Mumbai: The shared electric mobility and battery-as-a-service company, Yulu appointed Sandilya Konduri as head of product. He will drive the product vision, lifecycle strategy and implementation for Yulu to deliver world-class products that can offer a superlative user experience.
Konduri will also focus on the adoption of the latest technology, tools and product management practices to help build a thriving product culture at Yulu, as the company looks to scale its shared mobility & battery-as-a-service (BaaS) businesses. He comes with deep expertise in product management and supply chain analytics.
Prior to joining Yulu, he was the Group Product Manager at Flipkart and had the opportunity to resolve critical platforms in the Supply Chain & Optimisation space. He has also contributed to Flipkart’s IP through 2 patents that he co-authored with his colleagues.
He has also worked for companies like ITC Infotech as a lead consultant and Dell as their senior analyst & advisor previously.
Welcoming him to the company, Yulu co-founder & CTO Naveen Dachuri said, “We are delighted to have Sandilya on board. Electric mobility in India is at a tipping point, and Yulu is very well-positioned to lead this phase of hyper-growth for shared mobility."
Sandilya will help bring in product thought-leadership, accelerate the adoption of the latest technology to stay ahead of the curve and build a culture of continuous innovation within the product team.
He will prioritize close alignment & collaboration between the product team and engineering, business, operations, marketing, data and other teams to ensure smooth & speedy execution of the product roadmap. "I am sure he will coach and groom the wonderful talent at Yulu to create a world-class product culture and we look forward to this new phase in our product journey,” said Dachuri.
Commenting on his new role, he said, “I am very excited to join Yulu as I see a tremendous scope in what we are working towards, which is to create sustainable mobility solutions tailor-made for India & India-like markets, powered by technology.”
“The priority will be to balance user needs and business priorities, and keep iterating with new innovations & product features to continuously raise the bar. Another focus area will be to build a culture that is user-centric, insights-driven & analytics-based when it comes to making product decisions, prioritisation & resource allocation,“ added Konduri
He further added, “I genuinely believe that we are at a very interesting time in history, where the coming years will put India on the global map for the kind of Products & Services we design and offer. Congestion and infrastructure shortage are problems that we are grappling with today. As we move ahead, Yulu will not only play a significant role in shaping the perception of shared electric mobility in India, but will also drive the change in the way we imagine EV mobility globally.”
