Vaibhav Khandelwal

Vaibhav Khandelwal received his Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Delhi in 2012. He is Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of Shadowfax, India’s largest on-demand crowd sourced 3rd party logistics platform. The only B2B2C platform with capabilities to serve multiple end-customer categories-quick commerce, intercity, e-commerce fulfillment and reverse logistics via a single platform. Under his leadership, Shadowfax has been able to establish a strong identity for itself by positively disrupting the last-mile delivery ecosystem. He is pro-technology and believes that adoption of smarter technologies can solve complex business and societal problems.Shadowfax deploys tech-enabled solutions like ML and AI to offer supply that keeps pace with demand in the fast-growing and challenging last mile ecosystem, ensuring a wonderful end-user experience. Shadowfax has, till date, provided earning opportunities to 2Mn+ youth in the country via its micro-entrepreneurship model since 2015.
On the back of a fast-growing base the platform boasts an exceptional crowdsourcing network comprising 1.25 lacs monthly active delivery partners; 35 lacs registered users. Shadowfax delivers 15L+ orders daily in 14000+ pincodes across 2000 + cities. Prior to founding Shadowfax, he conducted extensive research in the field of Machine Learning and Human Computer Interactions (HCI). His work on social learning networks during his internship at Adobe Advanced Research Labs, Bangalore got recognized in the form of Patent. He had co authored a paper on Rough Set based algorithms to detect sarcasm from tweets. Additionally, he proudly holds the prestigious titles of Forbes' 30 Under 30 and Entrepreneurs India's 35 Under 35." Under his leadership, Shadowfax has received multiple awards & recognition such as the most prestigious winner of “Innovation in Transport Tech", "10th Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2020", Winners of Excellence in Innovation by ET Now Stars of the Industry Award 2019, UI / UX Design Experience Award – Logistics- Shadowfax in 2022 by Quantic India. Also, Shadowfax has got recognized as ‘Future Unicorn’ at the coveted ASK Pvt. Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022.