Manish Agarwal, marketing director at Microsoft India’s Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) division, will join UTV New Media Ventures, the digital arm of the UTV Group.
According to informed sources, Agarwal will join UTV New Media as CEO, while TN Prabhu, CEO, is moving to another company. Although there are no inputs from either reagrind the change is positions.
Agarwal has more than 11 years of experience across the technology, FMCG and Internet domains. Prior to Microsoft, he was VP, marketing at Rediff.com and was responsible for all of Rediff.com’s national marketing ventures.
Earlier, he has worked with Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) as senior brand manager, and has handled various brands such as Rin, Wheel, Lifebuoy, Breeze, Taj Mahal and Lipton Green Label. He had also worked with Infosys Technologies and Reliance Power as senior software engineer and assistant manager respectively.
Agarwal holds a post graduate degree in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad and a bachelor’s degree in Technology from NIT, Warangal.