Saurabh Chandra, Engineering Head of Amazon India moved on from the company after close to a two-year stint. He then started to explore new-age technologies and recently has been incubated as a board member at a Nepal-based E-commerce company Sastodeal. In this new role, he will help Sastodeal enable tech strategy & scale to 10x from where it is today, making it one of the most important unicorns of SouthEast Asia.“Sastodeal, one of the very few genuine online commerce platforms in south Asia is solving some very deep, real, and important problems that touch lives. This is an era of consumerism and the Sastodeal team & board members share a deep passion to serve consumers of Nepal & South Asia, bringing the best quality products, services & experience to all. Sastodeal is very well poised to grow the business to a 10x scale using some very deep technological insights & innovation. I am very humbled & honored to be part of the Sastodeal board and look forward to serving Sastodeal consumers,” Chandra told ETCIO.
Prior to joining the board of Sastodeal, Chandra has worked with companies like Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra, Vias in the capacity of CTO and India Head. He has many firsts to his kitty such as “Big Billion Day, Mobile Only, FDI & GST related e-comm tech stack changes. Chandra has over 20 years of industry experience. He also sits on board of 2 internet companies, has been tech advisor to Google incubator, author of 2 books by McGraw hill, 3 patents & 4 research papers. He has completed his education from BITS & IIM-A.
Sastodeal’s current board members are- Pratik Jalan, Director of Televentures, Tim Gocher, Founder and CEO of Dolma Impact Fund, Dije Shrestha, Director of ICTC Group, Sodhan Manandhar, Co-founder and CTO, and Amun Thapa who is the Founder and CEO of the company.
On Chandra’s joining, Amun Thapa, Founder, and CEO of Sastodeal told ETCIO that “This is a big milestone for Sastodeal and the entire nation to have a technology leader and a visionary of Saurabh’s caliber join Sastodeal board. At the time when Sastodeal was growing near-about 300% YoY, we often faced challenges beyond our experiences and knowledge, especially on the technology front. To have Saurabh with us is a big confidence boost not only to the board but to the entire company. I’m sure this news also brings joy to everyone in the ecosystem.”
“Saurabh brings great value to the board having served as a leader in the world’s leading technology companies including Amazon and Flipkart. I can see great excitement in Sastodeal’s management. The board is looking forward to working together with Saurabh, to leverage his expertise in taking Sastodeal to unseen heights,” Pratik Jalan, Chairman of the Board, Sastodeal added.
