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UTStarcom ropes in Aanand Bankar in Maharashtra Region

By VARINDIA - 2015-03-12

To strengthen its presence in the promising telecom market of the Maharashtra region, UTStarcom has roped in Aanand Bankar as General Manager – Sales, Mumbai. Aanand will be leading sales & operations development for UTStarcom to bring potential business growth in existing markets, and capturing emerging markets in the western region. The company is expanding its footprints in India and aggressively hiring industry experts across different levels to increase its market share in the fastest-growing Indian telecom sector. Prior to joining UTStarcom, Aanand Bankar served as the Head – Key Account Management (India & SAARC), ECI Telecom, Mumbai, where he played a vital role in supervising and controlling a team of Pre-Sales Managers, leading commercial negotiations, conflict resolution with customers and new account acquisition. William Wong, UTStarcom’s Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are delighted to welcome Aanand Bankar on board, as he will be offering his expertise in profit centre management; directing sales & marketing initiatives and helping the organization to achieve potential growth in the Maharashtra market. With his rich industry experience, Aanand will help us in creating new business platforms to further strengthen our leading position in the Indian telecom market.” Aanand Bankar is a senior management professional with 12 years of rich experience in Telecom, Strategic Planning, Account Management, Product Management, Product Sales, Product Pricing, Sales & Revenue Generation and New Product Introduction. As the Head – Key Account Management (India & SAARC), ECI Telecom, Mumbai, was engaged in maintaining business in existing areas like Transmission – SDH / DWDM and develop and conclude new opportunities in other areas like Wi-Fi, Microwave, CGNAT, Surveillance along with handling P&L responsibility for third-party product sales. He also held the position of Senior Manager – Strategic Account Management with Japan-based NEC Corporation for their Mumbai office and was associated with Emerson Network Power (India) Private Ltd as Champion (Deputy Manager) Product Management & Strategy – Telecom.