BANGALORE, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flipkart, India’s leading e-commerce marketplace, announced today that Peeyush Ranjan will join the company as Senior Vice President and Head of Engineering.
Ranjan spent the last nine years at Google in its Mountainview, Calif., headquarters, where most recently he managed Google’s Android One engineering group. He has also managed Motorola’s Value Devices engineering group and was Managing Director of Google India for research & development.
Ranjan will work closely with Mukesh Bansal, Head of Flipkart Commerce Platform, and the Commerce Platform’s leadership team to build on Flipkart’s strong technology expertise and support its commitment to excellence as a world-class technology company. The senior appointment comes shortly after Flipkart announced the hire of Punit Soni as Chief Product Officer. Soni was a senior product management executive for Google and Motorola. Both men are moving from Mountainview, Calif., to Flipkart’s headquarters in Bangalore.
Soni and Ranjan have worked closely together for both Google and Motorola, including on the launch of Motorola’s Moto G and Moto E devices, which were both highly popular in emerging markets including India.
Mukesh Bansal said: “Peeyush’s experience managing Google’s engineering group in India and his expertise in mobile is a tremendous addition to Flipkart’s outstanding technology team. His passion for working on innovative projects will be extremely valuable as Flipkart takes shape as one of the world’s leading technology companies.”
Sachin Bansal said: “I am delighted Peeyush will be moving from the Bay Area to Bangalore to play this important role in Flipkart’s further development. The fact that world-class talent like Peeyush – and Punit Soni before him – are joining Flipkart proves India has arrived as the next center for technology development.”
Ranjan holds degrees in Computer Science from IIT Kharagpur and Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Washington.
About Flipkart:
Flipkart.com is India’s leading e-commerce marketplace offering more than 20 million products across 70+ categories including Books, Media, Consumer Electronics and Lifestyle.
Flipkart is known for its path-breaking services like Cash on Delivery and a 30-day replacement policy. Flipkart is the only online player offering services like In-a-Day Guarantee (50 cities) and Same-Day-Guarantee (13 cities) at scale. Its annual subscription service, Flipkart First, is the first of its kind in the country.
Launched in October 2007, Flipkart has become the preferred online marketplace for leading Indian and international brands.
Flipkart, currently 33,000 people strong, has 30 million registered users clocking more than 10 million daily visits. Flipkart’s technology has enabled it to deliver eight million shipments per month – a number that is only growing.