Lokendra Sainii — CEO
I build businesses. Then I scale them. Then I make them worth something. Not a tagline — it's a 20-year operating record across India's most competitive digital-commerce and travel-technology ecosystems. As VP at Paytm Travel, I'm leading a full P&L transformation — launching the Paytm Checkin travel app, expanding global flight inventory, and renegotiating payment infrastructure costs to unlock meaningful margin improvements on the same underlying GMV. Before that, as COO at EaseMyTrip (NSE/BSE listed), I oversaw a year that set the company's all-time records — numbers in the public domain via exchange filings. More importantly, I built what didn't exist: a MICE vertical that reached ₹210 Cr GMV in Year 1, international businesses in UAE and the UK, and a franchisee model built to scale beyond the tenure. At ixigo, I was part of something more foundational — transforming a meta-search platform into a full transactional OTA. The trains vertical I helped build from zero became India's largest by volume, a milestone that defined what ixigo became and carried it to a successful NSE/BSE listing. At Goibibo, I created strategic partnerships as a commercial discipline — 22 bank mobile-app integrations that became one of the most productive distribution engines in Indian OTA history, a Citibank co-brand that set an industry template, and a first-of-kind IRCTC trains integration that opened a new transactional vertical. And somewhere in between, I founded Misohe — a mental-health technology platform I scaled to 100,000+ organic users and exited to a US acquirer within 24 months. My commercial signature is building partnerships that compound: banks that fund growth, payment networks that protect margin, NBFCs that expand addressable customers, insurers that deepen monetisation, and distribution ecosystems that drive GMV without proportional CAC. ✉️ lokendrasaini@gmail.com
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in the digital commerce and travel technology sectors.
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Experience: 20 yrs 5 mos
Skills
- P&l Management
- Strategic Partnerships
- Leadership
- Strategic Thinking
- Entrepreneurship
- Product Development
- Business Development
- Sales
Career Highlights
- Led P&L transformation at Paytm Travel.
- Founded and scaled a mental health startup to 100,000 users.
- Built India's largest trains booking platform at ixigo.
Work Experience
Paytm
Vice President (Paytm Travel Business) (1 yr 4 mos)
AK Clinics - India’s Leading Skin, Hair & Cosmetic Surgery Clinics
co-founder & investor (11 mos)
EaseMyTrip.com
chief operating officer (coo) (1 yr 5 mos)
misohe.club (Acquired)
founder (successful exit | Deal in double digit USD Million) (1 yr 9 mos)
ixigo
Vice President: Head Business - Flights, Bus, Trains & Partnerships (3 yrs 5 mos)
Goibibo
Associate Director - Strategic Alliances, Partnerships, Distribution, B2B (2 yrs 1 mo)
Fullestop
Vice President of Global Business Development (2 yrs 11 mos)
Make My Trip
Regional Manager - Corporate Travel (1 yr)
HDFC Bank
Deputy Manager - Corporate Sales (Delhi NCR) (4 yrs 11 mos)
Evalueserve
Senior Business Analyst - Business Research (Hedge Funds - Nitron Circle of Experts) (1 yr 7 mos)
Education
EGMP Batch 50 (on campus) at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
M.Com. Masters in Economics Analysis and Financial Management at University of Rajasthan
B.Com. at University of Rajasthan
