Panasonic India appoints Manish Misra as chief innovation officer

Panasonic India has appointed Manish Misra as its chief innovation officer. Misra will be responsible for the strategic development of innovation and technology while leading the company’s Innovation hub in India, according to company release.

Panasonic’s Innovation hub is focused towards creating an ecosystem for the company to shape the future product strategy, and enable in digital transformation. Misra will be reporting to Manish Sharma, President and CEO, Panasonic India.

Panasonic’s Innovation hub -The Centre of Excellence (Coe), launched last year, aims to develop Panasonic’s transformative solutions in five key domains – Connected Home/ Community, Mobility, Energy, Industrial and Finance Solutions.


Misra was associated with HID Global as India R&D Head & Vice President of Engineering & Innovation and was responsible for setting up the core development, engineering and innovation centre of excellence for the company in India. Prior to this, he was with IBM from where he started his career in 1996.