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Oracle India appoints Prabhjot Minhas as Senior Director & Head of Marketing
Seasoned tech marketer to drive brand strategy and demand generation in key growth market.
MUMBAI: Oracle India has just upgraded its marketing engine with a powerful new driver because when you’re navigating the fast lane of cloud and enterprise technology, you need someone who knows how to accelerate with precision. Prabhjot Minhas has been appointed as Senior Director and Head of Marketing at Oracle India. In her new role, she will lead strategic marketing initiatives, strengthen brand positioning, and accelerate demand generation to support the company’s business expansion across the country.
Minhas brings with her over 15 years of rich experience in marketing leadership across global technology organisations. She joins Oracle from Autodesk, where she served as Head of Marketing for India & SAARC, successfully steering regional marketing strategy and growth initiatives. Prior to that, she held key roles at SAP Concur, Teradata, and SAP, building deep expertise in brand building, digital marketing, and enterprise demand generation.
Her appointment highlights Oracle India’s continued focus on bolstering its market presence and enhancing customer engagement in one of the world’s most promising technology markets.
From crafting sharp brand campaigns to generating serious demand in the enterprise space, Prabhjot Minhas has spent her career making complex technology feel approachable and exciting. Now at Oracle, she gets the chance to help millions of Indian businesses see the cloud not just as technology, but as a genuine growth partner.
In the competitive world of enterprise software, where every brand is fighting for mindshare, Oracle has clearly decided it’s time to turn up the volume on its marketing playbook.
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India’s employability gap persists despite strong hiring intent
Only 1 in 5 institutions achieve 76 to 100 per cent placements within six months of graduation.
MUMBAI: India’s young workforce is ready in numbers, but the real question is whether they are ready for work and senior leaders from industry, academia and policy gathered in Delhi to find practical answers. A closed-door roundtable hosted by Vaishali Nigam Sinha, co-founder of Renew, brought together key voices to discuss actionable solutions for bridging the persistent employability gap. The session highlighted that while job opportunities are expanding, the alignment between education and industry needs remains a critical challenge.
According to Teamlease EdTech’s Career Outlook Report HY1 2026, 73 per cent of employers plan to hire freshers in the first half of 2026, signalling steady recovery in entry-level hiring. However, employers are shifting focus from mere qualifications to demonstrable capability, placing greater value on internships, live projects and proof-of-work.
Teamlease Edtech, founder and CEO Shantanu Rooj emphasised the need for better alignment, “India’s employability challenge is no longer about access alone, but about alignment between education and work. Employers are increasingly relying on demonstrable capability such as internships, projects, and applied learning as indicators of readiness.”
Vaishali Nigam Sinha stressed the importance of execution over intent, “India has both the talent and the opportunity. What is needed now is alignment. We have to move from intent to execution by embedding employability into the system itself.”
Other prominent speakers included Dr Chenraj Roychand, Chancellor of Jain (Deemed-to-be) University, who called for universities to evolve from degree providers to ecosystem enablers, Prof M. Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman of the Board of Governors at IIM Calcutta, who highlighted the need for flexibility and multidisciplinary learning, and Dr T.N. Singh, Director of IIT Patna, who advocated deeper industry engagement through research and experiential learning.
The discussion also drew insights from the book Accelerating Impact. Enabling Dreams – Making India Employable by Shantanu Rooj and co-authors, which features contributions from leaders like Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan and Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
During the event, Teamlease Edtech Foundation launched Project SEED, a national initiative aimed at bridging the education-employability gap for underserved youth. The project focuses on early intervention at the school level to guide students towards informed career choices and work-integrated pathways.
With only 16.67 per cent (1 in 5) of institutions achieving 76–100 per cent placements within six months of graduation, the conversation made one thing clear, India’s demographic dividend will deliver real value only when education and employability walk hand in hand. The gathering served as a timely reminder that the future of India’s workforce depends not just on creating more jobs, but on preparing young people far better to seize them.
