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Puneet Sahani : Global Hitchhiker

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Puneet Sahani or ‘The Colorful Hitchhiker’ as he is better known in traveling circles has hitchhiked (that’s basically traveling by soliciting lifts from strangers on the road) for over 100,000kms across 35 countries. Puneet usually travels alone and without a map, and is touted as the greatest hitchhiker from people of color.

Prior to immersing himself in the road, Puneet also dabbled in Science (worked at top Artificial Intelligence labs across three continents), Policy (mentored by noted educators like Dr. Domingo Docampo) and Journalism (contributed as columnist on Asian politics to the Spanish newspaper ‘Xornal’).

To know more about this unique traveler check out the article on his scandalously awaited book ‘My World through Areolas‘, or watch his popular TEDx talk ‘Leaving Securities, Living Insecurities‘ where he showcases the western indulgence of chasing wanderlust in light of eastern mysticism.

Puneet is currently loosely based in Berlin pursuing a Masters in Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance, where he tries to marry his unconventional way of understanding real-world issues with traditional approach of the academia.

Seiji Hamanishi – Head of Camera Division, Canon India – Part 2

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This is the second part of the podcast interview with Mr. Seiji Hamanishi, the Assistant Director, ICP division (easier understood as the Camera Division) of Canon India Pvt. Ltd. You can watch the first part of interview here.

In this episode, Seiji San speaks about his professional achievements and has profound advise on succeeding in work and in life.

Seiji San has come on board the management team of Canon India after a successful stint at Canon Headquarters in Tokyo and Canon USA.

With 24 years in the company,  Seiji San has a rich experience across divisions and has worked with Canon Inc. for Laser beam printers, Inkjet printers and Imaging products. He has also been widely regarded for his contribution to Canon USA and Canon Europa.

Seiji San is a photography enthusiast himself and is passionate about cameras something that fits in so beautifully with his line of work.

Neeraj Sharma, President, Imaging & Printing Division, HP India

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Neeraj is the President, Imaging & Printing Group, Hewlett Packard India Sales Pvt. Ltd.

In this role, he is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction to the IPG division. He aims to further strengthen HP’s leadership position in India by adding newer avenues and opportunities for the IPG division.
He joins HP with 20 years of experience in managing innovation and building sustainable businesses.

He has been on various senior leadership roles across varied technology portfolios. He brings strong expertise in managing complexity, creating different routes to markets, optimizing coverage, and most importantly leading high performing and motivated teams. He augments his background of managing hardware portfolios with three and half years of services experience.

Prior to joining HP, he was on a leadership role at IBM and was pivotal in building the new Lenovo organization when IBM divested from their PC business in 2005. During his years at IBM both in India and at Asia-Pacific level, Neeraj built an excellent reputation for developing, managing and sustaining successful business investments across various divisions. His significant assignment at IBM includes creating complex technology solutions for major clients across the region.

An engineer from College of Engineering at Guindy, Anna University. He is married with one child.

Bobby Joseph, Country Manager – Plantronics India

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Bobby Joseph is the Country Manager of Plantronics India. Plantronics is a world leader in personal audio communications for professionals and consumers. Plantronics recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Plantronics is used by every company in the Fortune 100 and is the headset of choice for air traffic control, 911dispatch and the New York Stock Exchange.

He is been with the company for nine years and is responsible for India & SAARC region. He was been involved in setting up the complete operations for Plantronics in the region, including setting up back-office support and infrastructure and other all aspects like accounting, auditing and financial management.

His core responsibilities include supervising the day to day functioning, marketing and product management for Plantronics.

Prior to joining Plantronics, Bobby was the Sales Manager North & East Regions for Nokia India Pvt Limited. He has also worked with some of the leading brands like Walt Disney Consumer Products, Wipro Ltd. and Berger Paints.

Bobby completed his MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai after having done his Bachelor’s in Commerce from Sacred Heart College, Cochin.

Chandy, CIO of Daimler India (Benz)

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R.Chandran ( or Chandy as he is popularly called) is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Ltd.  Daimler is better known to us as the manufacturers of Mercedez Benz cars.

Chandy comes with a rich experience of 25 years in the IT space. He carries with him the domain expertise in manufacturing and automobiles clubbed with the IT knowledge. A potent combination for an effective CIO

He has been the overall Business Lead for AsiaPacific, GM worldwide and EDS worldwide. In charge of $ 30 million of business and 400 consultants.

He is credited with implementing the first End to End SAP implementation at General Motors Japan. He has also led successful SAP implementations at Visteon Ford, LLoyd Steel, Sterlite, Kalyani Brakes, Pricol Pumps and Jurong Tech, Singapore.

His expertise lies in People management, Partnership Management,, Project Management and Client Relationship.