Balakrishnan V, Infosys Group CFO, joins Tejas Networks Board of Directors

Tejas Networks Ltd., a pioneering telecom product company today announced that Mr. Balakrishnan V has joined the Tejas Board as an Independent Director. Mr. Balakrishnan is a Senior Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer at Infosys Technologies Ltd. Mr. Balakrishnan has significant experience in leadership positions in the finance domain, with expertise in Corporate Finance, International Taxation, Risk Management and Mergers & Acquisitions. He has been a recipient of the “Best CFO” award from CNBC and Finance Asia.
“I am delighted to welcome Bala to our Board. Bala is a highly respected finance professional and comes with rich experience of building world-class companies”, said Dr. Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, Chairman of the Board. “Tejas Networks has all the ingredients to become a globally successful telecom product company and I look forward to Bala providing us with his perspective and guidance”, added Dr. Deshpande.

Commenting on his association, Mr. Balakrishnan said, “I am excited to join the Board of Tejas Networks, which is India’s first telecom product company with ambitions to be a global company. They have built a great team and I look forward to work with them in their globalization journey.”

“We are excited to have Bala on our Board. He brings in wealth of experience and insights in the finance domain and has guided one of India’s leading companies in their journey towards global scale and success. We look forward to his guidance in helping us build a great global company,” said Sanjay Nayak, MD & Chief Executive Officer of Tejas Networks.

About Tejas Networks
Tejas Networks is a leading innovator of carrier grade communications equipment. Tejas pioneered the development of cost effective, next-generation SDH/SONET as well as Carrier Ethernet products that enable telecom carriers to converge traditional voice-based transmission networks with the new data-dominated networks. Today, Tejas products are used in all major telecom networks in India and in over 50 countries around the world.

For more information, visit Tejas Networks at http://www.tejasnetworks.com

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