Paytm has appointed Abhishek Rajan as the VP and head of its travel unit. Paytm has confirmed Rajan’s appointment. Rajan will be based out of Bangalore. Prior to joining Paytm, Rajan worked as the head of mobile business at Myntra for 1.5 years where he looked after Myntra’s growth revenue on mobile. Before that, he co-founded Easy2commute in 2009 and continues to work there.
Rajan, an IIM- Ahmedabad alum, and who, till recently, led Flipkart-owned Myntra’s mobile business, will join Paytm as vice president this week itself, and be based out of Bengaluru.
While still a departure from the norm, Rajan’s hiring by Paytm is second such senior-level appointment by one startup, having lured away talent from another leading venture.
Traditionally, India’s consumer internet majors, such as Flipkart, the country’s largest ecommerce company, Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace, and online food ordering and restaurant reservation company Zomato, have largely poached almost their entire senior leadership from conglomerates, such as Unilever and Airtel Paytm launched its travel business in December last year, establishing its presence in a space, which has, thus far, been dominated by online travel agencies, including, GoIbibo.com, MakeMy-Trip.com, ClearTrip.com and yatra.com.
