LetsTransport onboards ex-Rivigo director of engineering Parijat Rathore as CTO

August 20, 2021: LetsTransport onboarded former Rivigo director of engineering Parijat Rathore as chief technical officer (CTO) to strengthen its core engineering and product teams with the aim to offer seamless user experience to its customers on the platform.

Update: 2021-08-20 07:33 GMT
Parijat Rathore, CTO, LetsTransport

August 20, 2021: LetsTransport onboarded former Rivigo director of engineering Parijat Rathore as the chief technical officer (CTO) to strengthen its core engineering and product teams with the aim to offer a seamless user experience to its customers on the platform.

While Parijat Rathore will head the tech team, LetsTransport also plans to hire 50+ people in engineering, data, product and design in the next 6-8 months. With over 15+ years of experience, Parijat was previously associated with brands like Flipkart, Rivigo and Unicommerce.  

“Parijat brings in rich engineering experience of both, building from scratch and scaling up products for a 100-10k journey. At LetsTransport, he will be leading the engineering functions and will be responsible for building an A+ engineering team along with deep-rooted innovation spirit, building right pivots around delivering high-quality products and ensuring a tech-focused 20x journey from here onwards,” reads the release.    

Sudarshan Ravi Jha, CPO & co-founder of, LetsTransport said, "The addition of Parijat will significantly fortify LetsTransport business. His vast experience in creating scalable superior products will further strengthen our ability to deliver superior experiences to truckers as well as enterprises.”

Parijat Rathore, CTO, LetsTransport, said, “ Currently valued at $215 billion, the logistics sector has a huge potential of growth. As a major part of this sector is still unorganized, India’s cost on logistics stands one of the highest compared to developed countries. This sector needs effective executions, and with government initiatives like ‘Make in India’ this is just the right time to make logistics cost effective and efficient. I am very excited to be part of LetsTransport's growth story and I look forward to building products that will further help consolidate business further.”

Known as a leading logistic player in the market, LetsTransport hired 400+ employees soon after its series B funding. The startup caters to sectors across retail, FMCG and e-commerce, distribution and 3PL companies. They are the first movers to identify and empathize with the underserved urban trucker community, playing a huge role in making them a part of the mainstream economy.



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