Overview

• Shivnath Thukral will leave his role as Vice President of Public Policy at Meta India at the end of June after more than seven and a half years with the company.
• Meta has not yet appointed a successor for Thukral, leaving its public policy leadership in India unsettled.
• Thukral’s exit follows the February departure of Google’s policy head in India, Sreenivasa Reddy, reflecting recent turnover among tech firms’ regulatory teams.
• Earlier this month Meta elevated Sandhya Devanathan to oversee Southeast Asia operations in addition to her existing India responsibilities.
• Meta India faces scrutiny over WhatsApp’s 2021 data-sharing policy, including a ₹213 crore penalty by the CCI and interim relief from a ban as the company prepares for tougher privacy rules.