India, Jan. 22 -- In a move that no one anticipated, Zomato's co-founder Deepinder Goyal stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of Eternal Ltd. (formerly Zomato) on Wednesday, January 21, and handed over the role to Albinder Dhindsa, who is credited with building Blinkit and served as its CEO.

Dhindsa, whose friendship with Goyal reportedly goes way back, will take over the reins of one of India's largest quick-commerce and food delivery empire while the latter is set to become the vice chairman of the company.

Albinder Dhindsa is a graduate of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, where he studied civil engineering from 2000-2004 and later went to pursue his MBA from the Columbia Business School from 2010-2012.

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