Times Internet has elevated Nikhil Sharma as Business Head of Newspoint, effective November 2025.Sharma has been associated with Times Internet for nearly nine years, most recently serving as Head of Business Development, where he led growth for the company’s products portfolio including TOI, NewsPoint, Gaana, ETMoney, and Haptik. He managed partnerships with mobile brands, ISPs, and DTH operators such as Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Samsung, HTC, LG, Panasonic, Airtel, Dish TV, Micromax, and Lava, while overseeing performance marketing and analytics across multiple apps.
He announced this move via a linkedin post.
Prior to this, Sharma was Manager – Growth & Business at Hungama Digital – Music & Movies from February 2014 to January 2017, focusing on product growth for Hungama apps, content licensing, and enterprise partnerships. He also founded WEstaple.com from September 2013 to January 2015, a grocery and daily essentials e-commerce platform, managing operations and customer experience.
Sharma began his career in product and business management at Paytm from August 2010 to September 2013, including roles as Product Manager and Product & Business Manager, and served as Executive at Cyfuture from March 2010 to August 2010, working on process optimization and consumer behavior insights.
