Uber has hired Amit Jain as its India president, the company reported in a blog post. In his new position, Jain will be responsible for Uber’s business strategy, operations and growth in the Indian market. Prior to Uber, Jain was the President of Rent.com for over two years. Rent.com is a US based company that lets users find places for rent. He was also a member of the board of Directors at ReSurge International in the same time period and was previously a senior advisor, field operations at TPG Capital for three years. He also worked as the VP of transformation at Nexeo Solutions for around a year, before which he was as associate partner at McKinsey & Company for six years. Prior to this, he was a consultant at Deloitte Consulting for around 3 years. Uber launched in India back in August 2013, enabling cab bookings through its iPhone and Android apps in the country. The company had initially listed three job openings, one for a community manager, a general manager and an operations & logistics manager, and according to this Mint report, the company was run, till now, by independent city teams, each with a separate head. These heads reported directly to Hong Kong-based head of Asia operations Allen Penn, although now it looks like Jain will be in charge. Uber in India: - Earlier this month, Uber started testing cash payments in Hyderabad. In April, the company had introduced cash-based auto services in Delhi called uberAUTO. -…
