Uber India business head Mahesh Bhalla resigns

Mahesh Bhalla, head of business development in of Uber India, has quit just after four months of his stint in the taxi-hailing company. This is pegged as the first big exit since Uber started building a corporate team in India.

Bhalla joined Uber in May when he left Qwikcilver, a gifting card solutions company. Bhalla served as the president in Qwikcilver for nearly two years. Before, he worked for Dell and Samsung. Bhalla was the executive director of Dell's consumer and small & medium business in India, where he was the architect of its consumer strategy.

Bhalla’s exit from Uber was confirmed by his LinkedIn profile, which says that he left the company in August.

India is one of the few markets where Uber has decided to appoint a country head. Since last year the San Francisco based company has started bulding a local team regardless of Uber being known for its lean global expansion, with teams of just 3-4 executives in each city and using its global technology.

“In July 2015, Uber committed to invest $1 billion in India, a mark that could surpass either the US or China,” company's founder Travis Kalanick said.
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