Anant Maheshwari appointed as President of Microsoft India

Anant Maheshwari was on 1 August 2016 named as the President of Microsoft India by the parent company Microsoft Inc. Maheshwari will succeed Bhaskar Pramanik, who retires in March 2017.
•    Maheshwari, who will join Microsoft India on 1 September 2016, will take over operations of the company on 1 January 2017.
•    As president, Maheshwari will be responsible for all of Microsoft’s product, service, and support offerings across India.
•    Presently, he is working as the President of Honeywell India, a Fortune 100 company.
•    Maheshwari has held various business leadership roles in Honeywell for over 12 years. 
•    His prior roles include managing director of listed Honeywell Automation India Ltd. 
•    He also successfully conceptualized and set up the security operations in India for Honeywell.
•    Prior to Honeywell, Maheshwari was with McKinsey & Co. for six years where he worked with clients across multiple industries.