New Delhi, December 14, 2014 : .Manish Maheshwari is leaving Twitter India, the microblogging site, to start his own tech startup.
He was previously the head of Twitter India.Maheshwari is reportedly “in touch with a handful of investors” to raise funds for a new Bengaluru-headquartered edtech startup that promises to deliver MBA courses in four months, TechCrunch reported, citing sources.
The filings to the regulator show that Maheshwari’s Bengaluru home is registered as the office site for the startup.
Twitter did not respond to a query regarding the development.
Maheshwari joined Twitter as the Managing Director of its India operations in April 2019.He moved to a new position in August as Senior Director Revenue Strategy and Operations based out San Francisco.
His focus was on “New Market Entry”.
Twitter had blocked Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader and many other leaders of the party for violating its platform policies.His resignation was announced.
It was claimed by the Congress that the act was carried out at the request of the government.
Twitter clarified the action by stating that it was done impartially and judiciously for all users.
Amid the political ruckus, the Centre in August informed the Delhi High Court that Twitter has appointed permanent officers as required under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Twitter informed the Delhi High Court that it has appointed employees at the positions of Chief Compliance Officer and Resident Grievance Officer, and Nodal Contact Person, in compliance with the provisions of the new IT rules.
In October, the Supreme Court issued notice on a plea filed by Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Karnataka High Court order quashing notice of personal appearance issued to then Twitter India Managing Director Maheshwari.
The notice was issued to Maheshwari in connection with a probe into uploading a communally sensitive video by a user on Twitter.
The police had rejected Twitter India officials’ request to carry out the questioning via video conferencing.
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