Sify promotes V Sivaramakrishnan to president, portals

Mumbai: Sify Limited has announced the promotion of V Sivaramakrishnan as president of its portal business. Prior to this, he was vice president of Sify's iWay cyber café chain.

Sivaramakrishnan is a management graduate from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, with a successful track record of managing brands, sales, and customer service for global market leaders Procter & Gamble and Ford, both in India and abroad.

As part of Ford's Asia-Pacific marketing leadership team, first in the US and subsequently in the UK, he led the development and launch of Ford''s new generation of small cars, the Ford Fiesta and Ford Fusion, into markets like Australia, Japan, South Africa, and China. In his previous role as vice president of the iWay cyber cafe business, he was instrumental in leading their transformation from internet browsing centers to becoming e-stores by introducing alliances and initiatives.