New Senior Vice President, Human Resources appointed; VP – HR & Administration retires
Viyash Scientific announces a senior management change.
By ScoutQuest · · 2 min read
- Appointment
- Dr. Mallikharjuna Rao Nagineni appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Senior Management Personnel
- Effective Date
- October 20, 2026
- Cessation
- Mr. Prasad Lad, Vice President – HR & Administration, ceases as Senior Management Personnel on forthcoming retirement
What the company informed the exchanges
The Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, approved the appointment of Dr. Mallikharjuna Rao Nagineni as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, and designated him as Senior Management Personnel of the company, with effect from October 20, 2026. The approval was by circular resolution passed on October 20, 2026. In the same disclosure, Mr. Prasad Lad, Vice President – HR & Administration, ceases to be a Senior Management Personnel of the company with effect from October 20, 2026, due to his forthcoming retirement.
Profile of the incoming Senior Vice President
- Dr. Mallikharjuna Rao Nagineni is described as a seasoned human resources professional with over 25 years of experience across strategic human resource management, industrial relations, organisational development, talent management, employee engagement and business partnering.
- He has held leadership positions with organisations including Mylan Laboratories Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Kewalram Chanrai Group and Biological E. Limited.
- He holds a Ph.D. in HR for Competency Development and Strategic Human Resources from Berhampur University, a Master of Law from Annamalai University, a Master of Industrial Relations & Personnel Management and a Master of Business Administration from Nagpur University.
- His experience is described as covering HR transformation, mergers and acquisitions, workforce integration, organisational restructuring, industrial relations and people strategy across domestic and international operations.
How to read this
This is a routine senior-management disclosure covering two connected events on the same date: a new appointment to the Human Resources leadership role and the cessation of the outgoing Vice President – HR & Administration on retirement. Because both take effect from October 20, 2026, the Senior Management Personnel position passes from one individual to the other on the same date. The disclosure sets out the incoming executive's professional background, including over 25 years of experience and prior roles at other companies, which gives a sense of the experience brought to the role. It does not change the company's share capital, borrowings or business operations, and is essentially a governance and people-leadership update rather than a financial one. For a retail investor, the takeaway is who now sits in the senior management team and from when, which is useful context when tracking subsequent disclosures signed off or commented on by the management team.
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More numbers
- Experience of incoming Senior Vice President, Human Resourcesover 25 years
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