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Facebook India appoints Rajiv Aggarwal as its public policy director

Bengaluru, Sep 20 (UNI) Facebook India Monday said it has appointed ex-IAS officer and former Uber executive Rajiv Aggarwal as the Director of Public Policy.
He succeeds Ankhi Das, who had resigned last October.
Aggarwal will report to Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan.
On the new appointment. Mohan said he was thrilled over Aggarwal joining the company to lead the public policy team.
"We realise we are deeply immersed in the fabric of India and we have the opportunity to help build a more inclusive and safe internet that benefits everyone in the country. I'm thrilled that Rajiv is joining us to lead the Public Policy team," he said.
With his expertise and experience, Rajiv will help further our mission to build transparency, accountability, empowered and safe communities, all of which we recognize as our responsibility, he added.
Aggarwal, in this role, will define and lead important policy development initiatives for Facebook in India on an agenda that covers user safety, data protection and privacy, inclusion and internet governance, the statement said.
His last assignment was with Uber, where he was the Head of Public Policy for India and South Asia, the statement said.
Aggarwal has 26 years of experience as an Indian Administrative Officer (IAS), and has worked as a District Magistrate in nine districts across the state of Uttar Pradesh.
During his tenure as an administrative officer, he steered India's first ever-national policy on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) as Joint Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (M/o Commerce), and was instrumental in the digital transformation of India's IP offices, the statement said.
He has been closely associated with the India-US bilateral trade forum, besides being India's lead negotiator on IPRs with other nations, it added.
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