Vineet Taneja steps down as CEO of Micromax

According to sources, Taneja is serving his one-month notice period

Vineet Taneja has put in his papers as the CEO of Micromax Infomatics. According to sources, Taneja is serving his one-month notice period.

Taneja joined Micromax in September, 2014. Prior to that, he was with Samsung India where he was the country head for its mobile business. Before Samsung, Taneja was with Bharti Airtel as operations director – South India and Sri Lanka, and with Nokia as head of marketing.

After acquiring his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Roorkee, followed by a Master’s in Business Administration from IIM Calcutta, Taneja joined Hindustan Unilever (HUL) as area sales manager in 1989. He continued with HUL for almost 18 years after being promoted as vice-president – Tea.