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Renaissa Ghosh Papnai Heads India Marketing And Communications At Hitachi Digital

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Renaissa Ghosh Papnai, India marketing and communications head at Hitachi Digital, in a green saree on a warm sand backdrop

Renaissa Ghosh Papnai is India marketing and communications head at Hitachi Digital, based in Noida. She took on the role in April 2026, completing a rise through the company that began in 2019. Her move was reported this week from her LinkedIn profile.

  • Company: Hitachi Digital
  • Role: India marketing and communications head, Noida
  • In role since: April 2026
  • At Hitachi Digital since: August 2019

Renaissa Ghosh Papnai at Hitachi Digital

She joined Hitachi Digital in August 2019 as assistant manager, marketing communications. She became deputy manager, marketing and communications in January 2023, and internal communications lead for India in January 2025, before moving into the India head role in April 2026.

Fiserv And NXP

Before Hitachi Digital, she was a specialist in branding and communications at Fiserv from October 2017 to August 2019. From November 2015 to October 2017 she handled PR and corporate communications at NXP Semiconductors, where she contributed to the company's NXP NOW publication and launched NXP Bridge, a monthly employee newsletter for India. Her profile credits her Fiserv work with a 20 per cent rise in employee satisfaction and engagement scores.

From Book Launches To Tech Brands

Her early career was in publishing and PR. At Rupa Publications India and Aleph Book Company, from 2014 to 2015, she handled publicity for titles by authors including Pranab Mukherjee, Chetan Bhagat, Vinod Rai, Shashi Tharoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Ronnie Screwvala and Ruskin Bond. Before that, at Om Books International, she worked on media relations and book launches with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Hrithik Roshan.

She began in 2012 as an associate in media and communication at Value 360 Communications, working with clients including ASUS, Kaun Banega Crorepati, Sony Liv, BSNL Penta, Trend Micro and Gupshup, after an internship at Sahara India in 2011.

Hitachi Digital has not issued a statement on the role.

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