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Venkatesh Tarakkad named as upGrad's first CFO

Earlier, Tarakkad led finance, inventory, and strategic initiatives at DealShare. He will be based out of upGrad's headquarters in Mumbai. "We’ve laid a rock-solid business foundation so far, built and scaled our offerings, and as we strive for global leadership, his operational excellence will ensure a robust credit profile, end-to-end compliance, and transparent corporate and financial governance within the upGrad ecosystem," Mayank Kumar, Co-founder & MD of upGrad said.