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Ola signs MoU with Madhya Pradesh govt to create 25,000 entrepreneurs

Cab aggregator Ola today said it has signed MoU with Government of Madhya Pradesh to create 25,000 entrepreneurs in the state. The MOU is focused towards training, skill development and empowerment of 25,000 driver partners in the next two years, Ola said in a releae. It said the MoU has been signed with Madhya Pradesh State Skill Development Mission (MPSSDM) and Directorate of Skill Development (Technical Education & Skill Development Dept). The company has set goal of nurturing micro entrepreneurship and skilling 50 lakh drivers by 2020. Ola said as part of this initiative, it will work closely with the State's Skill Development Department in providing essential training infrastructure, utilities and technology framework that will ensure an improved employment scenario for the youth of Madhya Pradesh. Along with skilling and training thousands of men and women, Ola said it will also organise on-ground events, build communication modules and create a ...

Ola joins hands with Gorb to offer food to customers at discounted rates

The will provide a discount of Rs 100 on a minimum order value of Rs 200

Ola raises $330 mn at $3.5-bn valuation

Valuation 30% lower, as SoftBank marked down its investment in the cab aggregator

Ola, Uber drivers call off strike as companies promise to fulfil demands

Development comes as Delhi govt called a meeting between drivers and representatives of Uber and Ola

Ola hires Pranav Tiwari, Sanjay Kharb to lead Engineering departments

Both Pranav and Sanjay's roles are critical and essential to steer Ola to its next phase of growth

Ola slashes fares in Bengaluru despite driver protests of falling earnings

Firm's Mini category fares cut from Rs 10 per km to Rs 8, Prime services from Rs 13 per km to Rs 10

Ola appoints Badri Raghavan as chief data scientist

Prior to Ola, Badri was the Chief Data Scientist and Founding CTO of FirstFuel Software

Ola names PepsiCo's Vishal Kaul as COO

Growing trend among Indian start-ups to bring experienced professionals to run business

Ola appoints former PepsiCo executive Vishal Kaul as COO

Jivrajka has now been appointed as Founding Partner, he succeeds Pranay Jivrajk

Ola partners with Apollo to train drivers for on-road medical emergencies

Partnership will offer medical benefits, accident insurance at discounted rates to driver partners

Ola ropes in SAB Miller's Shalabh Seth to head its leasing unit

He'll look at growing supply of cars and also bring more drivers into Ola's fold

Ola appoints Shalabh Seth as CEO for Ola Fleet Technologies

Shalabh joins Ola from SAB Miller India, where he was responsible for business expansion and growth

Ola launches 'Share Express' for cheaper rides

The feature will be available in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Jaipur, Delhi and NCR

Speed bump: Uber rival Ola's star hire quits

Both Ola and Flipkart have had little luck with their foreign hires, reports Tech in Asia

'Drunk driving is stupid,' Ola tries to prove with hack prank

Cab aggregator sends out a series of funny tweets, making it look like its Twitter account is hacked

Innovation helped us hold over 3/4th market share: Ola

COO Pranay Jivrajka Ola is investing into long term development by promoting skills, entrepreneurship, sustainable mobility

Now ride 'Ola Share' at Rs 50 for first 7 km from Delhi Metro stations

The special rate will be valid up to seven km after which normal 'Ola Share' rates will apply

Tariff cap offers Ola breathing space in battle with Uber

Though it might hurt their earnings, Ola believes the Karnataka High Court's judgment levels the playing field with Uber

Ola pre-sells over 5 million shared rides with 'Share Pass'

Available in three variants of 10, 20 and 40 rides, customers can hail an Ola Share and pay a fixed price for every ride, without any surge prices

Soon, Ola cabs will drive to your doorstep with micro-ATMs

Extending their partnership, taxi aggregator Ola and private lender Yes bank are jointly working on a mobile solution wherein cabs will bring cash to your doorstep via micro ATMs powered by the bank. "This is part of our commitment to serve as many customers as possible. We are working on a mobile solution with Ola, which means the cab will come to you to dispense money. We are in advance stages of closing out and are hopeful of launching the service in a week to 10 days maximum," Rajat Mehta, Senior President & Country Head, Brand & Retail Marketing, Yes Bank told PTI. Yes Bank and Ola yesterday launched a mobile ATM service where customers of any bank can withdraw up to Rs 2,000 per card from PoS terminals from Ola cabs located near Yes Bank branch/ATM across 30 locations in 10 cities of the country. "Right now, people have to come to the cab, here the cab will come to you. That will be another sort of customer experience we want to give to people. Through this, we will ..