New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Ola Electric chairman Bhavish Aggarwal skipped over three-fourths of board meetings last financial year, a rarity in the corporate world where founders and promoters attend them religiously.

The poor attendance of Aggarwal, also founder and managing director of Ola Electric Mobility Ltd, stands in stark contrast to the near-100% clocked by Niraj Bajaj, Venu Srinivasan and Pawan Munjal who chair boards at rivals Bajaj Auto Ltd, TVS Motor Co.Ltd and Hero MotorCorp Ltd respectively. Deepinder Goyal, Sriharsha Majety and Vijay Shekhar Sharma who have founded similar new-age companies Zomato (now Eternal) Swiggy and Paytm too have near-full attendance.

Aggarwal's erratic attendance at Ola board meetings appears glaring ...