Overview

• On May 27, Mazumdar-Shaw opted for the Purple Line from Whitefield to Vidhana Soudha to bypass Bengaluru’s notorious traffic.
• She was joined by Jennifer Erich, a Geoscience Manager at ExxonMobil’s Bengaluru Technology Centre, who Shaw dubbed her “Metro Mentor.”
• In an X post, Shaw described the journey as “a great ride” and thanked the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited for its swift service.
• Namma Metro currently operates two lines—Purple and Green—through a joint venture between the central and Karnataka governments.
• Analysts say her endorsement could spur further elite support and wider public adoption of sustainable transport in Bengaluru.