Juniper Networks Appoints Ravi Chauhan Head Of India, SAARC

Juniper Networks India, a subsidiary of Juniper Networks, has announced the appointment of Ravi Chauhan as managing director of its India and SAARC operations.

Based in Bangalore, Chauhan, previously managing director at Nortel India, brings over 20 years enterprise and service provider sales and marketing experience to Juniper.

“Juniper is proud to service customers such as Government of Chhattisgarh and Sify Technologies and with India’s present wealth of opportunities in the networking space, it is time to boost our presence in this market,” said Brad Gray, vice president of Asia South, Juniper Networks.

“Ravi’s job will be to understand our Indian customers’ needs and to help them build the high-performance networks their businesses need today. Juniper has gained a lot of traction in India, while the push towards high performance networking is driving demand for more robust security and networking equipment in enterprises and leading service providers. With the appointment of Ravi, we are now in a better position to grow this footprint further.”

Prior to Nortel, where he held positions in the enterprise and service provider divisions, Chauhan worked for four years as country manager for Cabletron Systems. He holds a bachelor of engineering, electronics and communications from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala and a post graduate diploma in business management from IIM, Ahmedabad.