Microsoft Indias chief, Anant Maheshwari has decided to step down from his position after serving for seven years at the software company.The exit led to a shuffle among the top executives of Microsoft.Now, the multinational software giant has elevated its chief operating officer Irina Ghose to the role of Managing Director from India.Anant Maheshwari decides to leave MicrosoftThis latest development has been confirmed by a Microsoft spokesperson. “We can confirm that Anant has decided to leave Microsoft to pursue a role outside the company. We would like to thank Anant for his many contributions to our business and culture in India and wish him every success in his future endeavors,” the spokesperson said.As the company is shuffling the positions, it has now elevated Navtej Bal as the new chief operating officer, as Venkat Krishnan assumes the role of executive director of public sector business. Previous works of MaheswariTaking notes from Maheshwaris career, he served as the president at Honeywell India, and engagement manager at McKinsey & Company before joining Microsoft. Meanwhile, as per media reports, Microsofts senior engineering executive Sreenivasa Reddy is likely to join Google at the end of this year. He has previously worked in senior positions at Apples India regulatory team and headed government relations at the local unit of Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson AB, helping to drive domestic manufacturing at both companies.
