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Symantec appoints Shantanu Ghosh as VP
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 19 January 2008, 07:50 IST
Mumbai: Symantec, a provider of Internet security, has appointed Shantanu Ghosh as the Vice President for its India Product Operations. Shantanu is an industry veteran who brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the field of IT engineering and Enterprise Software.
"Shantanu is a proven leader who has the ability to manage a strong development team and a complex organization," said Mark Bregman, Chief Technology Officer, Symantec.
"I am confident that his appointment as the Vice President, India Product Operations will have a positive impact in continuing innovation and the development of high-quality products," he added
In his previous role, Shantanu headed the Security and Data Management Group in India for Symantec. Shantanu joined Symantec two years ago through the BindView acquisition where he was Vice President of Engineering and responsible for setting up, building and running its largest Research and Development (R&D) center in Pune, India.
Shantanu will be succeeding Anil Chakravarthy, who will be moving to the U.S. to lead Symantec's Managed Security Services, Consulting and Education Services businesses.
During Anil's tenure as VP, the India Product Operations has not only grown in size but also in capabilities. With a mandate to foster and sustain innovation, Anil oversaw the establishment of Symantec's Center of Innovation at Chennai and the Security Response Lab in Pune.
The Centers of Innovation at Pune and Chennai have been involved in core product development and played enabling roles in Symantec's global initiatives like Security 2.0, Storage United and Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0. During this period Symantec's employee strength in India grew from 1,700 to nearly 2,500 people.