India, May 26 -- Edtech unicorn upGrad has appointed Mukesh Mundra as its CFO ahead of its proposed acquisition of Unacademy.

Mundra joins the Ronnie Screwvala-led startup from JioStar, where he served as the head of finance. Prior to that, he was the CFO of Viacom18 for more than eight years, overseeing financial strategy and business transformation initiatives.

A chartered accountant and CFA, he brings experience of over 26 years across media, telecom, manufacturing and consumer businesses.

Earlier, Mundra worked at Idea Cellular, where he was involved in the Spice Communications deal and the formation of Indus Towers joint venture. He also worked with Grasim Industries and Anand Rathi Group previously.

In his new role, Mundra will ...