Facebook India has roped in former Uber executive Rajiv Aggarwal as Head of public policy. At Uber, he was the head of public policy for India and South Asia. Aggarwal, who will work on user safety, data protection and privacy, inclusion and internet governance, will report to Ajit Mohan, managing director, Facebook India, the company said in a statement. Aggarwal comes with 26 years…
Industry body IAMAI said Google India Vice President and Managing Director Sanjay Gupta has been elected as its chairman for the period 2021-23, according to PTI report. He succeeds Amazon Senior Vice President and India Country Manager Amit Agarwal. Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has also named Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan as Vice Chairman of the association,…
Unacademy, an education technology startup, announced it has raised $110 million from Facebook and General Atlantic. Post current funding, the company is valued at $510 million. Existing investors Sequoia India, Nexus Venture Partners, Steadview Capital and Blume Ventures also took part in the funding round. Apart from that, investments were made by Flipkart CEO Kalyan…
Facebook has announced the appointment of Avinash Pant as marketing director of India operations. The role of marketing director is a newly created role by Facebook India to look after the company’s marketing efforts across platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp. Avinash will report to Ajit Mohan, who’s Facebook India’s vice-president and managing director. “Consumer marketing…