He was recognized for his outstanding leadership in enhancing POWERGRID’s operational performance through the implementation of ISO 55001 standards, advanced digital initiatives, and globally benchmarked asset management practices. During the conference, which saw participation from over 25 countries, he also delivered a key technical presentation on driving digitalization and reliability-centered maintenance, underscoring POWERGRID’s commitment to strengthening India’s power transmission network through innovation and excellence.

Under his leadership, NLCIL aggressively expanded its green footprint by launching initiatives in Green Hydrogen, Battery Energy Storage Systems, and Pumped Storage Projects, while also venturing into the critical minerals sector to secure long-term assets. This clear focus on sustainable growth and energy transition resulted in an unprecedented rise in market capitalization, reflecting deeply reinforced trust from investors, financial institutions, and business partners. Long-pending projects were expedited, and a strong culture of project management excellence, mine productivity, and digital transformation was successfully established.

Beyond business growth, Shri Motupalli emphasized safety, environmental sustainability, employee welfare, and community development. His dedication to fostering a safety-first culture and team innovation boosted workforce morale and earned the company numerous prestigious national and international accolades. In his farewell address, he expressed deep gratitude to the workforce and voiced his absolute confidence that NLCIL’s strong institutional foundation would enable it to continue driving India’s energy security and sustainable development under future leadership.

The Board of Directors, employees, and stakeholders of NLC India Limited have warmly welcomed Shri Jha at a critical juncture as the company pursues an ambitious, nationwide growth roadmap under implementation. Under his guided leadership, the company remains highly confident in accelerating its key strategic initiatives, including digital transformation, capacity expansion, operational efficiency, and a stronger push into clean, renewable energy. With his rich governance background steering the organization, NLCIL is well-positioned to achieve higher benchmarks of operational excellence and sustainable growth, contributing meaningfully to the future of India’s energy security.

During his tenure, Sinha has played a pivotal role in strengthening GAIL’s financial systems, investor relations, corporate governance, compliance, treasury management, and investment appraisal processes. He also led major digital transformation initiatives, including SAP implementation, process automation, and the centralisation of financial operations. His contributions have earned him several professional accolades, including securing second rank in Asia for IR Professional in the Extel Asia Survey 2026, along with honours from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India for excellence in finance leadership and cost management.

Together, they bring decades of experience across global capability center (GCC) transformation, AI and machine learning, and enterprise-scale digital strategy. In their advisory roles, Kamal and Puneet will work closely with LatentView’s leadership team to provide strategic input on GCC strategy, digital hub evolution, and enterprise AI and data transformation initiatives. Their appointments align with LatentView’s focus on helping global organizations use GCCs as innovation hubs to drive agility and measurable business outcomes.

At Carrier, Kamal has been instrumental in establishing high-impact digital hubs across India, Mexico, and China that function as innovation engines for global business transformation rather than traditional delivery centers. Under his leadership, these hubs have evolved into deep-tech ecosystems that enable the adoption of AI and platform engineering to create scalable, future-ready solutions. His leadership spans roles at Jay Kuling Group, and Tally Solutions, where he has consistently focused on enabling organizations to scale through platform-led innovation.

Puneet is an AI and machine learning leader with extensive experience in banking, financial services, and enterprise risk management. Currently serving as Vice President at TransUnion, he has led large-scale analytics and modeling initiatives. He has a strong track record of building and scaling analytics teams across the BFSI value chain, including leading large quantitative modeling and AI initiatives at JPMorgan Chase.

Highlighting LatentView’s efforts to deepen its leadership bench to support GCCs, Rajan Sethuraman, CEO of LatentView Analytics, said:

“As GCCs take on a more strategic role in enterprise transformation, we are continuing to invest in expanding our capabilities in India. We were looking to bring diverse and complementary strengths to propel our work in GCC transformation and for AI-led business impact. Kamal’s experience in building global digital hubs and Puneet’s deep expertise in analytics and risk-driven decision-making will be invaluable as we support clients in transforming their GCCs into innovation-led, outcome-driven units.”

LatentView’s Advisory Council brings together industry leaders who guide the company’s innovation strategy and provide insights that fuel growth. Council members collaborate closely with LatentView executives to forecast trends, address challenges, and strengthen engagement with global clients and stakeholders.

On joining the Advisory Council, Kamal said, “GCCs are at an inflection point, evolving from cost-focused delivery units to innovation-led strategic hubs. The opportunity lies in building ecosystems that combine technology, talent, and culture to drive meaningful business impact. LatentView’s focus on data, AI, and decision intelligence positions it strongly to support this shift, and I look forward to contributing to this journey.”

Sharing his thoughts on the collaboration, Puneet said. “As financial institutions scale their global capability centers, the focus is moving toward building deeper analytics and risk capabilities closer to the business. Embedding AI and data-driven decision-making into these centers will be key to managing risk and driving growth. LatentView’s strength in financial services analytics makes it a strong partner in this journey.”

With these appointments, LatentView looks to further enhance its expertise in helping organizations build, scale, and transform global capability centers into high-impact, innovation-driven units.

Mumbai/Gurugram, India, June 1, 2026 — Black Box Limited (BSE: 500463 | NSE: BBOX), a leading global digital infrastructure integrator, and AIONOS, an AI-native enterprise technology company, today announced a strategic alliance to help enterprises accelerate AI transformation; from infrastructure build-out to measurable business outcomes.

The alliance combines Black Box’s expertise in digital infrastructure, including data centers, network connectivity, modern workplace solutions, and managed services, with AIONOS’s applied AI platforms and domain-led solutions, enabling organizations to build, deploy, and manage AI with security and resilience embedded at every layer.

CP Gurnani, Co-Founder & Vice Chairman, AIONOS said, “India is at an extraordinary inflection point. We are not just consuming AI, we are building it, exporting it, and setting the agenda for how the world deploys intelligent technology at scale. This alliance between AIONOS and Black Box is a direct expression of that belief. Black Box brings the digital infrastructure engine spanning data centers, enterprise networks, and IoT across 35+ countries, and together we cover the entire journey from the physical layer to the AI application layer.”

The two companies will jointly collaborate in developing industry-focused solutions and expanding go to-market opportunities across India, North America, EMEA, and APAC. In India, a key focus area will be the rapidly expanding Global Capability Centre (GCC) ecosystem, where the alliance is uniquely positioned to help GCCs build AI-ready infrastructure, deploy enterprise-grade AI solutions, and create intelligent, scalable operations that integrate seamlessly with their global parent organizations.

“AI transformation begins with a strong digital foundation, and Black Box enables that foundation through mission-critical infrastructure, connectivity, and managed services that power enterprise operations worldwide. Combined with AIONOS’s applied AI platforms and domain expertise, we can help organizations move from AI ambition to AI at scale, connecting infrastructure, operations, and intelligence to create measurable business value.” said, Sanjeev Verma, President & CEO, Black Box.

What Enterprises Gain Through This Alliance 

For enterprises, this alliance delivers a unified approach to AI adoption across the full technology stack, from digital infrastructure and OT/IoT connectivity to industry-specific AI solutions, with security, resilience, and governance built into every layer. Every engagement is anchored in measurable business outcomes, including productivity improvements, cost optimization, revenue growth, and competitive differentiation, delivered through a single, globally capable, end-to-end alliance.

“Enterprises do not need more AI ambition. They need a partner who can make AI real across their entire business. That is exactly what this alliance is built for. AIONOS brings the AI platform, data capabilities, and vertical intelligence. Black Box brings the global infrastructure and delivery scale. Together, we give enterprises a single, accountable partnership that owns the transformation journey, from infrastructure to intelligence, from strategy to outcomes.”, concluded, Simmi Dhamija, Chief Operating Officer, AIONOS.

Under his leadership, NLC India has seen a massive transformation, including a fourfold increase in market capitalization and a significant shift toward renewable energy and digitalization. Upon receiving the award, Shri Motupalli dedicated the achievement to the entire NLC India workforce, emphasizing that their collective teamwork is what fuels the company’s success. He reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to sustainable growth and enhancing India’s energy security through green initiatives and operational excellence.

Managing Director of Tatwa Technologies, Ayaskant Mohanty, said, “OmniAgent marks a major milestone in our innovation journey. The strong response from enterprises, MSMEs and government organisations has strengthened our confidence to take this AI solution to global markets. We aim to build a global technology company from Odisha.”

CEO and Co-founder Tapendra Senapati demonstrated OmniAgent during the event and said, “OmniAgent has been designed to create meaningful and human-like engagement. By combining advanced AI with emotional and contextual intelligence, the platform aims to enhance customer and citizen experience across industries.”

OmniAgent enables organisations to deploy autonomous AI agents that can communicate through voice, email, chat and messaging platforms in over 40 languages, including Odia and several Indian languages.

The celebration witnessed participation of over 4,000 employees and stakeholders through physical and virtual platforms. The event concluded with a cultural programme.

Tatwa Technologies, headquartered in Bhubaneswar, has been providing digital transformation, cloud, enterprise software and AI solutions for over two decades. The company has delivery centres across India and international presence in multiple countries.

As Zappfresh continues to scale in India’s fast-growing fresh meat and seafood segment, the brand identified the need for a unified and robust technology foundation that could support high-frequency orders, operational complexity, and rapid expansion. Illustrake was brought in as a technology and product partner to build this ecosystem from the ground up.

The scope of the engagement included UI and UX design for Zappfresh’s consumer mobile application, website, internal CRM, and delivery partner app. Each interface was designed with role-specific clarity, ensuring ease of use for customers placing orders, operations teams managing workflows, and delivery partners executing last-mile fulfillment.

Alongside design, Illustrake handled the complete development of the mobile app, website, CRM, and delivery partner application. The platforms were custom built to support real-time inventory visibility, order management, delivery coordination, and centralized customer data across systems.

The CRM functions as a central intelligence layer, bringing together order processing, customer insights, and marketing automation into a single platform. The delivery partner app enables real-time task allocation, route visibility, and order status updates, reducing operational friction and improving fulfillment efficiency on the ground.

By integrating customer-facing platforms with backend and delivery systems, the ecosystem allows Zappfresh to operate with greater control, speed, and scalability while maintaining a consistent customer experience.

Commenting on the partnership, a Zappfresh Founder, Mr. Deepanshu Manchanda said, “Illustrake demonstrated strong execution and a clear understanding of what it takes to build technology for scale. Their work across our digital and delivery platforms has supported our growth journey, and we see this partnership as a strong foundation for continued expansion.”

Mihir Gadhvi Co Founder, of Illustrake Digital Marketing Services, stated, At Illustrake, we focus to create a technology infrastructure that could seamlessly link customer experience, operations, and last-mile delivery. As a company that operates in a very complex and high-frequency category, what we have here with Zappfresh is really a testament to Illustrake’s capability to create platforms that link different domains for speed, control, and long-term growth,”

The collaboration highlights a broader shift among D2C brands toward investing in custom-built, integrated technology platforms to support sustainable growth in competitive and operationally complex categories.

During his address, Mr. Thakur emphasized the remarkable scale and evolution of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), citing initiatives like Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker, BharatNet, Co-WIN, UMANG, MeghRaj Cloud, and GIS-based platforms of BISAG-N. He explained how these innovations have revolutionized governance, public service delivery, and citizen empowerment, aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visionary Digital India movement. Thakur underscored that Digital India is more than a program; it is a transformational movement aimed at ensuring universal access to services, bridging urban-rural divides, and positioning India as a global digital leader. He also highlighted the importance of cybersecurity frameworks amid rising cyber threats, advocating for indigenous solutions and the adoption of post-quantum cryptography to safeguard the nation’s digital ecosystem.

The session saw active participation from faculty members and students, who engaged in a lively Q&A session exploring topics such as digital governance, data protection, cloud security, and emerging technological trends. The event concluded with a vote of thanks, acknowledging Mr. Thakur’s visionary insights and emphasizing the importance of such interactions in shaping the future leaders of India. The session served as a valuable platform for inspiring innovation and strengthening the understanding of digital transformation in the country.