Recently, office-goers booking an Uber were in for a pleasant surprise. They booked a cab and the driver was none other than Prabhjeet Singh, the chief executive officer of Uber India. Amazed, some of the passengers appreciated the cab-aggregator app`s head on social media and wrote about their encounter with him. Turns out, Singh was on the road for a part of his primary research.
Madhuvanthi Sundararajan was lucky to be the first passenger to encounter this experience, sharing it on her LinkedIn profile, she wrote, “It was a regular day, I got ready to leave to office and booked an Uber. The Uber driver immediately pinged ‘I am on my way’ without asking for my drop location. I was already very impressed. I waited downstairs when the car came into my society. The driver said – Hi Madhuvanthi, I am the CEO of Uber India and you are my first passenger today. Would you be willing to do this ride?”
By tagging Uber, She further wrote, “Prabhjeet Singh /Uber, you made my day. This is a superb initiative. Huge respect for wanting to understand things on-ground.”