OnePlus names ex-Flipkart executive Karan Sarin as new marketing head

NEW DELHI: OnePlus has named Karan Sarin as its head of marketing for the Indian operations, as the Chinese smartphone start-up looks to beef up its presence in the high-growth mobile handset market.

Sarin was previously director of the Gift Cards business at Flipkart, responsible for overall business strategy, sales, and operations of the ecommerce major’s Gift Cards business.

Before joining Flipkart, Sarin founded Perkylane, an enterprise software (SaaS) company that provided on-demand employee benefits solution to more than thirty million small-medium sized companies in India.