Mumbai: Homegrown learning platform Unacademy on Thursday announced the appointment of Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal on the company’s board of directors.

“Deepinder has been an advisor for several years and it was only a matter of time before that association transformed into a formal partnership," stated Unacademy Group co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal. "His experience with building and scaling a successful consumer technology company will help us tremendously as we build the country’s largest learning platform.”

Goyal is an investor in Unacademy and participated in the company’s series H fundraise in August. “I am thrilled to join the Unacademy board. I think it’s one of the best product companies being made in India, and I am looking forward to learning from Gaurav and the team,” he said.