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Ola Chief Operation Officer Vishal Kaul Resigns

19May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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Ola Chief Operation Officer Vishal Kaul Resigns

While yesterday we reported the departure of Jeff Holden from American cab hailing company uber, today's there is a news regarding exit of another senior official of rival cab company Ola. Ola's operation chief Vishal Kaul has resigned after serving the firm for one year and four months marking a latest senior level change in the cab riding firm. Confirming the development, Ola in a statement said, Ola would like to thank Vishal Kaul for his invaluable contributions to the company. He has had a very good inning. We at Ola wish him well for all his future endeavours. Kaul mentioned that he "is moving to pursue another exciting opportunity" and did not elaborate further. An alumnus of Symbiosis Centre for Management and HRD, Kaul joined Ola as operations chief in February 2017 suc...

Ola Shutting Down its Bus Unit ‘Shuttle’

Indian cab aggregator Ola has announced that it is shutting down its bus unit Ola Shuttle, as a part of a "re-balancing" of its mobility portfolio, reported Economic Times. Ola's Shuttle bus service will now be terminated in cities of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata,Hyderabad and Chennai. The news is surprising as the SoftBank backed Ola on the other hand has raised massive amount of funding which could have sufficed if it wanted to keep the engine running. Ola is also focusing on global expansion, starting from Australia. Ola had sent notifications to their customers in the above stated cities, informing them that the Ola Shuttle services will no longer be available starting February 3. The drivers were instructed to return their smartphones, GPS Devices and cameras later by the week ...

Delhi Govt Notifies App-Based Premium Bus Services

The Delhi government has notified the app-based Premium Bus services starting from June 1 which will enable people to book their seats in buses through their smartphone on the lines of app-based taxis services in the national capital. Only air-conditioned buses will ply under the scheme according to which one bus aggregator will have to run at lease 50 vehicles to get a licence from Delhi governments Transport department. A senior government official said, "Government has notified the app-based bus scheme to be rolled out from from June 1." While announcing the scheme last month, Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai had said that bus aggregators will have an individual app like Ola, Uber and they will be allowed to decide their fares, but if need arises government will prescribe upp...