In June 2013, this reporter was at Paytm’s Noida office to interview chief executive officer (CEO) Harinder Takhar (now CEO of Paytm Labs) when the digital payments company hit 1 million downloads on its Android app. Takhar was far from effusive. His reaction, amid high-fives around the office that Paytm shares with parent company One97 Communications, was to turn his 27-inch computer screen around to face us and smile contentedly.
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