Shuttl appoints ex Bharti Airtel COO (NCR Circle) Venkatesh Rangachari as Head - Growth

Shuttl, India’s largest bus-aggregation platform today announced the appointment of Venkatesh Rangachari as its Head - Growth. In his previous role, Venkatesh was the COO, NCR Circle for Bharti Airtel (Bharti Airtel is the biggest mobile service provider of the country). Venkatesh, an MBA from IIM-B and INSEAD brings with him a rich experience in sales, distribution and marketing, built through stints in several industries and markets across India and Europe.  

Amit Singh, Co-founder and CEO, Shuttl said, “Venkatesh brings with him a unique experience of successfully managing large and diverse teams, products and geographies. His more than a decade of experience of having been on both operational and marketing sides in his past roles will be valuable for us as we continue on our hyper growth trajectory.  I'm very excited to welcome Venkatesh and looking forward to work with him.”

Speaking about his new role at Shuttl, Venkatesh said, “Shuttl holds the potential to disrupt the transportation industry. Amit’s leadership has helped the company achieve momentous growth in a short span of time. The company holds a potential to positively affect the lives of millions of urban travellers looking for a reliable, safe and clean public transport system. I look forward to working with the Shuttl team and taking this company to new heights along with the support of Amit and the team at Shuttl.”

Shuttl was founded in April 2015 and has pioneered the category of app based bus services in India. Over the past 7 months the company has scaled extremely fast and is averaging around 13,000 rides per day across Delhi NCR. Growing at a rapid pace the company aims to continue to add routes to its platform and attract top talent across disciplines to help solve transportation problems across Indian cities.