Dropbox Vice President Joins Flipkart's Board of Directors

Bengaluru: India's largest online retailer Flipkart on Thursday announced the entry of Dropbox's vice-president Aditya Agarwal in its board of directors as an independent member.

Vice-President of engineering at Dropbox, Mr Agarwal oversees the different engineering teams in the company.

'Mr Agarwal came to Dropbox via the acquisition of Cove, a company he had co-founded and was focused on improving group collaboration and communication', Flipkart said in a statement.

"Aditya is one of the best technology minds in the Silicon Valley today. With Facebook, Cove and now Dropbox, he is associated with building and driving some of the most innovative technology product companies in the world," said Sachin Bansal, co-founder and CEO of Flipkart.

He said Mr Agarwal's experience and expertise will be invaluable in helping Flipkart continue to build a world-class technology company out of India.

"Technology drives some of the biggest innovations in this world. I'm very excited to join Flipkart, which is building technology that can change the retail landscape of a country as complex as India -- it's an opportunity that has massive potential." Mr Agarwal said.