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Fintech firm BharatPe on Thursday announced the appointment of Ajit Kumar as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective October 23, 2025. He takes the chair from Pankaj Goel, who stepped down in May this year. Kumar brings in over 19 years of experience, most recently having served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Paytm. In his new role, he will lead BharatPe's technology strategy and innovation agenda, the company said in a statement. "His proven experience in building scalable fintech platforms and his deep understanding of payments and UPI infrastructure will be instrumental as we continue to innovate and strengthen our technology stack," BharatPe CEO Nalin Negi said.
BharatPe will raise funds before the initial public offer, but the listing will take place only when market conditions are favourable, a top official of the unicorn fintech firm said. BharatPe, last week, announced that it had achieved operational profitability after excluding the employee stock ownership plan. "Whatever goals we set for ourselves, we have gone ahead and achieved them...profitability has to remain intact, and thereafter, once the market conditions are right, we will definitely go for an IPO. There will be a pre-IPO funding round, while an IPO is not on the cards for this financial year. Anything beyond that is a fair game, once the market conditions are right," BharatPe CEO Nalin Negi told PTI. The company closed FY25 with a Rs 6 crore adjusted profit before tax (excluding ESOP expense), recovering strongly from a loss of Rs 342 crore in FY24. "We have always believed that demonstrating consistent performance is key to building investor confidence ahead of a potent
Amid a raging debate in India Inc over 90-hour work week, BharatPe CEO Nalin Negi has said that quality matters more when it comes to measuring outcomes and productivity of employees at workplace, not long hours clocked in, as he emphasised that fintech firm does not have such extreme work hour expectations. The comment assumes significance as it came at a time when there is a spotlight over gruelling work hour expectations in corporate India, after L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan expressed regret over not being able to make staff work on Sundays. Negi told PTI in an interview that quality of work is "paramount", not the number of hours. "Ninety hours is quite a number of hours to put in, and becomes very difficult. So I would say (it is about) quality... quality matters," Negi said. The BharatPe top honcho said that the debate around work-life balance has always been around, and that as a young organisation, BharatPe aims to provide a comfortable and enabling setting where employees
The Delhi High Court has ordered the cancellation of a lookout circular (LOC) issued against Ashneer Grover, the former MD of payment app BharatPe, and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover, noting that the FIR lodged against them over allegations of cheating and forgery has already been quashed. Justice Sanjeev Narula passed the order on Monday after the court was informed that another bench of the high court quashed the FIR on the same day. "Although the copy of the order (quashing the FIR) is not available as of now, the aforenoted fact is not disputed by the counsel for the parties. "In light of the fact that the underlying FIR has been quashed, the LOC issued by respondent No. 3 (Bureau of Immigration), in the opinion of the court, will not survive," Justice Narula said. The LOC was issued by the Bureau of Immigration at the instance of Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in view of the investigation against the Grovers in the cheating and forgery FIR. The quashing of the FIR
Ashneer Grover, co-founder and former managing director of BharatPe, withdrew his plea from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), in which he had alleged oppressive conduct and mismanagement by the board of the fintech firm. The withdrawal of the plea from the NCLT's Delhi bench came after Grover reached a settlement with the company on September 30, 2024. A copy of the settlement agreement was also placed before the NCLT by the counsel appearing for Grover, who had filed an application for withdrawal of the petition. "... during the pendency of the said petition, parties have arrived with settlement and also executed the settlement agreement dated September 30, 2024, a copy of which is placed on record and in view of the settlement applicant (who ispPetitioner in the main company petition) has sought liberty to withdraw the company petition," the NCLT order dated October 14, 2024, noted. It further said: "Liberty is granted to the applicant to withdraw the company petition...
