Times of India Group’s digital wing, Times Internet, has appointed former COO Gautam Sinha as the CEO. Also, former CEO Satyan Gajwani is promoted as the Managing Director. The new appointments will come into effect in April. Times Internet (TIL) is a digital product company and the digital arm of The Times of India Group.

• Sinha started his career in 1986 as a defense scientist working on Dr Kalam’s IGMDP program for DRDO.
• In 1991, he moved to the US, and after higher studies, worked for Neural Applications Corporation as a senior software engineer, building enterprise technologies using self-learning neural networks.
• As a technologist and business leader, Gautam has more than 28 years of experience in technology companies.
• He has been with Times Internet for over 8 years, and has served as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer, earlier.
• Gautam has a B.S. in Computer Science from BIT, Mesra, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Iowa, Iowa City.
• Earlier this month, Times Internet acquired Willow TV International, a cricket broadcaster in the US.
• The acquisition came at a time when Cricbuzz, a division of Times Internet, had become the exclusive licensee for digital video clip rights, for US and Canada, for all ICC events between 2016 and 2019.