Deep Kalra

The brain child of Deep Kalra, Makemytrip filed for US IPO in 2010 and managed to raise $70 million by selling five million shares at $14 each. Makemytrip was founded in April, 2000, and today the company has become one of the largest online travel and e-commerce business in India.

Kalra is the member of the Executive Council of NASSCOM and chairs the NASSCOM Internet Working Group. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and a PGDM degree from IIM, Ahmedabad. In 1995, Kalra quit his job of a banker to join AMF Bowling. He managed to open about 200 lanes, most of them in small centers. With some money in his bank, he decided to quit his job and start a new venture, Makemytrip.com.