Rajnish Kumar is Director and Group Co-CEO at ixigo and has been on the Board since April 1, 2010. Rajnish advises on all matters pertaining to new product development, technological advancements, product & growth marketing, research & AI initiatives, and the recruitment of global talent. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology (computer science and engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He worked as a software development engineer at Amadeus. Under his leadership ixigo.com launched in India in 2007 and developed the mobile application, ‘ixigo-trains’, which was the 8th most downloaded travel and navigation app globally in 2022, according to data.ai (formerly App Annie) (Source: F&S Report). Rajnish Kumar was awarded, along with Aloke Bajpai, (i) under the Comeback Kid category, at the Economic Times Startup Awards 2021, and (ii) the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Service Business – Travel 2021’ at the Entrepreneur Awards 2021. He was also selected among Asia’s 100 Power Leaders in Technology 2022 by White Page International. He was also awarded with the ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award 2023’ from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.