"Kalyan will head category design organisation and will report to Binny. Subandh has now been given an "an expanded role in marketing" and is not looking after category management. "It's very critical for Flipkart to win in the next six months," said one of the people privy to the appointment. Flipkart on the other hand, has introduced higher commissions effective from today. This was followed by chief product officer Punit Soni also leaving Flipkart.Bansal, meanwhile has also brought back several Flipkart veterans who were with the company since its early days and left in 2015.

Source: Economic Times June 19, 2016 21:45 UTC