Data streaming platform Confluent appoints Rubal Sahni as India country leader

Data streaming company Confluent Inc. on Thursday announced the appointment of Rubal Sahni as the area vice president and country manager for India.

Sahni brings 15 years’ experience in driving digital transformation. Responsible for driving growth in India, Sahni will work with customers across the region to help them set their data in motion and deliver the customer experiences required to compete in today's digital world.

Sahni is based in Bangalore and reports to Kamal Brar, SVP APAC, according to a release.


Prior to joining Confluent Sahni was at ServiceNow for seven years where he was responsible for scaling the Indian business, forging and building strategic partnerships, and nurturing and growing customers and employees.

The appointment comes six months after the company announced the opening of a new office in Bangalore and the creation of new jobs in the country.

Suresh Khemka, head of engineering at Apna said, “We're looking forward to working with Rubal and continuing to strengthen our relationship throughout 2023.” Other Confluent India customers include slice, Observe.AI and Shiprocket.

Sahni added, “I look forward to working with the team in India as we continue to make the use of streaming data a competitive advantage for our customers throughout India”.