India, Jan. 19 -- Govind Rajan, the former CEO of Freecharge and Airtel Payments Bank, and COO of edtech startup Cuemath, passed away on Monday night (January 18), as per social media posts from some of his close associates and friends.

The cause of death is still unknown. Freecharge founder Kunal Shah was one of the first to tweet about Rajan's passing away.

The 46-year-old had a career spanning over two decades, where he held roles across marketing, sales operations, customer development, CMO-level and CEO-level. At the time of his death, he was the COO of the Bengaluru-based Cuemath, which is backed by Google.

After completing his education at the Coimbatore Hindustan College of Engineering and Technology in 1995, Rajan moved to Ind...