Zee slashes 50% staff at Tech & Innovation Centre in Bengaluru amidst cost-cutting measure

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Following senior-level departures, Zee Entertainment has reduced its workforce at the Bengaluru-based Technology and Innovation centre to cut costs..

The Technology & Innovation Centre's (TIC) structure has been scaled down by approximately 50 percent following guidance from the board during the Monthly Management Mentorship (3M) Program...

In order to bring the costs under control, Punit has cut down 50% of the workforce at the tech and innovation centre in Bengaluru..

Zee Entertainment Enterprises announced that the Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) will now focus on improving content creation, distribution, and monetization processes using technology-driven tools to understand consumer preferences better..

The company announced that Amrit Thomas (data science), Kishore Krishnamurthy (engineering), Bhushan Kolleri (product), and Vishal Somani (enterprise and content technology) will report to Amit Goenka, President of Digital Businesses & Platforms, on an interim basis..

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