New Delhi, March 16 -- Athera Venture Partners has announced the appointment of Rajiv Mehta as General Partner. Rajiv will work closely with the Athera Venture Partners' founding team of Samir Kumar, Parag Dhol and Rutvik Doshi, and complement their skill sets while bringing first-hand operative experience to the fund's portfolio companies.

With over two decades of experience in leadership and entrepreneurship, Rajiv has a solid understanding of building and scaling businesses. He has previously worked with Arvind Sports & Fashion Brands as its CEO and prior to that was the Managing Director of Puma, South Asia for nearly 10 years. Most recently, Rajiv was the CEO of Stove Kraft, India's largest listed (by volume) kitchen & home applianc...