India test bed for key innovations: Uber India's Pradeep Parameswaran

Parameswaran talks to Surajeet Das Gupta about the challenges he faced and India's R&D capability.

Pradeep Parameswaran, President, Uber, India & South Asia, talks to Surajeet Das Gupta about the challenges he faced and India’s R&D capability. Edited excerpts:

What have been your key challenges in running Uber India?

When I took over as president of India SA in 2018, one of our biggest challenges was to build a multi-modal platform for bringing the benefits of lower transportation costs and better utilisation. In 2019, we grew our rider base by 25 per cent to over 14 million weekly trips. India continues to be a long-term growth driver for Uber and one of its most strategic global markets. We will