Prashant Jhaveri has been appointed as the new CEO of Flipkart’s healthcare business Flipkart Health+, as the e-commerce company scales up numerous areas of its operations this year.

Earlier employed as the Chief Business Officer at Apollo Health and Lifestyle, Javeri has worked with numerous healthcare businesses. He has also worked as CEO of MediBuddy and was chief business officer at Medi Assist Group.

Jhaveri’s vast experience in the sector will be great asset in the journety to build Flipkart Health + as India’s premier tech-enabled healthcare platform, says Ajay Veer Yadav, Senior Vice President.

Flipkart launched Flipkart Health+ in November 2021. The Walmart-owned business has spent approximately between spent $400 million and $500 million on mergers and acquisitions in the past year and a half.

The new initiative will aim to provide Indian users access to quality and affordable healthcare. For this, it plans to start with e-pharmacy first, meaning Flipkart Health+ will let users purchase pharmaceuticals through its online portal and correspondingly deliver them to the consumers' homes.