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Yahoo! India appoints Sonya Banerjee as head – marketing
MUMBAI: Yahoo! India has appointed Sonya Banerjee as head – marketing with immediate effect.
Banerjee has over 10 years of experience in media and marketing, having worked with agencies like Trikaya Grey Grey worldwide and HTA -Fulcrum as well as with Onida (MIRC Electronics).
Banerjee brings to the table local and regional consumer insights of Indians, which should be of value as Yahoo! India plans to increase both the reach and engagement of its products with online and mobile users across India who come from diverse cultures and background.
Yahoo! India country manager Neville Taraporewala said, “Sonya, with her experience and knowledge of the business, coupled with her energy, drive and passion, is a perfect fit for Yahoo! India. She has always played an instrumental role in developing, planning and successful execution of Yahoo! campaigns. With Sonya’s sheer energy and lateral thinking, she’s a maverick in her field and an asset to the overall business.”
Banerjee said, “Yahoo! provides me with a challenge to help it build audiences from across this large country with so many culturally different communities. The focus will be to assist the different business units locally to achieve their reach and engagement goals through optimised marketing solutions in India.”
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
