Week of 5 October 2026
Ten leadership changes, dated and sourced. ALTEN India brought in Cyient's former president and chief operating officer as chief executive, and Hinduja Tech named its operating head chief executive from November. SUN Mobility appointed …
5 Oct
Gaurav Kaul said on LinkedIn that he had taken charge as managing director and chief executive of Cipla Health. He joined Cipla in March 2021 as chief commercial head for respiratory and had been chief commercial head of the India prescription business since February 2025. Before Cipla he held sales and general management roles at GSK Consumer Healthcare India. BestMediaInfo
6 Oct
Prabhakar Atla took over as chief executive of ALTEN India, succeeding Balaji Viswanathan. He was most recently president and chief operating officer of Cyient, where he earlier served as president and chief financial officer, and has more than 30 years in engineering, IT and technology services. Pascal Amore, the group’s head of Asia Pacific, said India “is core to the ambitions of our 2030 strategic plan.” ALTEN India, Autocar Professional
6 Oct
Hinduja Tech, the engineering and R&D subsidiary of Ashok Leyland, named Faiz Ahmad chief executive from 1 November. Kumar Prabhas retires from the role on 31 October after nine years, and the two work together through October. Ahmad has been in the Hinduja Group for nearly two decades and is currently chief operating officer and head of vehicle engineering and development. Hinduja Tech, The Hindu BusinessLine