Tech CEO falls to his death in front of horrified employees at company party in India

Published January 21, 2024 1:07pm EST

Footage from a tech show in India shows a tragic incident in which a tech CEO fell to his death during what was designed to be an elaborate flashy entrance.

Vistex CEO Sinjay Shah and Vistex president Vishwanath Raju Datla entered onto the stage for a company celebration in a yellow iron cage suspended 15 feet off the ground. As they are being introduced, video shows the cage lurch, spilling both men onto the stage.

Shah, who landed on his head, was killed, while his colleague remains in critical condition, according to the New York Post.

Officials at the venue in Ramoji Film City blamed the deadly mishap on a snapped wire that was holding the cage, but an investigation is ongoing.

"Shah and Raju being lowered from the cage onto the dais was a planned event to kickstart the celebrations," a Vistex officials told the Times of India.

Vistex is an Illinois-based company. Shah, originally born in India, moved to the U.S. and secured his MBA from Lehigh University in 1989. He founded Vistex, an advisory service company, 10 years later in 1999.

Today, the company's client list included companies like GM, Yamaha and Coca-Cola, according to the Post.

In 2017, Shah donated $5 million to Lehigh University to start the Vistex Institute for Executive Learning and Research.

"Mr. Shah's generous gift will enhance Lehigh's ability to deliver high-quality executive education designed to strengthen the skills required of business and industry leaders today," Lehigh University President John Simon said at the time. "With this support, Mr. Shah is embodying the forward-thinking, impact-driven ethos of Lehigh graduates by utilizing his passion for the university and for lifelong education to support future leaders."

Tragic, but Bollywood gonna Bollywood

Sad but bizarre. Is this a cultural thing? Usually it is the attractive ladies in the cage.

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Vistex is an Illinois-based company. Shah, originally born in India, moved to the U.S. and secured his MBA from Lehigh University in 1989. He founded Vistex, an advisory service company, 10 years later in 1999.

In 2017, Shah donated $5 million to Lehigh University to start the Vistex Institute for Executive Learning and Research.

"Mr. Shah's generous gift will enhance Lehigh's ability to deliver high-quality executive education designed to strengthen the skills required of business and industry leaders today," Lehigh University President John Simon said at the time. "With this support, Mr. Shah is embodying the forward-thinking, impact-driven ethos of Lehigh graduates by utilizing his passion for the university and for lifelong education to support future leaders."

Make that the Vistek MEMORIAL Institute.
And apparently those management skills do not include common sense.

I'm an '84 LU-grad - so this is not unfamiliar territory!

Good news, though- there's now more outsourcing of American jobs in the afterlife.

There are times you should wear an instructor belt.

There are a lot of really bright people who come here from India, but it’s still a shithole.

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Is this a cultural thing? Usually it is the attractive ladies in the cage.

Bad writing in the article. I watched the video, it's like basket on a hot air baloon, without the hot air baloon - open from about waist height up. It was swaying and lilting like crazy the whole time.

Video's on Rumble as of now. Like a Bollywood version of Wolf of Wall Street.

That’s one way to make a splashy entrance.

Fancy & flashy = splashy

Was he singing "Honesty" as well?

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Sad but bizarre. Is this a cultural thing? Usually it is the attractive ladies in the cage.

Maybe the two gentlemen self-identified as "attractive ladies".

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I'm an '84 LU-grad - so this is not unfamiliar territory!

Class of '82. Back when the mascot was the Engineer and football games were in Taylor stadium. One of my daughters is class of '15 (?).

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Is this a cultural thing?

I think it's totally a cultural thing. They want to be as garish and over the top as possible for some reason. My FIL was at some conference for his company that has a huge Indian workforce as it turned out and sent me a picture of all the Indians who got dressed up in Bollywood outfits and were going crazy running around and dancing and jumping all over the place at some event there. He was VERY confused.