India — Thales has appointed Tushar Haralkar as Director, Sales Engineering – India & SAARC, strengthening its cybersecurity leadership as the company expands its customer engagement and technical sales capabilities across the India and South Asia region.
Based in Mumbai, Haralkar will lead sales engineering for Thales’ cybersecurity business across India and SAARC, working closely with enterprise customers, partners, and technical teams to support cybersecurity strategy, solution design, pre-sales consulting, and the adoption of identity security, data protection, cloud security, and encryption technologies. His appointment reflects Thales’ continued focus on helping organizations strengthen cyber resilience amid growing digital transformation and AI adoption.
Haralkar brings extensive experience in cybersecurity, enterprise security solutions, technical consulting, and pre-sales engineering. Throughout his career, he has worked with customers across industries, helping organizations secure critical applications, data, identities, and cloud environments while supporting compliance and digital modernization initiatives.
Announcing the appointment, Thales Cybersecurity Products welcomed Haralkar in a LinkedIn post, stating, “We’re delighted to welcome Tushar Haralkar to the Thales team. Based in Mumbai, India, and bringing extensive cybersecurity experience, Tushar joins us as Director, Sales Engineering, India & SAARC.”
The appointment comes as enterprises across India and the SAARC region continue to increase investments in cybersecurity technologies to address evolving cyber threats, ransomware attacks, AI-enabled security risks, and regulatory compliance requirements. Organizations are increasingly adopting identity and access management, encryption, cloud security, and data protection solutions to secure their digital infrastructure and critical business assets.
Thales is a global leader in cybersecurity, helping organizations protect applications, data, identities, and digital infrastructure through integrated cybersecurity platforms and services. The company provides solutions spanning data protection, identity and access management, cloud security, encryption, and compliance, enabling enterprises and governments worldwide to build secure and trusted digital ecosystems.
