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Panasonic Life Solutions India Chairman Manish Sharma has resigned from the institution aft steering the appliance and user electronics merchandise shaper for implicit a decade.
Mr. Sharma, who was elevated arsenic MD and CEO of Panasonic India successful 2012 and has since been starring the company, volition proceed by the extremity of this year, helping for a creaseless modulation of the leadership.
When contacted by PTI, Mr. Sharma confirmed the improvement connected Friday nighttime (November 7, 2025), saying, “It is simply a personal, thoughtful decision, and I would proceed to prosecute the manufacturing maturation of the country.”
Mr. Sharma said helium volition denote his adjacent determination successful January 2026 aft serving his announcement period.
Later successful a statement, Panasonic besides confirmed the improvement and said Mr. Sharma has been instrumental successful shaping Panasonic’s concern strategy, maturation trajectory, and organisational civilization successful India.
He volition proceed to enactment the organisation during the modulation period, portion Tadashi Chiba, MD and CEO, Panasonic Life Solutions India, continues to negociate the India business, it said.
According to an manufacture insider, Mr. Sharma announced his determination to discontinue Panasonic successful a municipality hallway gathering of the institution connected Friday (November 7, 2025), successful which Panasonic Corporation’s CEO Masahiro Shinada was besides present.
During his tenure, Panasonic became a salient sanction successful the fast-growing appliance market. In segments specified arsenic country AC and LED TV, Panasonic became a disposable competitor.
He was besides elevated arsenic an Executive Committee subordinate of the Japanese genitor body, Panasonic Corporation, successful 2016.
Mr. Sharma has been a beardown proponent of the “Make successful India” inaugural and has overseen the enlargement of Panasonic’s section manufacturing capabilities successful India. During his tenure, Panasonic India has accrued section accumulation of assorted merchandise lines implicit respective years.
Besides Panasonic Life Solutions, Mr. Sharma besides heads the Electronics Manufacturing Committee of manufacture assemblage FICCI and was instrumental successful the archetypal PLI (production-linked incentives) for achromatic goods (air conditioners and LED lights).
He is besides a subordinate of the SCALE (Steering Committee connected Advancing Local Value-Added & Exports) Committee, which is established by the Indian authorities to boost section manufacturing and exports, peculiarly successful the aftermath of proviso concatenation disruptions.
Mr. Sharma besides led CEAMA (Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association) from 2014-2018.
