Kuntal Desai to Lead Kerlink’s Continued Expansion in India

Desai, who has been director of Kerlink’s IoT Solutions division in India since 2017, has been promoted to director of the company’s subsidiary, Kerlink IoT Solutions India Private Ltd. As the senior executive in India, he will manage and guide Kerlink’s expansion strategies and partnerships with channel partners, regional and national IoT system integrators and other IoT-focused businesses.

In his previous position, Desai played a leading role in establishing Kerlink in India by identifying high-growth potential markets and customers. He also ensured Kerlink’s compliance with statutory and financial regulations.

He also serves as a partner with Bretagne Commerce International, a French association that supports French and Brittany companies in their international development.

Before joining Kerlink, Desai served as managing director of Patak’s Foods India, in which he led the Britain-based Indian-food company’s operations in India, and as manager of Indian tea production and processing in plantations for Unilever Plantations Group.

Kuntal Desai

‘Kerlink’s proven success … will help fuel our continued growth in India’

Kerlink is a recognized leader in India’s IoT infrastructure sector due to its relationship with Tata Communications and projects such as its smart-lighting and water-management projects with CITiLIGHT and Havells.

“Kerlink’s gateways are well positioned in India to take advantage of the heightened interest and demand in various IoT sectors such as smart metering, smart lighting, smart industry and smart buildings, as well as multiple enterprise applications,” Desai said. “Kerlink’s proven success in serving these market’s will help fuel our continued growth in India.”

Desai has a B.A. degree from Maharaja Sayajirao University and did his pre-graduate studies in science at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai.

New Head of Sales & Partner Engagement and Customer Support Engineer Round Out New Team

As head of sales & partner engagement in India, Raj Yadav is responsible for managing relationships with Kerlink’s regional equipment and services distributors, system integrators and value-added resellers. In that role, he also collaborates with sensor manufacturers and software companies to create joint customized solutions for customers. Based in New Delhi, Yadav founded and was CEO for 10 years of Aiuto Communications Pvt. Ltd., which provided connectivity solutions for voice, data and video in places where no network was available.

Prior to that, he served as sales director at Icomera AB, a leading provider of integrated connectivity solutions for trains, trams, buses and coaches. He has a degree in computer technology from Nagpur University.

As customer support engineer, Sakshi Gupta will diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve customers’ software problems and train them on software and hardware installation. She previously worked in helpdesk support for THATSIOT, a Delhi-based IT services vendor, where she supported Kerlink customers. She also worked on the technical support staff of 10xtech, which helps Indian companies migrate to next-generation technologies.

Gupta holds a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s degree in math from Kurukshetra University and a bachelor’s degree in science from Kuk University.

“The growing expectation for a better quality of life has increased awareness of and demand for IoT solutions to improve air quality and energy use in India and around the world. LoRaWAN’s stability along with Kerlink’s proven infrastructure performance – and its new team – are well placed to take advantage of these opportunities.”

Yann Bauduin, Kerlink’s chief sales officer