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Religare Broking taps Vijay Kumar Goel as managing director
Veteran banker to scale broking, wealth distribution and digital capabilities
NEW DELHI: Religare Broking has appointed Vijay Kumar Goel as managing director, reinforcing its leadership as the firm steps up efforts to scale its core broking business and expand wealth product distribution.
Based in New Delhi, Goel will lead the company’s strategic growth agenda, with a focus on client engagement, digital platforms and research capabilities, as India’s capital markets are reshaped by rising retail participation and accelerating digitisation.
A chartered accountant and cost accountant, Goel brings more than three decades of experience across broking, retail NBFCs, asset management, investment and insurance distribution, private wealth management and affordable home finance.
He spent over 14 years at the Motilal Oswal group, serving as managing director and chief executive officer across its broking and distribution, private wealth management and home finance businesses. Earlier, he spent 11 years with the Aditya Birla group, where he began his career in 1994 across multiple financial services verticals.
Most recently, Goel worked independently as an executive coach and business growth consultant, advising financial services firms and mentoring senior leadership teams.
Religare Enterprises group CHRO Indranil Choudhury, said the appointment underlined the group’s focus on strengthening its broking and wealth distribution engines while deepening customer-centric, technology-led capabilities.
Goel said India’s capital markets were entering a phase of structural growth, driven by expanding investment products and higher retail engagement. He added that Religare Broking’s platform and legacy provided a strong base to build differentiated and scalable growth through sharper product propositions and deeper client relationships.
Religare Broking is a wholly owned subsidiary of Religare Enterprises, with a presence across more than 400 cities and a customer base exceeding 1 million.
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Beep App launches Gen-Z career platform, clocks 30,000 plus placements
Pune startup turns scrolling into career action with learn-explore-earn model
PUNE: Beep App has rolled out its newly positioned career-focused app aimed at Gen-Z users, as it looks to bridge what it calls a growing gap between exposure and employability among young Indians.
Formerly known as EventBeep, the platform is built around a simple but timely idea: turning everyday scrolling into meaningful career action. The app targets students and early professionals, offering a unified space to explore career options, learn relevant skills and access internships and job opportunities.
At a time when short-form content dominates screen time, Beep is attempting to flip the script by embedding structured, career-oriented insights within a familiar scroll-based interface. The idea is not to disrupt user behaviour, but to redirect it.
The platform spans a wide range of fields, including artificial intelligence, product management, design and data analytics. It provides users with insights into role expectations, required skills and step-by-step career pathways, supported by inputs from industry practitioners.
At the heart of the offering is a “learn, explore, earn” model that integrates discovery, skill-building and hiring into one ecosystem. The company says this closed-loop approach is already gaining traction, with over 30,000 placements facilitated so far.
“Gen-Z does not lack ambition; what they often lack is structured direction,” said Beep App founder and CEO Saurabh Mangrulkar. “The Beep App is designed to organise that exposure into actionable pathways so users can move from intent to execution with greater confidence.”
The launch comes amid a broader shift in India’s job market towards skills-first hiring, where practical experience and demonstrable capabilities are increasingly valued alongside academic qualifications.
Founded in 2021, Beep App has grown steadily within the student ecosystem, connecting over 6.5 million users with opportunities across more than 1,500 colleges and 7,800 hiring companies.
Looking ahead, the company plans to deepen its content across emerging sectors, expand its hiring network and build more personalised career pathways tailored to user behaviour.
As Gen-Z continues to navigate a complex and fast-evolving job market, platforms that can turn curiosity into clarity may well shape the next wave of career discovery.
