Abhijit Bose quits days after layoff
Abhijit Bose, the head of WhatsApp India, left his position on Tuesday and left Meta, the parent company. Rajiv Aggarwal, director of public policy at Meta India, has also left his role, the business announced in a statement.
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“Rajiv Aggarwal has made the decision to leave his position at Meta in order to pursue a different opportunity. He has been instrumental in guiding our policy-driven initiatives over the past year in areas like user safety, privacy, and scaling up initiatives like GOAL to promote digital inclusion in the nation, according to Manish Chopra, Director, Partnerships, India – Meta.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed that Shivnath Thukral has been appointed by the organization as its new director for public policy in India.
Abhijit Bose
“Since 2017, Shivnath has played a crucial role in our Public Policy team. Shivnath will establish and oversee significant policy development projects across our apps in India, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, in his new role “Chopra included.
Thukral has been serving as WhatsApp India’s Public Policy Director since 2020, according to his LinkedIn page. He graduated from the Delhi School of Economics and SIU, Carbondale. After a successful stint as a business journalist for an India TV station, he previously worked for Essar Group.
Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta India, left the company a few days before to the top departures to join Snap Inc.
11,000 people were let off by Meta Inc. last week as a cost-cutting strategy. In the middle of the recession, Meta lay off about 11% of its staff. A hiring freeze and employment layoffs have also been declared by other corporations like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.
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