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WeTravelSolo Launches Mobile App for Solo Travellers
MUMBAI WeTravelSolo, India’s first solo traveller community cum Interest network has taken a step ahead to bring solo travellers and travel enthusiasts under an easily-accessible forum with its release of a mobile app. The app has been made available for download on all Android enabled platforms.
WeTravelSolo, the online Solo Traveler’s community brings the world on the top of your palm. Always a strong believer of the words- there are places to see and people to meet, WeTravelSolo revamps the statement so amazingly that living the reality of those words is as easy as a high-five. It has a feature where you can search for and “Find your true travel soulmate” real quick. Also share all those beautiful pictures, the heart-warming stories, crazy adventures and amazing experiences with people who would love to see and read. Join your Interest Network, meet like-minded people – Make your own trips and Leave to explore the world!
How? It’s simple
1. Make your Travel Buckets
2. Find Travel Soul mate with common buckets as yours.
3. Visit the Profile of your Travel Soul mates, Choose the one you are Ok with.
4. Make your Group and Start making Travel plans with your Travel Soulmate
This app is the version 10.0 of Solo Travelling. A ten times bigger door to enter the unexplored world. There are more people to meet than places to see or vice versa. The app offers you limitless options to travel and meet like-minded people. It brings to you expert advice, guidance and company of people who have traveled the world far and long, as your Trip Crafters. It lets you take trips, explore the world, connect with people you never knew existed and share your travel stories with the whole wide world. With this app, you not merely travel solo but you travel solo, together.
Shefali Walia, founder and chief traveler, WeTravelSolo comments, “WeTravelSolo is a trend-setter in its concept and has been fondly incorporated in the discussion among travel enthusiasts, especially the solo travellers. With the inception of the company the introduction of this concept on mobile app was impending and we are happy to finally introduce the app. WeTravelSolo, as indicated in its brand name, intends to redefine the concept of solo-travel. With the app, the solo trips no longer have to feel lonely and will be free from the bugs of travelling all on their own. Their adventure now can be free of risks. The fast-growing popularity of this app among solo travellers will not only change the previous concepts of solo-travel but also invite more travel enthusiasts. The growing connectivity is preliminary to bringing the travel enthusiasts together and making the concept work.”
So, it’s not just any travel app but a Travel Soul Mate.
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YES Bank hands the keys to SBI veteran Vinay Tonse as it bets on a new era
Former SBI managing director appointed as YES Bank’s new MD and CEO
MUMBAI: YES Bank is done rebuilding. Now it wants to grow. The private sector lender has appointed Vinay Muralidhar Tonse as managing director and chief executive officer-designate, with RBI approval secured and a start date of April 6, 2026 confirmed. The three-year term signals the bank’s intent to shift gears from crisis recovery to full-throttle expansion.
Tonse, 60, is no stranger to scale. Most recently managing director at State Bank of India, he oversaw a retail book of roughly $800bn in deposits and advances, one of the largest in the country. Before that, he ran SBI Mutual Fund from August 2020 to December 2022, a stint that saw assets under management surge from Rs 4.32 lakh crore to Rs 7.32 lakh crore across market cycles. Add stints in Singapore and four years leading SBI’s overseas operations in Osaka, and the incoming chief arrives with a genuinely global CV.
His academic grounding is equally solid: a commerce degree from St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru, and a master’s in commerce from Bangalore University.
The appointment follows an extensive search and evaluation process by the bank’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee. NRC chairperson Nandita Gurjar said the committee unanimously backed Tonse, citing his leadership track record, governance credentials and ability to drive the bank’s next phase of transformation.
Non-executive chairman Rama Subramaniam Gandhi was unequivocal. “I am certain that Vinay Tonse, with his vast experience as a senior banker, will propel YES Bank to its next phase of growth,” Gandhi said, adding that the bank remains focused on strengthening its retail and corporate banking franchises and expanding its branch network.
Rajeev Kannan, non-executive director and senior executive at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the bank’s largest shareholder, said Tonse’s experience across retail, corporate banking, global markets and asset management positioned him well to lead the lender. SMBC said it looks forward to working with Tonse and the board as YES Bank pursues its ambition of becoming a top-tier private sector lender anchored in strong governance and sustainable growth.
Tonse succeeds Prashant Kumar, who took the helm in March 2020 when YES Bank was in freefall following a severe financial crisis, and spent six years painstakingly stabilising the institution, rebuilding governance and restoring operational scale. Gandhi was generous: “The bank remains indebted to Prashant Kumar, who is responsible for much of what a strong financial powerhouse YES Bank is today.”
Tonse, for his part, struck a purposeful note. “Together with the board and my colleagues, I remain deeply committed to creating long-term value for all our stakeholders,” he said, pledging to build on Kumar’s foundation guided by his personal motto: Make A Difference.
Beyond the balance sheet, Tonse played cricket at college and club level and represented Karnataka in archery at the national championships — sports he credits with teaching him teamwork, situational leadership, discipline and focus. In quieter moments, he reaches for retro Kannada music, classic Hindi songs, and the crooning of Engelbert Humperdinck, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar.
YES Bank has its steady-handed rebuilder in Kumar to thank for survival. Now it has a scale-obsessed growth banker at the wheel. The next chapter starts April 6.
