Former RCom chief Vinod Sawhny joins Yaantra

NEW DELHI: Former Reliance Communication chief executive officer Vinod Sawhny has joined Yaantra, a doorstep mobile repair company, as a senior advisor. He will help the company develop strategy, build its organisation and develop its sourcing and distribution strategy.

Sawhny, who is a consumer retail and telecom veteran, served Bharti Retail, Bharti Airtel, Spice Communications, and Godrej GE Appliances Ltd before joining Reliance Communications.

"Yaantra is excited to have Sawhney and expects to significantly benefit from his proven expertise in building and leading large consumer retail organisation, as the company further expands across India," Jayant Jha, co-founder ­ Yaantra, said in a statement Friday.

Yaantra was formerly known as GadgetWood.