Meta India appoints Arun Srinivas as managing director

Arun Srinivas has been appointed as the managing director and head for Meta in India. Srinivas was the director and head of the ads business for Meta India since 2022.

In this role, Srinivas oversaw business strategy and revenue growth for India across all Meta platforms and for all businesses. He was part of the India leadership team and focused on strategic revenue priorities such as AI, Reels, and Messaging.

This comes after Meta expanded the role of its India vice president, Sandhya Devanathan, who now also leads the tech giant's Southeast Asia business. The development was announced by Meta’s Asia Pacific head, Dan Neary.

According to Meta India, Srinivas will transition to his new role from July 1, 2025, and will continue to report to Sandhya Devanathan.

Srinivas was previously Ola’s chief operating officer and global chief marketing officer. He left the company in 2020, a year after he joined. A former vice president at Unilever, Srinivas had joined Ola after a stint at private equity firm WestBridge Capital, where he led its investments in the consumer vertical.

His appointment comes at a time when Meta and Indian authorities have locked horns over allegations of the tech firm's anti-competitive practices in the country. In November, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined the company over antitrust violations and restricted the popular messaging platform WhatsApp from sharing user data with other Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes for a period of five years.