Tag: Gaurav Agarwal

  • Samir Ahluwalia re-designated as Zee Business editor; Mihir Bhatt continues as deputy editor

    Samir Ahluwalia re-designated as Zee Business editor; Mihir Bhatt continues as deputy editor

    MUMBAI: Zee Business’ editor Amish Devgan has stepped down from his responsibility. While on the other hand, Zee Media Corporation’s CEO content Samir Ahluwalia has been re-designated as the editor for Zee Business. Ahluwalia was earlier the editor of Zee Business and acting CEO and was elevated as the CEO content and VP business in 2014.

    Mihir Bhatt continues to remain as the deputy editor without any change in position and reports to Ahluwalia.

    Devgan is working on multiple options confirms a source. He had joined Zee News in 2002 and later moved to Zee Business as an anchor in 2005. He was also chief editor in Zee Business and hosted  shows like Big Story Big Debate, Commodity Market show and held Commodity Investor Camps across India.

    Zee is planning to build on multiple faces with Gaurav Agarwal, Mihir Bhatt and Virendra Kumar and is working on new strategies for the growth of the entire company.

  • HealthKart ropes in Gaurav Agarwal as CTO

    HealthKart ropes in Gaurav Agarwal as CTO

    NEW DELHI: HealthKart – one of the leading online health and fitness store – has appointed Gaurav Agarwal, a Silicon Valley veteran for 12 years, as the chief technology officer (CTO). He will also head HealthKart’s products division, with a specific focus on the company’s web and mobile initiatives. In his previous role, he was responsible for the iconic game ‘FarmVille’ for Zynga.  Under his leadership, Farmville grossed over $ 1 billion in revenue and became the largest game in the world.

     

    Agarwal has held multiple technology and management roles in the Silicon Valley. Commenting on his addition to the team, HealthKart co-founder and MD Prashant Tandon said in a release: “We are very excited to have someone of this caliber join the team at HealthKart. With Gaurav leading technology and product, we are confident that we can create world class web and mobile products that help take both HealthKart.com and HealthKartPlus to the next level.”

     

    “I am excited to be back in India and thrilled to be a part of HealthKart. This is a very exciting space and I believe a lot of interesting technology work can be done with a platform like HealthKart. I am looking forward to working with the great team and create a distinctive experience for the users here”, added HealthKart CTO Gaurav Agarwal.

     

    Agarwal holds a Bachelors degree in Technology (B.Tech – Computer Science) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.