bengaluru seattleheadquartered amazon has infused rs 341 crore in its indian subsidiary amazon wholesale which focusses on retailing to business entities according to documents filed with the registrar of companies the infusion from amazon corporate holding singapore and amazonincs malaysia made in may takes the total capital infused to rs 756 crore with a tranche of rs 100 crore added in december 2016 the company has also appointed shalini puchalapalli as director of amazonbusinessin the platform operated by amazon wholesale formerly headed by kaveesh chawla puchalapalli joined amazon india in july 2016 and is director of new initiatives at the company prior to joining amazon india she was ceo of lehar foods pvt ltd owned by pepsico chawla who was director of amazonbusinessin till january has moved to category leadership for large appliances home and outdoor amazon wholesale caters to kirana store owners and offices and supplies fmcg products consumables and small appliances amazon wholesale is also the retailer and distributor of smartphone brands like coolpad honor oneplus and others which do not have a distribution chain or physical presence in india after two years of its launch amazonbusinessin is available for multiple categories in bengaluru and mysore the marketplace is also expected to register a separate india entity to retail only food and groceries after it receives licence for 100 per cent fdi in these categories from the department of industrial policy and promotion the company has already committed to invest 500 million in the food division we are relentlessly focussed on expanding our selection and raising the standard for customer experience and online shopping in india with amazon wholesale india our vision is to build a place where businesses can come to find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online said an amazon spokesperson in response to queries sent by et this comes soon after the india entity of the consumer marketplace for amazon amazon seller services received an infusion of rs 1680 crore the company intends to invest heavily in the india business and has thus far invested 21 billion in amazon seller services by payal ganguly et bureau published on jul 7 2017 at 0806 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app amazon mysore bengaluru shalini puchalapalli amazon seller services kaveesh chawla lehar foods pvt ltd homenewsamazon tops up wholesale business appoints former lehar ceo shalini puchalapalli as head