Restaurant aggregator and food delivery platform Zomato has appointed Shalin Bhatt as the head of its dining vertical, according to an ET report. Bhatt, who left Zomato in 2021 and rejoined the company in 2024, takes over the role after Sankalp Kathuria stepped down last month.

Kathuria was named the head of the dining vertical in 2022 after Aman Priyadarshi stepped down. These changes come at a time when Zomato is migrating dining-out users to the newly launched District app. The app will house all of the company's going-out offerings, further added the report. District app, which was launched in November 2024, has seen a promising start, crossing 6.5 million downloads within just a few months, the food delivery and q-comm major said in its recent quarterly earnings report.

Bhatt, who holds an MBA from IIM-A, began his career at MediaCom Singapore, and then joined IDG Ventures India, and then Matrix Partners India. From there, he moved to Zomato as the associate vice president - user growth and marketing, and was elevated to lead as the head of growth. In this role, he led the overall growth marketing stack for Zomato (getting more users & usage). His key P&L responsibilities included owning overall marketing ROI accountability, growth strategy, new user acquisition initiatives, business forecasting, customer retention, go-to-market for new launches, among others.

He then joined Moloco as Senior Director, where he spearheaded the 0-to-1 launch of a new business line, Moloco Streaming Monetization. In this role, he collaborated with CXOs of streaming platforms to monetize their traffic using Moloco’s proprietary ML-driven advertising solutions.