Industry Moves: Mahendra Swarup Joins As Chief Mentor At Smile Interactive

Mahendra Swarup, former MD and CEO of Times Internet Ltd (Indiatimes), has found a new abode. He will don the role of Chief Mentor at Smile Interactive, an Interactive services company, which owns companies like StudioSmile and Quasar Media. (The other chief mentors I know are N R Narayana Murthy at Infosys and Tarun Das at Confederation of Indian Industry). So this designation is slowly establishing itself in the corporate lexicon. Coming back to point, Swarup left the Times Internet early this year and had moved to the Times Private Treaties Division as an advisor. He subsequently left the Times Group after spending half a decade there.
In a press release issued by Smile Interactive announcing Swarup’s appointment, the company said “it is growing at an excess of 100 per cent year-on-year and is set to cross a turnover of Rs 100 crore by 2007-08. Major clients include Microsoft, Monster, Makemytrip, Sony, LG, Yahoo, amongst others.” The company is also about to launch other internet products in the online media and travel space in the current financial year.

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