Hyatt Pune’s Baan Tao is a classic for a Thai and Chinese fine dining experience. From delectable Sushi to Dim Sum and Khao Suey, Baan Tao embarks on a culinary odyssey across the diverse flavors of Asia.

In a remarkable collaboration, Baan Tao joined forces with ‘World on a Plate’ and ‘Mercedes-Benz Silver Star Pune’, on the 8th and 9th of July to host an exclusive gastronomic event that transformed the space into a haven for food enthusiasts, combining innovative gastronomy with a vibrant atmosphere.

Chinese Mauritian Chef, Brendan Pang, delighted guests with his expertise and unconventional dishes. The pop-up brought together culinary enthusiasts, influencers, and media personalities. During an engaging masterclass, participants gained insight into the artistry behind the scenes of these tantalizing dishes.

The enchanting ambiance at Baan Tao was unforgettable as well. Set against the backdrop of a breathtaking 21-foot waterfall, bathed in the warm glow of captivating red ambient lighting, the restaurant provided an immersive dining experience that truly left a lasting impression.

Baan Tao has more in store for its patrons, with upcoming chef collaborations and new menus in the pipeline. Prepare to be amazed as Baan Tao continues to push boundaries and deliver extraordinary dining experiences that will leave you craving for more.

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The project in Pimpri-Chinchwad will have a developable potential of approximately 1.7 million square feet of saleable area with an estimated revenue potential of approximately INR 1,400 crore*

Godrej Properties Ltd. (GPL), (BSE scrip id: GODREJPROP), one of India’s leading real estate developers, today announced that it has acquired 9 acres of land parcel in the residential micro-market of Pimpri-Chinchwad in Pune. The development will primarily be for a group housing project.

Pimpri-Chinchwad is one of the established residential locations in Pune and has excellent connectivity to all major social and commercial hubs of Pune city.

Mohit Malhotra, MD & CEO, Godrej Properties, said, “Pimpri Chinchwad is an important micro-market in Pune and we are happy to add this land parcel to our portfolio. This will further expand our presence in Pune and fits with our strategy of deepening our presence in key micro markets across India’s leading cities.”

*On the basis of the current business assumptions. 

About Godrej Properties Limited:

Godrej Properties brings the Godrej Group philosophy of innovation, sustainability, and excellence to the real estate industry. Each Godrej Properties development combines a 125-year legacy of excellence and trust with a commitment to cutting-edge design, technology, and sustainability. In FY 2021, Godrej Properties emerged as the largest developer in India by the value and volume of residential sales achieved.

Godrej Properties has deeply focused on sustainable development. In 2010, GPL committed that all of its developments would be third-party certified green buildings. In 2020 and again in 2021, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark ranked GPL #1 globally amongst listed residential developers for its sustainability and governance practices. In 2017, GPL was one of the founding partners of the Sustainable Housing Leadership Consortium (SHLC), whose mission is to spread sustainable development practices across the Indian real estate sector. In recent years, Godrej Properties has received over 300 awards and recognitions, including the Porter Prize 2019, The Most Trusted Real Estate Brand in the 2019 Brand Trust Report, Builder of the Year at the CNBC-Awaaz Real Estate Awards 2019, and The Economic Times Best Real Estate Brand 2018.

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PUNE: The India Skill Summit, jointly hosted by Pune based FUEL, FUEL Future Skills Institute and India CSR, will be held virtually on February 6, 2022. The day-long forum will witness visionary politicians, renowned corporate leaders and CSR leaders as guests and speakers. This program assumes national importance as India has to make the skill sector more active and relevant this year.

Speakers and Guests

 The summit will be inaugurated by Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of Karnataka; and Shri Prakash Javadekar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Pune, Former Union HRD Minister. Shri Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India will be the guest of honour, who will deliver the keynote address.

Future skills Paramount 

The national forum will bring together skill sector leaders, experts and key stakeholders from industry and government to discuss the pertinent issues impacting the skills development sector and allied domains. The summit is curated as a platform for future skills dialogue pertaining to India.

Building Future-Ready Workforce, the theme

The central theme of this prestigious forum is ‘Building Future-Ready Workforce’. The summit is a forum for multiple industries to discuss future skills trends and understand the opportunities in the area of a future-ready workforce. The summit encourages young people to Upskill and Re-skill themselves. Upcoming trends and the future of India’s skill development will be discussed in a detailed manner by the various stalwarts attending the summit.

Skills for All

“Skills Development is an important imperative for achieving India’s ambitious growth targets. We are committed to working with the stakeholders, especially the industry, government and academia to create sustainable and scalable future-ready skills propositions which will benefit the youth of the country from all sections of society.”, said Ketan Deshpande, Founder, FUEL and FUEL Future Skills Institute (FFSI).

Industry leaders at the summit will be provided with the opportunity to propose collaborative and innovative resolutions to meet the skills needed across the Indian workforce, and ensure India remains globally competitive.

India, a Skill Capital of World

“India has emerged as the fastest-growing major economy and is expected to be the Skill Capital of the world over the next 2 to 5 years, backed by its young workforce. The average age in India is 29 years with 65% of the population in the working-age group (15-59 years of age). India’s burgeoning young workforce can be an asset not just for India but for the rest of the world as well.”, said Rusen Kumar, Founder and CEO, India CSR.

The participants will be able to hear thought leaders discuss and deliberate on topics extremely relevant to the skill development ecosystem for the coming years.

Launch of FUEL Future Skills Institute (FFSI)

“Launch of FUEL Future Skills Institute (FFSI) also to be launched during the summit. FFSI is a state-of-the-art centre of excellence to equip needy youth with futuristic and management skills addressing National Education Policy NEP and Industry 4.0 needs.”, added Ketan Deshpande.

Connect and Collaborate

“The Skill Summit is for skill leaders of Govt., CSR, Industry, Academicians, Researchers, Policy Makers and other stakeholders. The objective of the summit is to address the challenges that India’s skill sector is facing today and likely to face in future and to discuss innovations and strategic solutions to lay a foundation for building future-ready organisations and workforce.”, said Rusen Kumar.

Key Luminaries at the forum 

• Chief Guests

1. Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of Karnataka;
2. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Pune, Former Union HRD Minister 

• Guest of Honour

1. Shri Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India 

• Speakers 

1. Ketan Deshpande, Founder Chairman & CEO, FUEL;
2. Santosh Huralikoppi, Chief Mentor, FUEL;
3. Rusen Kumar, Founder and Managing Editor, India CSR;
4. C.P. Gurnani, MD & CEO, Tech Mahindra Limited,
5. Shailender Kumar, Senior VP and Regional Managing Director, Oracle India
6. Prof. Jaideep Prabhu, Author, Nehru Professor of Business and Enterprise, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK;
7. Clare Woodcraft, Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, Cambridge Judge Business School, UK;
8. Shonali Banerjee, Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, Cambridge Judge Business School, UK
9. Kapil Kaul, National President, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
10. David J. Ranz, U.S Consul General, Mumbai
11. Martina Merz, Chief Executive Officer, ThyssenKrupp
12. Prof Shaz Ansari, Professor of Strategy, Judge Business School

Testimonials from leaders

Corporate Leaders convey best wishes for the success of the programme Political visionary and various corporate tycoons conveyed their best wishes for the success of the programme.

Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Pune and Former Union HRD Minister; Office of Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft; Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and MD, Hindustan Unilever Limited; Madhav Singhania, Deputy Managing Director & CEO, J.K. Cement Limited; Mohit Malhotra, Chief Executive Officer, Dabur India Limited; Ajay S. Shriram, Chairman & Sr. Managing Director, DCM SHRIRAM; Venkatram Mamillapalle, Country CEO & Managing Director, Renault India Operations; Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG group of Companies; Hari S Bhartia, Founder and Co-Chairman, Jubilant Bhartia Group; Dheeraj G Hinduja, Executive Chairman Ashok Leyland, Hinduja Group who are leading leaders who have called this meeting important by sending their best wishes.

The Friends Union for Energising Lives (FUEL)

FUEL – Friends Union for Energising Lives, is a credible non-profit organization registered as a trust established in 2007 working in the fields of Skill Development, Career Counseling, and scholarships for disadvantaged youth of the nation under CSR initiative of various leading corporate. FUEL has trained over 45000 needy youth in futuristic skills & has guided 11 lakh students across India. FUEL, founded and led by Ketan Deshpande and Santosh Huralikoppi has received appreciation from the Hon’ble Prime Minister as “Champions of Change” and Hon’ble President of India for its commendable work over the years.

India CSR

India CSR indiacsr.in is the largest tech-led platform for information on CSR and sustainability in India offering diverse content across multisectoral issues. It covers Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainability, and related issues in India. Founded in 2009, the organisation aspires to become a globally admired media that offers valuable information to its readers through responsible reporting. To enjoy the premium content, we invite you to subscribe to it.

Those who want to join the forum requested to register with this Zoom Link: Meeting Registration – Zoom

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National, 18th January 2022: Technique Control Facility Management, one of India’s fastest growing facility management organizations today announced the appointment of Ashwini Walawalkar as the Country Head. Ashwini is a seasoned IFM professional with three decades of experience in the hospitality and service industry.

In her role, Ashwini will helm excellence across all the verticals of the firm, right from HR, operations, to P& L for TCFM. She will also spearhead the firm to meet its DEI goals, with a specific focus on woman empowerment and inclusivity at the workplace.

Ashwini’s expertise ranges across business strategy, P& L Management, IFM Operations, and various façades of HR including Organization Development, Talent Management, and L&D. She has been instrumental in driving global business strategies in India across her portfolios. Prior to this, Ashwini commenced her career in 1992 with the hospitality industry and gathered her acumen of the field over a career spanning eight years. Following this, she started her journey in Facility Management, an industry that was at its nascent stage in the country. She brings over 20 years of knowledge in the field across dynamic verticals. “I have seen the FM industry transform over three decades – from being an outsourced service to becoming frontline warriors post the pandemic, the cusp though remaining the same – to ensure a safe and sustainable environment to work and live in. With my new role at TCFM embodying major responsibilities across a large and diverse portfolio of real estate, I will also focus on gender diversity by building more opportunities for women in the FM space. I look to inspire them with my journey that also started as a housekeeper. I look forward to uplifting the lives of our 8000+ blue-collar workforce who represent the success quotient of our fine establishment – TCFM” said Ashwini Walawalkar.

About Technique Control Facility Management

TCFM is one of India’s fastest-growing Facility management organizations. They provide end-to-end Integrated Facility Management services PAN India; currently operating over 80 Million Sft of space with 8000+ professionals. TCFM has regional offices across 6 states in India with the Headquarters in Bangalore, Karnataka. Leveraging on the combination of a skilled workforce and robust technology, TCFM is committed to driving the growth of the facility management sector in the country. They provide Housekeeping, Technical Services, Energy Management, Landscaping & Horticulture, Security, Surveillance, and Disinfection Services across the real estate spectrum in Commercial, Co-Working, Residential, Co-Living, Industrial & Warehousing, Infrastructure, Education, Hospitality, Healthcare, and Energy sectors.

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• Trained 500,000 underprivileged people
• Reached 3.5 million people to protect them against vector-borne diseases

Mumbai 29^th July 2021: With a promise to build a more employable and greener world, Godrej Industries & Associate Companies, today, commemorated ten years of the sustainability journey. The company announced the culmination of the first phase of the Good & Green vision which exceeded most of its environmental, healthcare, and education targets (Social).

Keeping the environmental and social impact at the core, in the last decade, Godrej has successfully trained and supported over half a million underprivileged people to improve their incomes and enabled 3.5 million people to protect themselves against vector-borne diseases.

Other significant accomplishments of the last decade include; Renewable portfolio of Godrej Industries & Associate Companies are now at 50% as compared to the goal of 30%. Over half of the energy consumed across Godrej companies are from renewable sources and every tonne of Godrej manufactured products uses 30% less energy, 35% less water, almost 50% fewer emissions, and 75% less wastage.

Commenting on the achievement, Nadir Godrej, Managing Director of Godrej Industries and Chairman of Godrej Agrovet, said, “Our vision was to go beyond business and focus on building a more inclusive and greener India. I am proud that with the help of our team, we have been able to deliver excellent results against our environmental and social targets and exceeded most of them. Along the way, we’ve faced a few challenges and learned some lessons. With the first decade behind us, we are now looking at achieving bigger and bolder sustainability goals and build a more equitable and greener nation.”

To continue with the sustainability journey, Godrej Industries & Associated Companies have crafted bolder goals that align with the businesses. In the next five years, they aim to empower close to 150,000 people in emerging economies with skills and livelihoods support to enhance their incomes and protect 10 million people against vector-borne diseases. In addition to employability and strengthening public healthcare systems, the company is focussing on ensuring efficient waste management systems for 8 municipalities in India impacting 10 million people, ensuring a third of all Godrej products are greener than in 2020, maintain carbon neutrality, water positivity, achieve and maintain zero waste to landfill.

To achieve the sustainability goals, Godrej Industries & Associated Companies have collaborated with few implementation partners who have helped in analyzing, providing solutions, and supporting in addressing specific issues to stimulate social and environmental progress.

About Godrej

Established in 1897, the Godrej Group has its roots in India’s Independence and Swadeshi movement. Our founder, Ardeshir Godrej, lawyer-turned-serial entrepreneur failed with a few ventures before he struck gold with a locks business. Today, we enjoy the patronage of 1.2 billion consumers globally across consumer goods, real estate, appliances, agriculture, and many other businesses. In fact, our geographical footprint extends beyond Earth, with our engines now powering many of India’s space missions. With revenues of over USD 5 billion we are growing fast, and have exciting ambitious aspirations. For us, it is most important that besides our strong financial performance and innovative, much-loved products, we remain a good company. About 23 percent of the promoters’ holding in the Godrej Group is held in trusts that invest in the environment, health, and education. We are also bringing together our passion and purpose to make a difference through our Good & Green strategy of ‘shared value’ to create a more inclusive and greener India. At the heart of all of this, are our people. We take much pride in fostering an inspiring workplace, with an agile and high-performance culture. We are deeply committed to recognizing and valuing diversity across our teams.

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New Delhi, 14^th July 2021 – B2B Commerce Unicorn Moglix has appointed Mukund Vasudevan as Senior Vice President-Strategic Partnerships. Mukund will be leading large transformation initiatives for Moglix customers and vendors globally.

Mukund Vasudevan brings over 28 years of global leadership experience in the manufacturing and chemical sectors. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Mukund has held leadership positions at Ecolab, Pentair, Schlumberger, and McKinsey and led enterprise customer collaborations in the markets of the USA, the Middle East, Brazil, and India.

As the Managing Director at Ecolab, he was instrumental in accelerating the growth and improving the profitability of the company in India and South Asia. Also as the Country Head of Pentair, he led the company’s efforts to register 10x growth for the company in 6 years. He has advised several Fortune 500 companies on strategy, operations, and organizational effectiveness during his stint with McKinsey.

Addressing queries on his new role with Moglix, Mukund said, “I am elated to join Moglix. I am passionate about manufacturing and making in India for the world. I am excited about Moglix’s vision to create the operating system of the future for the manufacturing sector. I look forward to being a part of the Moglix journey to make B2B supply chains more efficient through the use of technology.”

Welcoming Mukund to the team, Rahul Garg, CEO & Founder, Moglix said, “We are delighted to have Mukund on board. His expertise in leading teams, driving growth, and transforming businesses will be invaluable to our journey towards global expansion. His expertise in the manufacturing and consulting domains will enable us to add value to customers and suppliers in our ecosystem.”

Moglix is one of Asia’s largest and fastest-growing B2B Commerce companies. The company recently raised a Series E round of funding and attained unicorn status in May 2021. The company employs 1000+ people, has an on-ground supply chain footprint spanning 35+ locations across India, the Middle East, the U.K., and southeast Asia. The company offers technology-enabled supply chain solutions to 800 large enterprises and 3000 manufacturing plants across 120 geographies worldwide.

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Mumbai, July 01, 2021: India’s leading independent financial services platform for MSMEs, Mswipe, today announced the appointment of Ketan Patel as the Chief Executive Officer. Founder Manish Patel, who has built the company over the last decade as India’s largest POS player and leading end-to-end digital enabler of MSMEs, will move into the role of Managing Director.

Ketan, who brings close to 20 years of entrepreneurial and corporate experience in the fintech and BFSI industry, will lead the company through a strategic transformation – by accelerating its operational excellence to provide seamless digital payments and by building value-added financial services including credit, insurance among others for MSMEs.

Commenting on the appointment, Mswipe Founder Manish Patel said, “I am excited to welcome Ketan to the Mswipe family. Ketan is a seasoned leader with a proven track record of delivering operational excellence, achieving revenue and profitability for our business. I am a firm believer of constant evolution and adaptability and I am confident that Ketan will spearhead Mswipe on to an exciting, high-growth journey as Mswipe expands to provide credit and other financial services in addition to our core payments services to our customers.”

“Mswipe has been a market leader in transforming digital payments for MSMEs and is credited with bringing several industry-first innovations in the last 10 years. I am excited to be a part of the journey ahead that seeks to transform the financial services landscape for the smallest of businesses in India. We will continue building a superior financial platform for MSMEs that is built on the tenants of accessibility and affordability,” Ketan added on his new role.

In his role as the Executive Director & CEO of CASHe, Ketan led the company in becoming India’s largest digital lending company for salaried millennials. Prior to his entrepreneurial venture, Ketan worked with Kotak Mahindra Bank for over 18 years where he had an illustrious career heading some of its key portfolios ranging from Private Banking, Wealth Management, Composite Business Solutions, and E-commerce. He was also instrumental in setting up the Private Banking Business for the Kotak Group in the UK.

 Ketan has received several industry recognitions for his leadership. He was bestowed with the Young Entrepreneurs Award by The Economic Times in 2020 and recognized as India’s Most Trusted CEO 2020 by WCRC- The Malcolm McDonald Academy. Ketan was recognized for his excellence in Finance – Leadership at the Finext Conference in Dubai 2019 and received the ‘CEO of the Year’ award at the Asia Leadership Awards in 2019.

About Mswipe

Mswipe aims to be India’s largest financial services platform for SMEs by providing seamless, omnichannel digital payments and other value-added financial services. It is the largest independent mobile POS merchant acquirer and network provider with 6.75 lakh POS and 1.1 million QR merchants across the country. Mswipe offers a host of payment acceptance services for SME’s enabling them to accept – cards, wallets, mobile payment apps and bank apps, contactless, and QR payments. Headquartered in Mumbai, Mswipe began operations in 2011. Its key investors include B Capital, UC-RNT, Falcon Edge Capital, Matrix Capital Partners, DSG Partners, and Epiq Capital.

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Mumbai, 2^nd July 2021: Poonawalla group acquired Magma Fincorp Ltd is pleased to announce the joining of Sanjay Miranka as its Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO) effective today. Sanjay will lead the group’s resource raising, regulatory compliance & governance, investor interactions, corporate legal, and work with the MD and Group CEO on the strategic transformation.

Sanjay is a qualified CA and CS and comes with over 26 years of rich experience across a diverse set of industries like Financial Services, Edible Commodities, and Telecom. He was recently associated with Aditya Birla Finance Ltd (ABFL) for close to 18 years in various capacities such as Head of Capital Market Lending Business and later as CFO. In his tenure as CFO, ABFL’s long-term credit rating moved up from “AA+” to “AAA” and he has been instrumental in diversifying the funding sources and achieving one of the lowest costs of funds in the NBFC sector. For his outstanding contribution, he was conferred with “The Best CA CFO Award in Large Corporate BFSI Category” by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in 2020.

Abhay Bhutada, Managing Director, Magma Fincorp said, “Sanjay joins us at this important phase when the company is going through a strategic shift. I am certain that his deep and extensive experience across a diverse set of industries including both the asset and liability side of a lending business, his drive for operational excellence, and setting up of best practices will benefit us immensely as we continue to position the brand for the future. I am confident that he would be a great addition to the team and will provide strong leadership.”

 Commenting on his appointment, Sanjay Miranka said “I would like to extend my gratitude to the Poonawalla group and the Board of Directors for giving me the opportunity to be part of this growth journey. I look forward to partner with the team to execute the company’s vision and enhance value for its shareholders, people, and all stakeholders.”

About Magma Fincorp Limited

Magma Fincorp Limited (“Magma”) a Mumbai-based non-deposit-taking non-banking Finance Company (NBFC), is registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Company started operations nearly three decades back and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited and the National Stock Exchange in India. Consequent to the capital raise of Rs 3,456 Crore in May ‘21, the Company is now part of Poonawalla

The group with 60% shares owned by Rising Sun Holdings, a Company-owned and controlled by Mr. Adar Poonawalla. Magma a financial conglomerate offers a bouquet of financial products including commercial finance, Agri finance, SME finance, mortgage finance, and general insurance. Magma is focused on the rural and semi-urban sector with widespread coverage and presence across 21 States with 297 Branches. Magma’s customer base stood at 5.4 million and manages a loan book of Rs 14,225 crore.

For more information, please log on to: www.magma.co.in

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Mumbai, 14th June 2021: Shriram Transport Finance Company Limited (“STFC” or “Company”), has successfully raised Rs. 1,998.98 crores via a qualified institution’s placement of equity shares. The Company had launched its QIP on June 7, 2021, and received 6.3x oversubscription. The QIP was priced at Rs. 1,430 per share, representing a discount of 0.23% to the SEBI floor price of Rs.1,433.32. Several FIIs and DIIs participated in the QIP.

The Book Running Lead Managers (BRLMs) to the issue were ICICI Securities Limited, J.P. Morgan India Private Limited, Axis Capital Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited, and HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Private Limited.

The board has also approved on 7^th June 2021 a preferential issue of Rs. 500 crores, equally split between equity shares and convertible warrants to the Promoter, Shriram Capital Limited at the issue price of Rs. 1,440 per security.

Mr. Umesh Revankar, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Shriram Transport Finance Company, while describing the successful issuance stated “We are delighted by the response of and participation by the global and domestic investor community in STFC’s QIP. We believe that the 6.3x oversubscription and successful closure without many discounts is a testament to the value of our franchise and its attractive growth prospects in long term. The QIP proceeds will augment the Company’s long-term resources for funding requirements of business activities, financing future growth opportunities and general corporate purposes.”

About Shriram Transport Finance Company Limited:

STFC is part of the Shriram group which has a strong presence in financial services in India, including Consumer Finance, Life Insurance, General Insurance, Stock Broking, and Distribution of financial products businesses. Established in 1979, STFC has a long track record of over three decades in the commercial vehicle financing industry in India. STFC is one of the leading non-banking finance companies classified as an Investment and Credit Company in the organized sector in India that cater to first-time buyers and small road transport operators for financing pre-owned commercial vehicles. It offers financial services to commercial vehicle operators, thereby providing comprehensive financing solutions to the road logistics industry in India. It has a pan-India presence with 1,817 branch offices, as of March 31, 2021, and manages assets of over Rs. 1,17,200 crores and has a customer base exceeding 21 lakh. , It also provides new CV financing besides other products like accidental repair loans, tire loans, and working capital finance, etc. For more information please visit https://www.stfc.in/

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Bangalore – 12 February 2021: After witnessing a 3x business growth in 2020, India’s recent FinTech Unicorn, Razorpay, is now creating job opportunities for over 650 employees to meet the ever-evolving payment and banking needs of SMEs and Freelancers. The fintech giant’s primary focus will be on expanding the Engineering, Product, Customer Experience, Sales, and Marketing teams, across levels.

The global pandemic has been a turning point for offline businesses and consumers. Within a  year, the company witnessed an 80% increase in the demand for digital payments and the need for digital financial processes, forcing offline companies to move online. Razorpay takes pride in having built one of the highest calibers of Engineering & Product teams in India, along with the other teams, working round the clock to make the existing situation hassle-free for all businesses, particularly SMEs and MSMEs. Of the 650 new positions for both freshers and lateral hires, 350 will be towards expanding the engineering and product teams, and the rest will form the Customer Experience, Sales, and Marketing forces.

Excited about the aggressive hiring plan designed to help more underserved businesses across the country, Chitbhanu Nagri, Senior Vice President – People Operations, Razorpay said, “Things have been drastically changing at Razorpay in the last few months. With the rising adoption of digital payments during Covid-19 and thousands of businesses going online for the first time, there’s a lot of scope for interesting innovations in business payments now, something that Razorpay employees have been actively working on. This story of innovation and disruption will continue and grow stronger in the next few months and hence our hiring plans are being driven by more investment in product development, customer experience, and new additions to the existing product suite so that we cater to the ever-evolving payment and banking needs of SMEs & MSMEs.”

Nagri added, “I believe that the new team members will come with a new set of ideas, relentless enthusiasm, and an undying passion to ensure we stay at the top of the game and continue to put customer experience and convenience before everything else. We are excited and looking forward to 650 more people joining us as we together work towards servicing the next 5Mn businesses by 2022.”

Razorpay’s strength lies in its current 1300 employees, and in the last year, the company has hired over 550 employees and has also created cross-functional growth opportunities for its existing employees. The employees will continue to work remotely for the next few months.

Recently, Razorpay announced a string of new products to empower the next phase of digital growth for Small Businesses in India. The company launched Vernacular Language Support in 7 languages, India’s first B2B app store, the “Razorpay Trusted Badge” to improve conversions for new businesses, and Group Health Insurance for companies with as few as two employees. The Fintech unicorn has also been steadily growing its neo banking arm, RazorpayX which serves more than 10,000 businesses today and is the leading B2B neobank in the country.

The company was recently crowned one of the leading FinTech Unicorns with the Series-D fundraise of $100Mn. Razorpay currently powers payments for over 5 Mn businesses, including Facebook, Airtel, BookMyShow, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy, Cred, ICICI Prudential among others, and is all set to reach 10 Million businesses by next year.

About Razorpay: Razorpay, a full-stack financial services company, and a recently crowned Unicorn, helps Indian businesses with comprehensive and innovative solutions built over robust technology to address the entire length and breadth of the payment and banking journey for any business. Established in 2014, the company provides technology payment solutions to over 5Mn businesses. Founded by IIT Roorkee alumni, Shashank Kumar and Harshil Mathur, Razorpay is the second Indian company to be a part of Silicon Valley’s largest tech accelerator, Y Combinator. Marquee investors such as GIC, Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India, Ribbit Capital, Matrix Partners, Y Combinator, and MasterCard have invested a total of $206.5 Mn through Series A, B, C & D funding. Around 33 angel investors have invested in Razorpay’s mission to simplify payments and banking and redefine how finance works in India.

Razorpay Communications Contact:

Hepsibah Rozario || hepsibah.rozario@razorpay.com || +91 8884913468

Shalini Chandrasekharan || shalini.chandrasekharan@razorpay.com || + 91 7829212112

Aafia Feroze || aafia.feroze@adfactorspr.com || + 91 9902491526

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