Law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas' founder Pallavi Shroff has joined the board of digital payment firm Paytm. She has over 34 years of experience in representing public and private corporations and other entities before legal institutions. The appointment of Shroff on Paytm's board comes after Whatsapp Vice President Neeraj Arora stepped down from the board of the digital payment firm. Sharma recently objected to the launch of payment service by the instant messenger and alleged that the service of WhatsApp is in violation of the rules. Shroff is presently a director on the boards of many Indian companies, including Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Apollo Tyres, Trident Group, and Juniper Hotels Ltd. "I am excited to join Paytm as a board member. I look forward to serving on their board, and guiding them on matters related to governance law and regulations," said Shroff. The other members of the Paytm board are Kabir Misra, Managing Partner at SoftBank Capital; Joe Tsai, vice chairman at Alibaba Group Holding; Amit Singhal, former Google executive; Mark Schwartz, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Group and chairman of Goldman Sachs in Asia-Pacific; Ravi Adusumalli of SAIF Partners; and Eric Jing, CEO of Ant Financial.