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    Facebook hires three new directors for India

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    Manohar Hotchandani joins Facebook as director, business development and will be working across multiple opportunities in India, with a focus on growing gaming, commerce, AR/VR, Facebook said.

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    All three of them will be reporting to Manish Chopra, director and head of partnerships at Facebook India.
    NEW DELHI: Facebook said on Wednesday it has hired three new directors- Francis Jose, Manohar Hotchandani and Paras Sharma for India.

    Paras Sharma will be the director for media partnerships and will lead news, entertainment, sports and music verticals for both Facebook and Instagram. Francis Jose is the new director of mobile and connectivity partnerships for India and will drive engagements across the telecom, ISP and mobile devices industries in India.

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    Manohar Hotchandani joins Facebook as director, business development and will be working across multiple opportunities in India, with a focus on growing gaming, commerce, AR/VR, Facebook said.

    Manish Chopra, director and head of partnerships at Facebook India said the new directors share Facebook’s passion to create 'unique experiences' that drive business value for its partners and bring the world closer together.

    Facebook said Paras Sharma comes with 23 years of experience with media organizations like Viacom CBS Asia, Fox International Channels and ESPN Star Sports.

    Francis Jose joins Facebook from Samsung India Electronics and prior to that he has worked at Blackberry, Reliance Communications, Airtel, Aptech and BPL Mobile.

    Manohar Hotchandani joins Facebook from Amazon where he led the Alexa voice service (AVS) business post a long stint at Microsoft across multiple roles.

    All three of them will be reporting to Manish Chopra, director and head of partnerships at Facebook India.
    The Economic Times

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