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Flipkart makes leadership changes ahead of IPO, appoints Hemant Badri as Senior VP Supply Chain

Flipkart announced key changes to its leadership team. According to an internal letter sent to Flipkart’s employees by Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy on Monday, Flipkart has appointed former Unilever veteran Hemant Badri as Senior Vice President of its supply chain operations, effective March 1, 2021.  Most recently, Badri was the Global Vice President of Planning, […]

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JP Morgan’s Saroj Panigrahi joins Flipkart as general counsel

Flipkart has appointed Saroj Panigrahi, former head of JP Morgan’s legal department in India,  as its senior vice president and general counsel. Bijoya Roy, who has led Flipkart’s legal operations since January 2019 will transition to the role of vice president and head of legal at the company and will report into Panigrahi, CEO Kalyan […]

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Flipkart pushes for organizational changes, Adarsh Menon to lead a new initiative: Report

Flipkart is elevating Senior Vice President and Head of Private Brands, Electronics and Furniture, Adarsh Menon to lead a new business initiative. According to an email sent by Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy to Flipkart employees, accessed by The Financial Express, Menon may head Flipkart’s B2B (business to business) initiative.  The mail read, “Being one of […]

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Flipkart appoints Krishna Raghavan as new Chief People Officer

Krishna Raghavan has been appointed as Chief HR Officer of Flipkart. The decision was taken a few months after Smriti Singh resigned from the position. The e-commerce major has found a replacement from within its leadership team.  Currently, Krishna Raghavan is the senior vice president of engineering at Flipkart. He will be taking charge of […]

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Flipkart appoints Aparna Ballakur as Head HR

Flipkart.com, has appointed Aparna Ballakur as the Chief People Officer (CPO) for the company. As the CPO, she would be heading HR for the flipkart.com team of about 5000 employees. This manpower size includes the logistics team at flipkart.com. She joins flipkart.com from Yahoo India, where she has been the Vice President – Human Resources.