EMC today appointed Manoj Chugh as the company’s President of EMC India & SAARC operations with immediate effect replacing Ohrie who will exit the firm.

This marks second stint for Chugh for overseeing Indian operations. He was heading the region till May 2008 after which we was promoted as Director for Global Accounts for EMC in APAC. He will continue to oversee existing responsibilities.

In his new role he will work closely with EMC’s leader of Centre of Excellence, Sarv Saravanan

Manoj is associated with EMC since 2003. His earlier stint include for Cisco, Wipro, Scientific Atlanta and HCL Group.

“India is an important and strategic market where EMC has established one of its two Centres of Excellence in Asia Pacific & Japan,” said Ron Goh, President, EMC South Asia. “Manoj’s extensive experience in leading businesses to market leadership positions and in delivering on EMC’s service commitments combined with his experience at EMC with global customers will provide tremendous value as we continue to invest in global customers and India as a source of innovation and revenue growth.” 

“As I continue to work with EMC global customers, it’s clear that customers of all sizes are grappling with similar issues around how to store, protect, virtualize and automate the massive growth of information,” said Manoj Chugh. “I look forward to bringing my experience both in India and with global customers to my expanded role at EMC and helping our team work with customers in India to capitalize on EMC’s innovative technology, service capabilities and partnerships,” Chugh added.