Debasis Mohapatra
Bengaluru, 17 April 2026
In a major leadership reshuffle, Tejas Networks has appointed Arnob Roy as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer from April 15, 2026 till August 3, 2028, the company said in an exchange filing.
Roy, who was serving as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, has been elevated with this announcement. He has been holding the post of COO from March 2019 until April 2026.
The company has also appointed Preetham Uthaiah as its new Chief Operating Officer. Uthaiah has been Vice President – Product Management for Wireless Products with Tejas Networks.
Moreover, AVS Prasad will take over as the Chief Financial Officer, effective May 16, 2026.
Weak Q4FY26 results:
The Tata Group company posted a weak set of numbers for its fourth quarter of FY26. Its consolidated net loss widened to Rs 211.34 crore in Q4 of FY26 as compared to a net loss of Rs 71.80 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal year.
Revenue from operations fell 82.55% to Rs 332.69 crore in March quarter, compared to Rs 1,906.94 crore in the year-ago period.
“In Q4 FY26, we made significant progress in international business expansion of our wireless products, with the first commercial order for our 4G/5G wireless products in international markets, a 5G massive MIMO radio supply contract with NEC, and successful trials of our 5G products for an operator in the Americas. During the quarter, we also witnessed strong traction for our 400G/800G coherent DWDM solutions in telco and carrier of carrier networks to serve the surging bandwidth demand for 5G backhaul, enterprise and data center connectivity,” company’s COO, Arnob Roy has said.
The order book of the company was at Rs 1,514 crore by the end of March quarter, a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 49%. Its net debt was Rs 3,531 crore and cash of Rs 505 crore.
