Puneet Chandok, the president of commercial business, AWS India and South Asia (Amazon Web Services) resigned from the company, coming only a few weeks after the cloud service provider announced an investment of $12.7 billion in India and hosted its AWS Summit in Mumbai.
Chandok's last day of work will be on August 31, 2023, according to a company statement. “We thank Puneet for his contribution and leadership over the last four years and wish him all the best,” the statement added.
He joined the e-commerce brand four years ago and Vaishali Kasture, the head of the enterprise, mid-market & global business of AWS India and South Asia, is to assume the role of the interim leader for the same, effective immediately.
During the AWS Summit, Chandok highlighted the company's continued focus on India and plans on bridging the skill gap by training more people.
“Our India mission is empowering builders and businesses to build a better India. We want to build a customer-obsessed business in India, building relationships which will outlive all of us. We are investing in India for the long-term,” he said.
Chandok added, “We are investing in India for the next few decades. We were the first one to set up in India in 2011. Then launched our first infrastructure region in Mumbai in 2016, the second was in Hyderabad in 2022,” he added.
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