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Ola Electric appoints Deepak Rastogi as CFO, Abichandani steps down
Ola Electric Mobility Ltd. has appointed veteran finance executive Deepak Rastogi as its new chief financial officer (CFO), while accepting the resignation of incumbent CFO Harish Abichandani, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.The Bengaluru-based electric vehicle maker said its board approved Rastogi’s appointment as CFO on Tuesday. Abichandani stepped down from the role on Monday, citing personal reasons.Abichandani joined Ola Electric as CFO in November 2023. Prior to that, he had held multiple senior leadership roles within the Ola group over more than six years, including group chief financial officer, interim chief executive officer of Ola Financial Services, and interim business head for the UK operations. His earlier roles included finance leadership positions at Flipkart’s logistics arm Ekart and Tata Teleservices.Rastogi brings more than three decades of experience across capital-intensive sectors such as automotive, manufacturing, chemicals, mining, and real estate, the company said. A chartered accountant and MBA, he has previously served as group CFO or senior finance leader at companies such as Puravankara Group, Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals, and Tata AutoComp Systems.Also ReadSoftBank sells 2.15% stake in Ola ElectricOla Electric said Rastogi has led equity transactions worth about $1 billion, including IPOs and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and… Read MoreYourStory RSS Feed
What one million interviews taught FloCareer about hiring at enterprise scale
At enterprise scale, hiring stops being about filling roles and starts becoming a governance challenge. Across one million interviews conducted for over 600 organizations, FloCareer has seen how small inconsistencies in interviewing can compound into large differences in hiring outcomes. Touching nearly 20% of India’s IT workforce, the company’s interview data offers rare insight into how bias, interviewer variance, and process design influence who gets hired. These insights challenge the idea that speed and cost are the biggest bottlenecks in enterprise hiring.In this interview with YourStory, Mohit Jain, Co-founder of FloCareer, explains why structured interviewing, calibrated evaluators, and assistive AI are becoming essential to hiring decisions at scale.Edited excerpts from the interview:YourStory [YS]: FloCareer has crossed 1 million interviews. What does this milestone represent for the company and what does enterprise hiring actually look like in practice at that scale?Mohit Jain [MJ]: At this level, interviews stop being individual conversations and start becoming a system that shapes an organization’s talent quality, diversity, and long-term performance. Early on, we realised this wasn’t a recruitment problem. Enterprises were able to source candidates, but often struggled to evaluate them consistently across roles, teams, and geographies. That insight led us to think about interviewing… Read MoreYourStory RSS Feed
