Alumnus Named VP at Amazon India Rival, Flipkart

Online marketplace Flipkart has hired Ram Papatla from rival Amazon India as the vice president of product management.

Papatla will be responsible for driving advances in buying experiences for customers by focusing on content and product information.

A Flipkart spokesperson confirmed the development, which was first reported by The Economic Times.

At Amazon India, Papatla was director of seller product management and marketing responsible for digital acquisition, fulfillment and seller success.

Papatla is an engineering graduate from Andrews University (Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology, 1977). Prior to Amazon, he spent 16 years at Microsoft where he worked on driving Microsoft Office on mobile devices among other roles.

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