the leading solution for gated community management. As part of its offering, the company provides security staff with proprietary technology, called the MyGate Guard App, to enable security guards to verify all visitors, easily communicate with residents, and automate several administrative tasks, so that they may increase their focus on their real job (i.e. vigilance). This guard app today enables guards to authorize over 2 million visitors at an average of under 20 seconds on a daily basis.
Guard stories:
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City |
Guard Name |
Description |
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Mumbai |
Gopal Khanna |
55 year old Gopal Khanna is very always very eager to learn and that’s what makes him an expert at using the MyGate app. He has been on the MyGate leaderboard thrice. |
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Delhi/NCR |
Sanjiv Kumar |
Sanjiv and his team manage over 1 lakh monthly entries at Delhi’s DLF Golf Links society. He has a total experience of seven years in the security domain and has been using the MyGate app fluently for over the past two years. |
|
Pune |
Mahesh Baban Mandale |
He has worked with the Mumbai Police and took a volunteer retirement before starting as a Security Marshall. In just two years of his service at his society, he has proved how important it is to be honest and punctual. |
|
Kolkata |
Sovan Jana |
His exemplary skills with technology and the MyGate app helped resolve a theft case in his society. He was able to track down the culprit just by looking into attendance records. |
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Mumbai |
Neetu Singh |
She very easily and seamlessly adopted the MyGate technology and encouraged fellow colleagues to use the app, too. Topping the MyGate leaderboard four times, she is an inspiration for the entire MyGate security forces. |
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Delhi/NCR |
Gajend Sharma |
He has been keeping people and their homes safe since 2007. He is the security supervisor at his society and heads a team of 20 guards. There hasn’t been a single complaint about his work so far. He has always been honest and diligent at his work. |
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Chennai |
Mithun Barik |
Hardworking and honest, Mithun is always vigilant while guarding the gate and ensures no one can check-in or out without a security code. |
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Hyderabad |
Manan Ali |
With a 100% attendance record, he is always half an hour early to the shift. He aims to be a security supervisor very soon. |
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Bangalore |
Annasaheb Chigare |
He is not only an expert at using the app himself but also encourages and assists other guards and residents to use the app effectively |
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Bangalore |
Raghu R |
Not only does he take keen interest in politics and current affairs, but Raghu also spends time familiarizing himself with the latest technologies |
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YES Bank hands the keys to SBI veteran Vinay Tonse as it bets on a new era
Former SBI managing director appointed as YES Bank’s new MD and CEO
MUMBAI: YES Bank is done rebuilding. Now it wants to grow. The private sector lender has appointed Vinay Muralidhar Tonse as managing director and chief executive officer-designate, with RBI approval secured and a start date of April 6, 2026 confirmed. The three-year term signals the bank’s intent to shift gears from crisis recovery to full-throttle expansion.
Tonse, 60, is no stranger to scale. Most recently managing director at State Bank of India, he oversaw a retail book of roughly $800bn in deposits and advances, one of the largest in the country. Before that, he ran SBI Mutual Fund from August 2020 to December 2022, a stint that saw assets under management surge from Rs 4.32 lakh crore to Rs 7.32 lakh crore across market cycles. Add stints in Singapore and four years leading SBI’s overseas operations in Osaka, and the incoming chief arrives with a genuinely global CV.
His academic grounding is equally solid: a commerce degree from St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru, and a master’s in commerce from Bangalore University.
The appointment follows an extensive search and evaluation process by the bank’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee. NRC chairperson Nandita Gurjar said the committee unanimously backed Tonse, citing his leadership track record, governance credentials and ability to drive the bank’s next phase of transformation.
Non-executive chairman Rama Subramaniam Gandhi was unequivocal. “I am certain that Vinay Tonse, with his vast experience as a senior banker, will propel YES Bank to its next phase of growth,” Gandhi said, adding that the bank remains focused on strengthening its retail and corporate banking franchises and expanding its branch network.
Rajeev Kannan, non-executive director and senior executive at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the bank’s largest shareholder, said Tonse’s experience across retail, corporate banking, global markets and asset management positioned him well to lead the lender. SMBC said it looks forward to working with Tonse and the board as YES Bank pursues its ambition of becoming a top-tier private sector lender anchored in strong governance and sustainable growth.
Tonse succeeds Prashant Kumar, who took the helm in March 2020 when YES Bank was in freefall following a severe financial crisis, and spent six years painstakingly stabilising the institution, rebuilding governance and restoring operational scale. Gandhi was generous: “The bank remains indebted to Prashant Kumar, who is responsible for much of what a strong financial powerhouse YES Bank is today.”
Tonse, for his part, struck a purposeful note. “Together with the board and my colleagues, I remain deeply committed to creating long-term value for all our stakeholders,” he said, pledging to build on Kumar’s foundation guided by his personal motto: Make A Difference.
Beyond the balance sheet, Tonse played cricket at college and club level and represented Karnataka in archery at the national championships — sports he credits with teaching him teamwork, situational leadership, discipline and focus. In quieter moments, he reaches for retro Kannada music, classic Hindi songs, and the crooning of Engelbert Humperdinck, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar.
YES Bank has its steady-handed rebuilder in Kumar to thank for survival. Now it has a scale-obsessed growth banker at the wheel. The next chapter starts April 6.
