Swagata Gupta has rejoined the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) as Head of Corporate Communications. NPCI also announced her new appointment on their LinkedIn."We are excited to welcome Swagata Gupta as Head of Corporate Communications at NPCI! She is returning to us with a wealth of experience from successfully helming award-winning PR campaigns. Beyond work, Swagata is a big-time traveler and a CrossFit enthusiast. We're really proud to have her vision and leadership back with us. #NPCIFamily"Prior to rejoining NPCI, Swagata was working with HDFC Bank as Vice President of Corporate Communications. She has also been associated with other payment gateway companies before joining NPCI, including CashFree Payments as Senior Director & Head of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs.From May 2019 to April 2021, she was heading PR & Corporate Communications at NPCI. She has served other insurance firms, including Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited, where she was heading Brand, Communication & CSR.In addition, she has been associated with PR firms such as Adfactors PR for over four years and Hanmer MS&L for over a year.

Rajiv Bannerjee has started a new role at Standard Chartered India as the Head of Communications for India & South Asia. He posted on his Linkedin: ?Ç£Excited to be given the responsibility to shape and execute the communication strategy of one of the marquee financial services brands that has a long association with the Indian sub-continent. The Bank's association with India now spans more than 150 years. The brand promise hashtag#hereforgood, along with the values of hashtag#neversettle hashtag#dotherightthing and hashtag#bettertogether, I believe, reflects amongst its employees, customers, clients and other key stakeholders.?Ç¥He started his career as the Field Correspondent, Unit Director at Beacon Television and served in the Executive Programming department at Hinduja Media. He was the Senior Executive Teleshopping Network at United Television (UTV). He was the Senior Executive ?Çô Content at NetScribes and the Senior Correspondent at Financial Express. He was also the Editor at ET Brand Equity and the Senior Vice President & Vertical Head, Corporate Communications at HDFC Bank. He held the position of Group Head ?Çô Corporate Communications at Piramal Enterprises Limited. He is a seasoned strategic communications professional with experience in television, print, digital for 15 years and was a reputation management expert at HDFC Bank for the last nine years. He is a law graduate and have done an Advanced Management Programme in Public Policy from ISB Hyderabad.