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Tejas Networks Chairman Balakrishnan V Resigns, TCS Senior Executive Subramaniam To Take Charge

The board of Tejas Network has approved the appointment of TCS CEO and executive director N Ganapathy Subramaniam.

Missiles sit on the tarmac in front of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Tejas fighter jet, developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in West Bengal, India. (Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg)
Missiles sit on the tarmac in front of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Tejas fighter jet, developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in West Bengal, India. (Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg)

Tata group firm Tejas Networks' Chairman Balakrishnan V has resigned from his position, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday.

The board of Tejas Network has approved the appointment of TCS chief operating officer and executive director N Ganapathy Subramaniam as non-executive chairman with effect from May 18.

"Mr Balakrishnan V has submitted his resignation from the position of non-executive chairman with effect from April 23, 2022," Tejas said in the filing.

Tejas Networks on Friday posted a consolidated loss of Rs 49.62 crore in the fourth quarter ended on March 31, 2022, as the shortage of electronic chips hit its telecom gear production.

The company had posted a profit of Rs 33.55 crore in the period a year ago.

The consolidated revenue from operations of Tejas Networks declined by 37.23% to Rs 126.5 crore during the reported quarter from Rs 201.55 crore in the March 2021 quarter.

For the year ended March 31, 2022, Tejas Networks posted a loss of Rs 62.71 crore while it had recorded a profit of Rs 37.54 crore in 2020-21. The annual consolidated revenue from operations of Tejas Networks, however, increased by 4.55 per cent to Rs 550.59 crore from Rs 526.6 crore posted a year ago

Tejas in a separate filing said that the board of directors of the company have appointed "N Ganapathy Subramaniam as non-executive chairman of the board of Tejas Networks Ltd. with effect from May 2018."