WhatsApp India Head Abhijit Bose Resigns, Company Issues Statement

Shivnath Thukral, Director of WhatsApp Public Policy in India, has now been made Director, Public Policy for all Meta brands in India.

WhatsApp News: Abhijit Bose (WhatsApp’s head of India) and Rajiv Aggarwal (Director Public Policy Meta India) have resigned from their positions. Shivnath Thukral, Director of WhatsApp Public Policy in India, has now been appointed as the Director, Public Policy for all Meta brands in India. To recall, Meta had announced its biggest layoffs a few days ago, sacking around 11,000 jobs across the globe.

“I want to thank Abhijit Bose for his tremendous contributions as our first Head of WhatsApp in India. His entrepreneurial drive helped our team deliver new services that have benefited millions of people and businesses. There is so much more WhatsApp can do for India and we’re excited to continue helping advance India’s digital transformation,” Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp, said in a statement.

Earlier this month, Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta in India, had stepped down from his role. Soon it was announced that he was joining rival Snap as president, Asia-Pacific.

The company further added that Rajiv Aggarwal has decided to resign “to pursue another opportunity”. “Over the last year, he has played an important role in leading our policy-led initiatives in areas such as user-safety, privacy and scaling up programmes like GOAL to drive digital inclusion in the country. He has also been leading proactive engagement with critical policy and regulatory stakeholders,” the company’s note said.

Amazon Might Sack Over 10,000 Employees Starting This Week: Report

E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc is planning to lay off about 10,000 people in corporate and technology jobs starting as early this week, according to a New York Times report. As per the report, the job cuts will focus on Amazon’s devices unit. The unit houses voice-assistant Alexa, as well as its retail division and human resources. However, it is important to note that the report adds that the total number of layoffs remains fluid.

As of December 31 last year, Amazon had more than 1.6 million full-time and part-time employees and had recently said it would freeze hiring to corporate workforce for the next few months.