Anand is Chief Product Officer @ Snapdeal, one of India’s pre-eminent Internet franchises (Snapdeal, Freecharge, Shopo, Exclusively.In, Unicommerce, GoJavas etc.) with over 100 million combined registered users and with over 1000 engineers.
Previously, he was CPO at Bharti Airtel, the #3 mobile operator globally with over 210 million subscribers driving a new subscription music and video service Wynk Music, Airtel Money etc. and leading their e-commerce business. Earlier, Anand was with Yahoo in Silicon Valley, where he was Sr. Director for Mobile. Previously, he co-founded Aeroprise Inc. Under Anand’s leadership, Aeroprise became the most-deployed solution worldwide for mobile service management, raised $7M in funding and was acquired by BMC Software.
Anand holds a M.S. in Electrical Engg. from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Communications Engg. from PSG College of Technology (India). In 2010, he was named by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.
