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Mumbai: Measat Satellite Systems on Friday has elevated Ganendra Selvaraj and Jeevan Rao to new roles. Selvaraj has been named the chief commercial officer (CCO) and Rao has been appointed as the associate vice president (AVP) of network engineering & operations.
Selvaraj first joined Measat in 2004 and holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas. With close to 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Ganendra has performed a broad spectrum of technical & commercial roles within Measat leading up to this appointment.
In his new role, Selvaraj will oversee Measat's sales, customer engineering, business development and corporate communications functions. As a member of Measat's executive committee, he will focus on building the Measat customer base and expanding its commercial activities in support of the Measat Group’s long-term strategy.
Rao has been with Measat since 2008 and holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (Mechatronics) from University Technology Malaysia & Master of Science in Communications and Network Engineering from University Putra Malaysia.
With close to 25 years of experience in satellite communications, broadcast and telecommunications industry, he brings experience in both space and ground segments; video broadcasting and DTH; VSAT and cellular backhaul networks.
In his new role, Rao will oversee Measat's service delivery, network management centre, remote site support, system development and information technology departments.
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