People · Commerce & Consumer Brands

Flipkart appoints two senior executives

By Startup Enthusiast · 5 March 2026

What they do

Flipkart runs an online marketplace with over 500 million users and 1.4 million sellers

Somnath Das joins as VP Supply Chain and Digbijay Mishra as VP Corporate Communications

Das brings over 20 years of experience from Reliance Retail, Nivea, Marico and PepsiCo

Flipkart Group has appointed Somnath Das as Vice President of Supply Chain.
Flipkart Group has appointed Digbijay Mishra as Vice President of Corporate Communications.
Somnath Das will lead supply chain operations for Flipkart's large business segment.
Digbijay Mishra will head corporate communications for the entire Flipkart Group.
Both appointments were announced by Seema Nair, Flipkart's Chief Human Resources Officer.

Somnath Das has over 20 years of experience in consumer goods, retail, and food and beverage.
He previously held leadership roles at Reliance Retail, Nivea India, Marico, and PepsiCo India.
He was Senior Vice President at Jubilant FoodWorks, overseeing manufacturing and supply chain.
Digbijay Mishra was formerly Deputy Bureau Chief (Startups) at The Economic Times.
He founded Ringsight Advisory, a firm advising founders and investors on communications strategy.

Flipkart Group operates the Flipkart e-commerce marketplace.
The group also includes Myntra, Flipkart Wholesale, Cleartrip, and super.money.
Flipkart has over 500 million registered users.
The marketplace hosts more than 1.4 million sellers.