Adobe appoints former Microsoft executive Shamik Basu as India VP
NEW DELHI, India — Adobe on Monday named former Microsoft executive Shamik Basu as Vice President of its Creative Products Group in India, underscoring the company’s focus on expanding local innovation and leadership in a key global market.
Based in Noida, Basu will lead Adobe India’s engineering and product management teams and report to Ely Greenfield. He will also join the company’s India leadership team, which is tasked with driving growth and advancing innovation across the region.
“India is a priority market for Adobe and key to advancing intelligent, creator-first experiences at scale,” Greenfield said, highlighting the contributions of India-based teams across design, imaging, video, and AI-driven initiatives such as Firefly.
Basu said he is eager to collaborate with teams in India and globally to build next-generation creative technologies, particularly as artificial intelligence continues to reshape the industry.
In his new role, he will work closely with global teams on flagship products including Adobe Firefly, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, and Premiere Pro, while strengthening India’s strategic role in the company’s broader creativity and productivity ecosystem.
Basu brings more than three decades of experience in building large-scale software platforms. Most recently at Microsoft, he led initiatives focused on performance, reliability, and AI-powered user experiences.
Adobe, which began operations in India in 1997, has grown into a major hub for the company, employing more than 8,000 people across multiple campuses and contributing significantly to global product development.
Shares of Adobe Inc. were trading about 1 percent higher at $248.15 on the Nasdaq following the announcement.
Separately, the company said its longtime chief executive, Shantanu Narayen, will step down after nearly two decades in the role once a successor is appointed. Narayen will remain as board chair during the transition, while a special committee of the board oversees the search for his replacement. (Source: IANS)
