New Delhi: The head of mobile networks and senior vice president at Nokia, Tarun Chhabra, has been appointed as the company’s new India head in an organizational restructuring. In a statement, the company confirmed that Chhabra has taken over as the new country head of the India market, effective April 2024.

“Malik has decided to retire from Nokia effective 31st March 2024. He will transfer the role to Tarun during this period,” the company said. Chhabra succeeds Sanjay Malik, who was the senior vice president. Malik will continue in the company until March 31, 2024. He was part of India’s global customer experience or sales vertical and led the Indian market operations for almost eight years.

Malik reported to Rick Corker, who is Nokia’s chief customer experience officer. The changes announced by Nokia align with the company’s global restructuring plan, which was announced in October 2023. As part of this plan, the company intends to cut between 11,000 and 14,000 jobs worldwide.