Ipsos India Announces Key Leadership Changes

Ipsos India has rejigged roles and announced key leadership changes effective April 1st, 2023.

Vincy JathannaVincy Jathanna, Country Service Line Leader, Observer (Ipsos’ field and tab vertical) Ipsos India, is moving to the Ipsos Data Service Centre (DSC), in an exciting new role of VP Operations, effective April 1st, 2023. Jathanna is credited with phenomenally growing the Observer business under his able leadership, in India. He will report to Haribabu Rajendran, MD, Ipsos DSC, India.

"The Ipsos Data Service Center was established in Thane in April 2022 for offshore data services to cater to the Ipsos global teams on production work that began with Ipsos North America and Canada business," explained Haribabu Rajendran, MD, Ipsos DSC India.

Given the size and the ambitious growth targets of the Thane center, which has now grown to about 400 employees since it opened last year, Jathanna, who has a wealth of experience spanning two decades, is best qualified for this important senior position.

Shailesh Tiwari, Research Director for Observer, will now be in charge of the Observer service line in India, beginning on April 1st, 2023. He will report to Vivek Gupta, managing director, Research. Tiwari has spent over a decade in Observer, handling and executing large scale, complex projects, across sectors, with exemplary client satisfaction levels across sectors.

(Left) Haribabu Rajendran and Amit AdarkarFurther, Ipsos India has roped in Karthik Kankanhalli, Research Director, Observer, for driving business development for CX, Channel Performance (CHP), Automotive and BFSI. He’s held key roles in Kantar, Nielsen, and JD Power. Kankanhalli will also report Vivek Gupta.

Amit Adarkar, CEO, Ipsos India said, “India is a key priority market for Ipsos. And we are happy to harness the potential of our highly capable staff to step up in taking up new, challenging responsibilities for personal growth and leapfrogging and leveraging the business potential in our high growth market.”