YourStory Appoints Ex-Google Product Manager as CTO

NEW DELHI, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Aditya Kulkarni Joins YourStory.in as CTO, To Lead on Building New And Innovative Products And Services Under the YourStory Umbrella

YourStory Media, India's largest platform for entrepreneurs and startups, is pleased to announce that Aditya Kulkarni has joined the firm as the Chief Technical Officer. In his new role, Aditya Kulkarni will manage YourStory.in, the online platform that covers the startup ecosystem in India and lead on technology and products. 

Shradha Sharma, CEO & Founder of YourStory Media said, "We're very thrilled to have Aditya join us. He brings a wealth of expertise and talent that will really help us scale up YourStory Media and reach new heights. Having a senior product manager join our team is very exciting, and Aditya will help YourStory build new products and initiatives with which we can effectively do a lot more for the Indian Entrepreneurial Eco-system." 

Aditya Kulkarni has over 8 years of experience in the technology industry where he worked in various roles in engineering and product management. Aditya comes to YourStory from InMobi, where he was a Senior Product Manager, managing new mobile advertising products. Prior to InMobi, Aditya was at Google for over 4 years, where he was most recently a Product Manager for Google Apps, managing enterprise email products and high-performance cloud APIs for developers and businesses.

Aditya has a wealth of experience building products and has several product launches under his belt, including transliteration in Gmail for Indian languages, Google Suggest for India and Exchange email migration for Google Apps for Business. Aditya Kulkarni has an engineering degree in Information Systems from PESIT, Bangalore and an MBA from the Indian School of Business.

"I'm very excited to join YourStory Media. This is a very exciting space with tremendous potential for growth. Building an online platform for entrepreneurs and startups in India is a fantastic challenge. I'm also looking forward to building new and innovative products and services under the YourStory umbrella."

Shradha Sharma added, "Building new products and services for the startup eco-system is going to be critical for not just us but for the entire eco-system. Setting up a research & consulting division - YS Research, is among the many new areas that we're looking for Aditya to lead on, and I'm sure he's going to build world-class products and a world-class team to help us execute on our vision of growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India. We're looking forward to have him on our team."

About YourStory Media Pvt. Ltd.

Founded in 2008, YourStory.in is India's leading and the most comprehensive media platform for entrepreneurs and startups having a strong readership from across India. In a short span of time, YourStory.in has featured over 4000 entrepreneurs and startups across sectors and continues to provide 360 degree online visibility through extensive profile coverage, news coverage, social media, blogs, forum, access to investors and business opportunities.

YourStory.in's audience includes entrepreneurs, startup enthusiasts, investors, developers, students, corporates, influencers, PR and advertising agencies, bloggers and journalists. Research reports published by YourStory.in are regularly picked up by leading print media houses.

Primary Media Contact: Chandan Raj, [email protected], 91-998-6198806

Secondary Media Contact: Samridhi Sharma, [email protected], 91-974-0196885