ZEE Network has announced an in-house reorganisation possibly in the wake of Zee TV President, Ms Apurva Purohit’s plan to quit.

The company says the move is aimed at job enrichment and offering higher responsibilities.

Mr Sunil Khanna, CEO, Zee Turner, would take over from Ms Purohit. Mr Khanna has been with the Zee Network for 10 years, occupying various positions, and has a track record in distribution and marketing. Mr Khanna, an engineering graduate from IIT Kharagpur and management graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, is a marketing professional having worked in various marketing positions before joining Zee.

Mr Ashwini Yardi, Business Head, Zee MGM and Zee English, will assist Mr Khanna as head of programming for Zee TV.

Mr Khanna is expected to take over formally at Zee TV in Mumbai after Ms Purohit’s service period ends on 31 January.

Mr Dheeraj Kapuria, at present heading operations of Zee in the US, will take over as CEO of Zee Turner from Mr Khanna. Mr Kapuria’s deputy in the US, Mr S. Venkatasubramanian, will take over from him.

Mr Sunil Rohra, head of the UK operations and Mr Pushpinder Singh, head of the Africa operations, will report to Mr Kapuria, a press release said.

“This re-organisation is a result of our learning from an in depth internal communications exercise in which I met most of the managers within the network to assess the width of in-house talent. It was truly satisfying to reaffirm that we have an extremely talented pool of people in-house. I believe by enriching their portfolios, they will lead Zee Network into the New Year with greater vigour and effect,” the release said quoting Mr Subhash Chandra, Chairman, Zee Network.

Some of the executives have been given additional responsibilities. Mr Abhijit Saxena, currently handling international business (Asia-Pacific) and syndication of programming, will handle Zee English, Zee MGM, Trendz, Smile TV and FX Channel as business head. Mr Yogesh Radhakrishnan, in addition to his current portfolio of Zee Cinema and Zee Music, will also handle Premier Cinema, Action Cinema and Classic Cinema.

Sify Limited (Nasdaq: SIFY), a leader in Internet and consumer services company in India with global delivery capabilities, today announced the promotion of V. Sivaramakrishnan as the chairman of the Business Portal. Previously, Siva Vice President of the key iWay Cyber Cafe chain.

It is a management graduate from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, with a track record of success for the management of trademarks, distribution and customer service for world leaders as Procter & Gamble and Ford, both in India and abroad. During his career with them, it reached the mark, distribution and customer service teams championing successful marketing and sales initiatives for brands such as Vicks, Pampers, Old Spice, Ford Fiesta, Ford and Ford Ikon Endeavour. For the launch of the Ford Ikon, Siva pioneered the promotion online as a major Web initiatives at the time.

Comment on his appointment, Mr. Raju Vegesna, CEO and Managing Director, Sify Limited, said: “I am very pleased that Siva as president of promotion, Sify portals. In his previous role as Vice President of the iWay Cyber-Cafe chain Siva has a deep insight and understanding of consumers and implementation of initiatives to increase turnover in innovative services, products and special offers synergy with the strategies of our portal. While we will see the result of these efforts, go ahead, I believe it marks a fresh perspective to grow, as our portals and online advertising business in India and overseas. Thanks to its rich experience in developing trademarks, understanding the media, marketing and consumer behavior, I am confident he will play an important role in further strengthening and increasing our portal Business in tandem with access to our strategies. ”

Mr V. Sivaramakrishnan said: “I’m really excited about this opportunity, because it allows, and me to bring all my past experiences with consumers, brands, marketing, media and the Internet in developing our portals. The network is the most exciting medium of our time, and it is our intention for the many possibilities of this medium for content and relevant mandatory for Indians online, thus improving their quality of life. This includes the extension of the conduct that we have broadband content portal www.sify.com www.sifymax.in our People, our central city broadband and strategies www.samachar.com portal site most People for non-resident Indians. I will also be in expanding online - advertising business with distributors as they begin to understand the flexibility, concentration and strength that gives online advertising profitable for them to brand promotion and supervision of consumer marketing Sify brand for both portals and businesses access to more synergies. I think they are the most exciting and challenging phase of my career and I look forward to a difference of Sify’s revolutionary efforts to capture the central India online content in synergy with our access businesses. ”

Siva brings with him over 18 years experience in marketing brands and consumers in the structure of their businesses. Under the Ford Asia-Pacific sales team, first in the USA and Great Britain later, he led the development and marketing of Ford’s new generation of small cars, Ford Fiesta and Ford Fusion, in markets such as Australia, Japan, South - Africa and China. He was also part of the India-Ford sales and management team, the successful introduction of Ford’s Ikon, Fusion, Fiesta and Endeavour in India. In his previous role as Vice President of the iWay Cyber-Cafe business, he played a key role in transforming their main centres of Internet browsers, e-shops by the introduction of breakthrough alliances and initiatives.