Google’s India coverage head Archana Gulati resigns: Report

Google’s head of public coverage for India has resigned simply 5 months after taking the job, two sources advised Reuters, at a doubtlessly crucial time for the US tech large because it awaits the result of at the very least two antitrust instances within the nation.

The explanations for Archana Gulati’s resignation weren’t instantly clear.

Gulati, who beforehand labored at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s federal think-tank, declined to remark. A spokesperson for Alphabet Inc’s Google additionally declined to remark.

Google is dealing with a collection of antitrust instances in India and stricter tech-sector rules.

India’s competitors watchdog is wanting into Google’s enterprise conduct within the sensible TVs market, its Android working system, in addition to its in-app funds system.

The watchdog is near saying its determination in at the very least two antitrust instances towards Google, individuals conversant in the method stated.

At Google, Gulati led a workforce of public coverage executives who have a look at varied regulatory implications for the corporate in India, one in all its key progress markets.

She was a long-time Indian authorities worker, having labored till March 2021 as a joint secretary for digital communications at Modi’s federal suppose tank, Niti Aayog, a physique that’s crucial to authorities’s coverage making throughout sectors.

Earlier than that, between 2014 and 2016, she labored as a senior official on the CCI, in its Mergers & Acquisitions division, based on her LinkedIn profile.

A lot of Indian authorities officers have been employed by Massive Tech firms as they face tighter information and privateness regulation, in addition to competitors legislation scrutiny, below Modi’s federal authorities.