Mahesh Vandi Chalil
Mahesh Vandi Chalil is Senior Vice President - Technology at BookMyShow, India’s leading entertainment destination, offering not just tickets for movies and beyond but also experiences both virtual and physical across theatricals, music concerts, live events and sports.
With over two decades of extensive global experience, Mahesh started his professional journey in 1996, after completing his B Tech (specialising in Electronics) from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. An alumnus of the prestigious Harvard University (Extension School), Mahesh joined BookMyShow in 2020 to helm technology at the firm and scale the company’s technological prowess and strategic approach to development and delivery. In his role at BookMyShow, he spearheads technological governance, advancements, solutions and recommendations for enterprise architecture within the platform to support the building of scalable products and services for a seamless user experience. Supported by an able bodied team, Mahesh has been instrumental in building the robust back-end technology for BookMyShow Stream, the company’s movie streaming service, and helping launch the product within record time in early 2021.
Before joining BookMyShow, Mahesh spent over 20 years in technology all over the world, with companies across the spectrum including Apple, Bank of America, Deloitte, Hotstar and most recently Near. His experience spans roles that included heading development centres, defining enterprise applications architecture, leading technology governance, consultative & technical solution crafting and proposals & solution contracts negotiations.
Mahesh is passionate about building scalable products that delight customers while keeping innovation as the top goal motivating his team to constantly aspire for these. Mahesh continues to invest his energies in creating and nurturing the next generation of technology leaders and entrepreneurs, both within the organization and outside of it.
A proud husband and father of 2 daughters, Mahesh believes in balance and takes to cricket during his leisure time – an activity that apart from being his true love also helps him stay focussed. Mahesh takes lessons from the pitch right to the office be it teamwork or leadership, even as he lives his craze for the sport, leaving no possible opportunity to play a quick game.
