Big Billion Days sale: Flipkart readies virtual war room for festive season

Jeyandran Venugopal has his task cut out as chief product and technology officer of Flipkart — to implement new technologies at a fast clip and large scale in order to bring millions of new customers and sellers onto the platform. 

With Covid-19 having accelerated the shift to e-commerce, Flipkart is expecting to host the biggest flagship sale event ‘Big Billion Days’ this month. Venugopal and his team are ready to pull it off — remotely.

“As a technology team, the BBD is keeping us on our toes and challenging us to rise up to the occasion. This is going to