<article>Venture Capital firm Kalaari Capital has made three new top level appointments, while Amazon India has roped in Arun Sidreshmukh to head its fashion portfolio.</article>

Venture Capital firm Kalaari Capital has made three new top level appointments, while Amazon India has roped in Arun Sidreshmukh to head its fashion portfolio.
<h3>Kalaari Capital makes 3 top level hires</h3>
Venture capital firm <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/kalaari">Kalaari Capital</a>  has made three new appointments in the investment and operations teams to strengthen its leadership team, according to<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/money/kalaari-capital-strengthens-investment-team-with-three-appointments/articleshow/52876913.cms"> a report</a> in The Economic Times.
It has appointed Prashanth Aluru, a former partner at consulting firm Bain and Company, as a partner and Pooja Gupta, a former human resources head for Myntra as head &#8211; portfolio HR. It has also roped in Muthiah Venkateswaran as the first partner for its seed programme <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/kstart">Kstart</a>.
&#8220;As our portfolio companies have grown, both in numbers and size, the help that we can offer and make a difference often becomes more complex. We have been thinking how at each functional level we can help them,&#8221; said Vani Kola, managing director at Kalaari.
VC firm also plans to add executives for functions like legal, technology and marketing.
<h3>Amazon hires Arun Sidreshmukh to head its fashion portfolio</h3>
Weeks after his online fashion business Fashionara shut shop, its co-founder Arun Sirdeshmukh has joined <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/amazon-india">Amazon India</a> as the head of the e-commerce giant&#8217;s fashion portfolio, said <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/hr-leadership/people/amazon-india-ropes-in-fashionara-co-founder-arun-sirdeshmukh-to-head-fashion/articleshow/52876072.cms">a report</a> in The Economic Times.
Sidrehsmukh comes in place of Vikas Purohit who had quit the company in September last year.
Prior to his entrepreneurial stint at Fashionara, Sirdeshmukh was the CEO of Reliance Trends, the fashion and lifestyle business of Reliance Retail.
&#8220;As we continue to grow and gain momentum, we are very excited to have Arun Sirdeshmukh join us to lead Amazon Fashion in India,&#8221; said Susan Saideman, vice president for global vendor management at Amazon.com, the Seattle-headquartered parent firm.
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