Meet Sunil Lalvani, Qualcomm’s head in India

Global chipmaker Qualcomm Incorporated has appointed former chief of BlackBerry India, Sunil Lalvani as vice president and president of Qualcomm India.

Lalvani's appointment will be effective from July 27 and he will directly report to Cristiano Amon, executive vice president and co-president, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc, reported the Economic Times.

"I am pleased to welcome Sunil Lalvani as vice president and president of Qualcomm India. His broad industry experience and extensive leadership experience will enable us to strengthen existing strategic relationships, identify new opportunities for business growth and build new relationships in India," Amon said.

The company took the decision to appoint Lalvani after Avneesh Agrawal, senior vice president and president of Qualcomm India and South Asia exits the company.

Lalvani, who holds a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from Bombay University and a post graduate diploma in marketing management from Xavier's Institute of Management, India, has more than 20 years of experience in sales, business development, strategic planning and business operations across the IT and telecom sectors.

Earlier, Lalvani was responsible for overseeing and driving BlackBerry's overall business strategy and growth in India. He was focused on driving differentiated solutions for consumers and enterprise customers. He was also instrumental in leading a strong engagement with Carrier partners and ISV's in India, to drive uptake of BlackBerry's services portfolio in the India region.

Prior to that, Lalvani held the position of director of enterprise sales. He also worked at EMC Corporation, Nokia Corporation, Cisco Systems and SITA Equant Network (now Orange Business Services).

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