HR Movements - 12 Sep, 2016

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Looking to expand its online business in India, Alibaba has recently been in talks to hire Flipkart’s director-HR.

China’s online marketplace giant, the Alibaba Group, has been extensively making inroads in the Indian e-commerce space. With an aim to expand its workforce in the country, it has apparently been in talks to hire Flipkart’s director-HR, Priya Cherian. It is speculated that this move can help Alibaba poach more talent from the Indian e-commerce space.

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Deepak Deshpande named CHRO at Netmagic Solutions

Netmagic Solutions, a provider of managed hosting and cloud services, a subsidiary of NTT Communications, has recently elevated Deepak Deshpande as chief human resource officer. Prior to this, Deshpande was senior vice president & head – human resources and was responsible for partnering with businesses with a larger focus on managing organisational transition.

He played a significant role in scaling up the organisation in light of a couple of rounds of funding – namely Fidelity, Nexus in 2008 and Cisco, Nokia in 2010 and then NTT in 2012. Since the time he joined Netmagic in 2007, he has been religiously facilitating the vision and mission of his organisation, that is – ‘To be India’s Leading and Most Admired IT Managed Services Company’ and ‘Employer of Choice’, respectively.

Before joining Netmagic, Deshpande was the head-HR at Lionbridge Technologies. He has also worked with SYSTIME, Trigyn Technologies, BlueStar Infotech, Datamatics, Tata Consultancy Services and Larsen & Toubro in the past.

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Madan Nagaldinne quits Facebook; joins Context Media as chief people officer

Madan Nagaldine, HR leader, Facebook has called it quits. He has moved to Context Media as chief people Officer. With this Nagaldinne has also shifted his base from New York to Chicago.

ContextMedia is a provider of digital solutions at the point of care in the United States. Led by Rishi Shah and Shradha Agrawal, it owns and operates the largest and most comprehensive suite of digital healthcare networks, delivering condition-specific programming at point of care.