Ticket to ride: Meet Prabhjeet Singh, president, Uber India & South Asia

From addressing cab aggregator irritants to Uber's next 10 years in India, Singh drives Nivedita Mookerji through the firm's journey

I choose to book a neighbourhood rental cab — a change from my usual Uber routine — to reach The Oberoi in Gurugram on time. I’m on my way to meet Prabhjeet Singh, president, Uber India and South Asia, for lunch at Threesixtyone Degrees to talk about the company’s 10-year journey in the country.

The guest has arrived before time and so have I. But unlike me, he’s chosen an Uber cab — “everyone’s private driver’’, as the company advertises. He says he travels by Uber all the time, and once in a while, also drives cabs on the platform