Flipkart appoints Aditya Agarwal as Board of Directors
The leading Indian e-retailer Flipkart has appointed Aditya Agarwal as the Flipkart’s Board of Directors as an independent board member. Prior to joining Flipkart’s board of directors he was associated with Dropbox as the Vice President of Engineering.
Speaking about the appointment, Sachin Bansal, Co–founder and Chief Executive officer of Flipkart, said, “Aditya is one of the best technology minds in Silicon Valley today. With Facebook, Cove and now Dropbox, he is associated with building and driving some of the most innovative technology product companies in the world. Binny and I are very pleased to have him join the board. His experience and expertise will be invaluable in helping us continue to build a world-class technology company out of India.”
On becoming a part of the board, Aditya Agarwal said, “Technology drives some of the biggest innovations in this world. I’m very excited to join Flipkart, which is building technology that can change the retail landscape of a country as complex as India – it’s an opportunity that has massive potential.”
He was one of the first engineers at Facebook and played an important role in helping to design and build core parts of the Facebook engineering infrastructure. Aditya holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
