BK Birla, the co-founder and CEO of the online grocery store ZopNow, has been asked to step down from the company by ZopNow investors, Birla announced on his personal blog [hat tip - Hitesh Gupta @hiteshkgupta]. When we contacted Birla on this, he told he will call us back shortly. We haven't heard from him since. While the reasons for his ouster is not clear yet, Birla has hinted this ouster was planned by a friend and possibly a ZopNow employee, he has named as "Bhukri/Bhukesh". Birla also claims that he had extended an offer to this employee to manage the company in the way he wants about three months ago, but the employee had declined this offer. As for future plans, Birla says that he is considering to actively take up suicide prevention work in IITs, something which he had started recently. He also considering part-time consultancy projects with companies and pursuing RJing (Radio Jockey) more seriously. Birla had started ZopNow along with Mukesh Singh in August 2011. Prior to this, he was AskLaila's CTO for about five years and was Potluck's CFO for five years. He's also had stints at Amazon, Arcot and Infosys. He also currently hosts a radio show on the Internet radio service Radiowalla.in. Bangalore-based ZopNow is an online grocery store which offers daily household products like flour, dairy products, organic products, frozen foods, beverages, personal care products and laundry products among others. The service is currently available in South and East Bangalore and claims to delivery products in three hours…
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