Former State Bank of India (SBI) chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya has been appointed as the chairman and CEO of Salesforce India, Economic Times reported on Tuesday.

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According to the report, Bhattacharya will take charge on April 20 and report to Ulrik Nehammer, General Manager APAC.

She joins a growing number of women leaders in India for multinational companies.

Salesforce has been in India for many years. Its Indian customers include CEAT, redBus, and Franklin Templeton, the ET report said.

Salesforce and its customers and partners in India is expected to create more than $67 billion in revenues and 548,400 new direct jobs by 2024, the report stated.

It has largest user base in India outside the US. More than one million developers in India are trained on Salesforce technology through its online learning platform Trailhead.