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Facebook India appoints former Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan as Managing Director

Facebook India appoints former Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan as Managing Director

Ajit Mohan. (Image source: Ajit Mohan)

Social networking site Facebook has appointed Ajit Mohan, the former CEO of video streaming platform Hotstar, as the Managing Director and Vice-President for Facebook India.

In a Facebook post on Monday, Mohan announced the news of his joining as the MD of the social networking site for India.

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Mohan will join Facebook from early next year and report directly to the Menlo Park-based headquarter.

He will manage the social networking site's overall strategy and its investment in India.

Ajit will head a senior leadership team in the country to increase the company's efforts in helping people to connect.

Mohit is an alumnus of McKinsey and Company's New York office where he worked with media companies around the globe.

A graduate of the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Mohit launched and built Hotstar into India's leading premium video streaming platform.