HR NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2021 - DECEMBER 2021

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PORTER BECOMES SOONICORN!!

Note from the
Porter has raised $100

HR Head million (Rs 750 crore) in a

RIZWAN KHAN
Series E funding round,
valuation jumps to $500
million led by Tiger Global
Management and Vitruvian
As the new year starts, we look back at the year gone by which
Partners, with participation
was filled with some terrible lows and some exhilarating highs. from existing the investors,
Last year started with the deadly second wave which had made Sequoia Capital India and
Lightrock India.
many of our colleagues see probably the worst times of their
lives with their family members in pain and discomfort. But we Funding Raised Current Valuation
got out of that stronger with the help of each other’s support.
We also saw the progress Porter made even during these trying $100 $500
times which culminated in the big funding news. We all believe
that this funding is just a start and an enabler for us to achieve
Million Million
something that we all have dreamt of.

This last quarter has been very good, we have finally been able
COMPANY NEWS
to see familiar faces who were working remotely and also some
International Office
of the new ones that we had never met due to COVID
restrictions. While the new variant has pushed us back into the Launching our first
WFH setup, we are steadfast in our plans for reopening offices International Market in
Dubai by April 2022. Our
in a hybrid model and we will communicate about the schedule first footprint on the
for resuming offices very soon. Having said that we are keeping global map.
a close watch on all the latest news and following government
advisories which are released from time to time.

#CroreClub
We are going from strength to strength in our business KPIs
and this is due to all of your efforts so Kudos to the entire The Modern Trade and
Insurance department have
Porter team. We are all very excited to step into the new year crossed the One Crore and
with the excitement of scaling bigger peaks. Stay Safe and see Two Crore Revenue
Milestones respectively.
you all soon!!

COVID POLICY New City Launches

Porter's commitment to provide and maintain a Porter is now operational
workplace that is free of known hazards, we are adopting in 15 cities across India.
Newly launched cities are
this policy to safeguard the health of our employees and Chandigarh, Nagpur and
their families. Click here to know more. Indore.
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Porter in this ever-expanding journey has been
Hired Across able to establish its footprints in 15 cities in India.
New offices are set up in Chandigarh and Nagpur.

CHANDIGARH

Total Institutions
Visited Business Units

54
Total Number of
Final Offers

25
Total Number of
Interns Hired
NAGPUR

CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT

Ankit Rathi Paras Agarwal Phaneesh S Prakash Nitesh Shinde

Enterprise Network City business Porter for Enterprise Product Management

Topic: Topic: Topic: Topic:

"Reimagining Secondary "Digitalisation as a "Disrupting the Undisturbed "10X Growth through
Transportation" Disruptor in Business Transforming Logistics into Innovation with Structured
Ecosystem " an Asset light module" Processes"
Campus:
National institute of Campus: Campus: Campus:
Industrial Engineering Symbiosis Institute of Indian Institute of Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of
Mumbai International Business Management Trichy Management Studies

Mohit Kejriwal Mahidhar Reddy Vijil Vinayan Anshul Goyal

City Business Product management Logistics & Virtual Chain House Shifting

Topic: Topic: Topic: Topic:

"Role of on-demand "Product Led Growth" "About Porter and Lifecycle "Operating as a
logistics in supply chain" Management" Marketplace"
Campus:
Campus: Birla Institute of Campus: Campus:
Institute of Management Technology and Science Indian institute of Fore School of
Technology Management Kozhikode Management New Delhi

Click here to know more.

 LEADERSHIP TALKS FIVE YEAR CLUB
Arpan Barnwal
Uttam Digga
Chief Operations Officer Deputy General
Manager
In conversation with Uttam Digga, Finance Operations
Express Drives understands how
technology is important for the
Shankar V Meti
logistics industry, the importance of AI,
and some of the technologies used by Manager
Porter for middle and last-mile City Operations
delivery.
Click here to know more.

Swarna Gowri
Shrutiranjan Satpathy Business Associate
Chief Technology Officer
City Operations
Our Chief Technology Officer,
Shrutiranjan Satpathy shares his
insights with CIO and Leader magazine Tausif Shaik
about how next gen start-ups are Assistant Manager
harnessing technology for business City Operations
innovations. He further shares his
insights regarding the untapped
opportunities in the logistics market. Click here to know more. PORTER ACADEMY
Nitesh Shinde 336 employees participated in the Excel
Training Program and the impact of the
Vice President - Product Experience
same on their productivity and their
performance was ascertained.
Nitesh Shende, the Vice President,
Product Experience, graced the 16th 88% of the participants feel their
India Digital Summit to share his productivity has improved post
actionable insights and experience on the training.
the theme “Supercharging Start-ups” in
association with Internet and Mobile 85% of the participants were
Click here to know more.
Association of India. able to track their performance
in a better way post the training.

3133
POSITIONS CLOSED

manhours per month

saved across 336 employees
who successfully completed
the training
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Porter Family gue $ 100 Million Funding

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EMPLOYEE WELFARE - CULT.FIT SERVICES

Online Personal We've expanded our wellness program from
Therapy, Doctor Consultations, and added
Therapy Training Nutrition Consultation & Personal Training.
Looking forward to all of us taking maximum
Doctor Nutrition benefit from these.
Consultation Consultation Click here to know more.

What's New on CROSSWORD ALERT!

Darwin Box? ACROSS
1. Porter's big celebration
news in October 2021
These modules are now live on Darwin Box. We 4. Which international location
look forward to migrating more processes in is expected to go live by April
2022?
the upcoming months. 5. 1 Crore revenue milestone
was achieved by which New
Reimburse Attendance Initiatives Business?
-ment Module and Leave DOWN
Management 2. 2 Crore revenue milestone
was achieved by which
Alternate Revenue Business?
3. 15th city to go live is ______
AMP 6. A medium to update us
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