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Tata Sons appoints Pradipta Bagchi as the new group CCO
MUMBAI: Tata Sons has announced the appointment of Pradipta Bagchi as the group chief communications officer with the effect from 12, September 2017.
Bagchi will report to Tata Sons executive chairman N. Chandrasekaran.
A professional with over 25 years of experience in business, media and communications, Bagchi has been the head of corporate communications for TCS since 2005.
Chandrasekaran said, “As the group chief communications officer, he will play a key role in driving seamless communication experience across the Tata group as well as create engagement with stakeholders.”
Bagchi was an editor and reporter with Indian media houses like The Times of India, The Economic Times and Business Standard prior to joining TCS. He is a graduate of the University of Sussex.
Tata Trusts head corporate communications and public relations Debasis Ray, will continue to support the Tata Group communications team on an ongoing basis.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
