Zomato Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer Gunjan Patidar Quits Company

Online meals supply platform Zomato mentioned its co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Gunjan Patidar resigned from the publish on Monday.

Patidar was one of many first few workers of Zomato and constructed the core tech techniques for the corporate, it mentioned in a regulatory submitting.

“Over the last ten plus years, he also nurtured a stellar tech leadership team that is capable of taking on the mantle of leading the tech function going forward. His contribution to building Zomato has been invaluable,” the corporate mentioned.

It, nonetheless, didn’t disclose causes for his resignation.

In November final 12 months, one other co-founder of the corporate, Mohit Gupta, had resigned. Gupta, who had joined Zomato four-and-half years again, was elevated to co-founder in 2020 from the place of CEO of its meals supply enterprise.

Zomato had witnessed some prime degree exits final 12 months, together with these of Rahul Ganjoo, who was head of recent initiatives, and Siddharth Jhawar, the erstwhile vice-president and head of Intercity, and co-founder Gaurav Gupta.

On the opposite hand, within the latest Fairwork India Ratings 2022 Report, Zomato scored 4 out of 10 on the premise of offering honest working circumstances for gig staff. The scores had been determined based mostly on the evaluation of a number of on-line platforms in opposition to 5 ideas: Fair Pay, Fair Conditions, Fair Contracts, Fair Management, and Fair Representation. 

The report evaluated 12 platforms providing location-based companies in sectors corresponding to home and private care, logistics, meals supply, e-pharmacy, and transportation, in India. These platforms included Amazon Flex, Big Basket, Dunzo, Flipkart, Ola, PharmEasy, Porter, Swiggy, Uber, Urban Company, Zepto and Zomato.