Procter & Gamble India has announced changes to its senior management team, with Girish Kalyanaraman and Mohit Pradhan taking on new leadership roles across key categories.
Girish Kalyanaraman has been appointed Vice President and Category Leader for Grooming and Oral Care, effective July 1, 2026. He will succeed Kapil Sharma and Shailesh Sathyanarayanan, whose current roles conclude on June 30, 2026.
Mohit Pradhan will take over as Vice President and Category Leader for Feminine Care, effective August 1, 2026.
Kalyanaraman currently serves as Vice President and Category Leader for P&G India's Feminine Care business, leading the Whisper brand. Over nearly two decades with the company, he has worked across more than 20 markets and three brands. Prior to his current role, he led Brand Operations for P&G India, where he played a key role in expanding digital capabilities, improving media effectiveness and scaling the company's direct-to-consumer trial programmes.
He joined P&G in 2007 as an Assistant Brand Manager and has since led multiple business transformations and award-winning campaigns. Kalyanaraman holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Singapore-MIT Alliance.
While Pradhan brings two decades of experience at P&G across Asia-Pacific, India, the Middle East and Africa. Throughout his career, he has held leadership roles spanning general management, commercial strategy, sales, customer development and go-to-market transformation.
Most recently, he served as Vice President and General Manager for P&G Indonesia, where he was responsible for business performance, growth, organisational capability and external stakeholder partnerships. Pradhan began his journey with P&G as a summer intern. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and an engineering degree from the Marine Engineering & Research Institute, Kolkata.
The appointments are part of P&G India's ongoing leadership transition and category management strategy across its consumer brands portfolio.
