 "IAMAI appoints FreeCharge CEO Kunal Shah as Chairman")
Industry body the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has named Kunal Shah, co-founder and chief executive officer of FreeCharge as the new chairman of the association. Shah would replace current chairman Nishant Rao, who recently moved to Chennai from Gurgaon to join a startup called Freshdesk as its global Chief Operating Officer. Rao was earlier country head of LinkedIn.
Shah co-founded FreeCharge in August 2010. In April last year the company was acquired by Snapdeal. Post acquisition, FreeCharge continues to be an independent entity under Snapdeal. Vinodh Bhat, president and chief strategy officer at online music streaming service provider Saavn remains the vice chairman of the association.
IAMAI also announced Vishwas Patel, who is chief executive officer of CCAvenue as the new treasurer. CCAvenue provides payment gateway services to several thousand of online merchants across the world.
The association was established in 2004 and represents nearly 200 companies from digital and online industry including mobile content and services, online publishing, mobile advertising, online advertising, ecommerce and mobile and digital payments among others.It is registered under Societies Act with offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Recently, the association expressed its intent to defend online commerce firms in court in a case related to foreign investment rule violation.