Mumbai, July 10, 2012 -- Santosh Bijur is to be the the managing director of Verizon Data Services India, the IT development center of Verizon in India. Santosh, will lead a 6,000-member workforce in Chennai and Hyderabad and will be responsible for Verizon’s India IT strategy & operationsto create value for the corporation.
Prior to his new appointment, Santosh served as head of ITdelivery for call center self service systems. Santosh, who joined Verizon 10 years ago, has 18 years ofexperience in the telecommunications industry, having worked in the U.S. forSprint, MCI and GTE. He holds a U.S. patent in the area of call centermanagement technology.
He will replace Rahul Saxena who is moving back to the U.S. taking the new role of vice president - Strategy,Development & Planning at Verizon’s headquarters.

Verizon Data Services India (VDSIndia), an IT center that operates out of Chennai and Hyderabad, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc a global leader in delivering broadband andother wireless and wireline communications. Established in June 2001, VDS India works on IT applications that enable Operations Support Systems (OSS), BusinessSupport Systems (BSS), Self-Service Solutions, Mobile/Field Workforcesolutions, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Customer Care, New Products andServices and Remote Infrastructure Management. http://verizoninindia.verizon.com .