Shivakumar has been replaced by Ahmed El Sheikh, Senior Vice President and General Manager for PepsiCo Egypt and Jordan, PepsiCo India said in a statement.
While Shivakumar says PepsiCo has started giving healthier alternatives to its products, Ajay Kaul of Jubilant Foodworks says fast-food is a guilty pleasure for consumers and they don't mind indulging in moderation.
Celebrating the teams and talent who are leveraging the power of mobile to create innovative and effective marketing campaigns, the
The company has already set up a huge facility in Sri City in Andhra Pradesh and one can expect more investments to come in. Indian market is a huge opportunity in the consumer goods area, said D Shivakumar, CEO & Chairman, Pepsico.
The bipartisan support for India from Democratic and Republican Senators was fantastic, said Pepsico-India Holdings Chairman and CEO D Shivakumar, adding, America's innovativeness, start-up and R&D combined with India's entrepreneurship on both product and services has a huge potential for both the countries.
For organisations to become ‘Destination Employer’, it has become imperative to deliberate on the evolving role of Rewards. ...
Shivakumar said for over 100 years, franchising has been a fundamental driver of PepsiCo's success, which today covers more than 120 countries.
Finance Minister is very upbeat on growth for 2016 and says it will be much better year than 2015. He is hopeful of interest softening with inflation remaining subdued.
"India will hire the most in the world, and will be the second most difficult market to hire from, after Japan," said PepsiCo India Chairman & CEO D Shivakumar.
Shivakumar also pointed out that global companies were increasingly shifting headquarters from the place of origin to the growing markets and the organisations were prioritising creative jobs and outsourcing the repetitive work.
From technical questions to personal ones ranging from channelling the right investments to Shivakumar‘s own growth story, students asked all these and more.
Last year, the food and beverage giant Pepsico India, announced that it would be investing USD 5.5 billion over the next 6 years in India to ramp up operations. And in January, it roped in former head of Nokia India, D Shivakumar, as the Chairman and CEO of the India region.
There are already positive noises about this government kick starting manufacturing sector and boosting investment cycle. But the question still remains on what more needs to be done at this point in time to ensure that that dream and that target is finally realised.
While rural India holds key for FMCG companies' growth, e-commerce and digital is the future of distribution. That's the word coming in from PepsiCo India chairman and CEO D Shivakumar. In an exclusive chat with CNBC-TV18, Shivakumar also spoke about the company's investment plans for India.
In this new role, Mukkavilli will oversee a range of strategic initiatives in both foods and beverages across Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Nokia‘s former India chief D Shivakumar breaks down the challenges faced by MNCs and the role of technology in defining consumer behaviour.
As the market reshaped into the smart device, into other segments which started happening like the touch screen, dual SIM, etc, I think our innovation was slow
After an eight-year stint, Shivakumar will quit Nokia on June 30. Sivakumar led Nokia India between 2006 and 2011 and has seen the company rise to the top and lose market share over the last few years.
Nokia's operations head for India, West Asia and Africa D Shivakumar quit the Finnish handset major after an eight-year stint with the company.
Financing for SMEs
D. Shivakumar, who was the managing director of Nokia India, says that to win the Indian market, you need a good brand with scale and constant innovation.
Nokia's D Shivakumar talks about its newest phone and why its first in collaboration with Microsoft - the Lumia will be a game changer for the Finnish company.
Sushil Ansal (Chairman, Ansal API), D Shivakumar (MD, Nokia India), Sanjeev Bikhchandani (CEO, Info Edge India) and Col. H. S. Bedi (Chairman & MD, Tulip Telecom) talk about the importance of SMEs to the Indian economy and why Indians make good entrepreneurs.
The F1 fever has gripped the whole nation, and on CNBC-TV18's special show Ross Brawn, team principal of Mecedes GP Petronas and Joy Bhattacharya, chief executive officer of KKR share their take on all the buzz, both in the pit lane and the boardrooms.