BANGALORE: Sun Microsystems today appointed Anil Valluri as new president for India operations. 

He was corporate director – head, Services Practice, at Sun Microsystems India. 

Valluri replaces Bhaskar Pramanik who will take over as vice president - Global Volume Business and will be based out of Sun headquarters in the US. Sun made this announcement in Bangkok, Thailand.

Valluri joined Sun Microsystems India in 1999 as its director – Systems Engineering and CTO, responsible for all technology, product and solution consulting. 

He led a team of IT architects, consultants, product specialists and solution managers in Data Center, Data Management, Java Web Services, Identity and Network Computing. 

Before being appointed president, Valluri was heading Sun India's Services Business, which spans Support Services, Professional Services, Learning Services and Managed Services.

On his new role, Valluri said: "It is a proud moment for me, as I take on the role of the India GEM's president. I look forward to building upon the success established by Sun in India under the leadership of Bhaskar and driving Sun's further growth in this region."

A big fan of Formula 1 racing, Valluri has over 22 years of Sales, Marketing and Technology Management experience in the IT industry. 

He had worked earlier with DCM Data Products and Digital India. He was instrumental in pioneering and evangelising 64-bit computing technology in India in 1993 during his stint with Digital.

Meanwhile, Sun Microystem also announced the formation of new emerging markets for sales geography to drive expansion and sales coverage across growing markets in South and Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and Greater China.