ArdorComm Media News Network
February 11, 2026
JioHotstar has significantly bolstered its leadership team by onboarding senior executives from some of the world’s leading consumer internet and technology companies, as it sharpens its focus on AI-driven, personalised streaming experiences. The latest hires strengthen the platform’s capabilities across product, engineering, data, discovery, marketing intelligence and monetisation, signalling JioHotstar’s next phase of growth.
The newly appointed leaders bring experience from organisations such as Google, Flipkart, Amazon Pay, CRED, Razorpay, Myntra, ShareChat and Cleartrip, adding depth to JioHotstar’s technology and consumer experience stack.
Among the key appointments, Shrinivas SG joins to head Discovery and Personalisation. Formerly with Flipkart, he brings extensive experience in building large-scale search and discovery systems, including GenAI-powered conversational commerce with a strong focus on vernacular, voice and video-led discovery.
Naveen Prashanth, who joins from Google, will lead Consumer Marketing. At Google, he oversaw marketing for YouTube Shorts, Creators and Artists in India, driving brand growth and monetisation. He has also worked with McKinsey & Company, advising FMCG and B2C firms on growth and transformation strategies.
On the engineering front, Abhishek Sharan brings over 15 years of experience building high-traffic consumer platforms. Having held leadership roles at Flipkart and Myntra, he has worked across search, recommendations, advertising systems, applications, and trust and safety. Most recently, he served as Head of Engineering at SuperMoney and will now lead Viewer Experience Engineering at JioHotstar.
Strengthening advertising and monetisation technology, Abhishek Varshney joins from CRED, where he spent nearly five years developing products across payments, ordering and financial engineering. His earlier stints include roles at Razorpay and Flipkart.
Further reinforcing its product and engineering leadership, Chandramauli Singh (from ShareChat) and Nishant Paliwal (from Cleartrip) bring expertise in recommendation systems, scalable platform architectures and user engagement frameworks.
JioHotstar has also appointed Chandru as Senior Vice President – Product Management, where he will lead subscriptions and new initiatives. With over 13 years of experience, Chandru previously spent more than a decade at Amazon Pay, playing a key role in building large-scale consumer and payments platforms. An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, he has also worked at Mu Sigma.
The company’s push towards intelligent, data-led streaming is further supported by earlier hires such as David Zakkam, who leads analytics and data strategy, and Emmy Award-winning technologist Stephen Bugaj, appointed Senior Vice President – GenAI Content & Technology.
With this expanded leadership bench, JioHotstar aims to accelerate its transformation into a responsive, AI-powered and insight-driven streaming platform, enhancing content discovery, engagement and monetisation as it scales to meet evolving consumer expectations.