Meta India

Meta India's net profit grows 28.3% to Rs 647.5 crore in FY25; Gross ad revenue up 29%

Meta India's revenue from operations grew by 25 percent YoY to Rs 3,792.9 crore in FY25 while total expenses increased by 22.6 percent.

Meta India appoints Aman Jain as new public policy head

Aman Jain's appointment as Meta's India public policy head comes at a time when the government is formulating a slew of tech and AI related regulations.

WhatsApp Business messaging is a way of life in India, unlike other markets: Meta VP Nikila Srinivasan

Meta has made a significant push in recent years to accelerate WhatsApp monetisation through ads and paid messaging. India plays a key role in these efforts

Meta's Arun Srinivas to lead the tech giant's India operations

In his new role, Srinivas will focus on bringing the organisation’s business, innovation, and revenue priorities together to serve partners and clients.

Meta India public policy head Shivnath Thukral to step down

Thukral, who joined Meta (then Facebook) in 2017, was with the company for nearly seven and a half years, serving in multiple policy roles.

Meta expands India head Sandhya Devanathan's role to include Southeast Asia

Meta has also elevated Benjamin Joe as the regional vice president for the Asia Pacific region

Meta tapping states for e-governance push via Llama AI, WhatsApp, says India head Sandhya Devanathan

Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Odisha are collaborating with Meta to launch WhatsApp-based chatbots for quick access to various services for citizens through a single number.

Meta to build engineering teams in India with new Bengaluru office

India is the biggest user market for Meta with over a billion users across its family of products that include Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.

Meta India's net profit jumps 43% to Rs 505 crore in FY24; Gross ad revenue up 24%

India is the largest market for Meta's family of apps, which includes Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with a combined user base of over a billion monthly users.

India is key to Meta's global gaming strategy, with 700 mn gamers projected by 2028, says Sandhya Devanathan

India could become an $8 trillion economy in the near future, with $1 trillion driven by digital initiatives, including gaming, said Meta's Sandhya Devanathan.

Meta India head Sandhya Devanathan on why India is a key market for WhatsApp Business, AI initiatives

Sandhya Devanathan said that India is one of Meta's key priority markets for business messaging globally, with Click-to-WhatsApp revenue doubling in the country over the past year.

India a priority market; DPDP law brought clarity for tech companies: Meta India head

Devanathan, who is the Vice President of Meta in India, also spoke of the company's determination to crack down on misinformation on the platform and outlined how it is harnessing AI (Artificial Intelligence) to proactively curb hateful content.

India AI, Meta India ink pact to spur advancements in AI, emerging tech

The effort will foster social inclusion, improve government service delivery, and spur innovation using large language models, Generative AI, cognitive systems and translation models.