Meta India Policy Head Rajiv Aggarwal joins Samsung in tech policy role

Rajiv Aggarwal takes over Samsung’s public policy role as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi steps up efforts to make the South Asian nation an electronics manufacturing force on par with neighboring China.

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Samsung has been a major beneficiary of financial incentives that have helped India become the world’s second-largest phone maker. Rival Apple Inc. has also expanded production in India, with iPhone exports worth more than $1 billion this year.

But, Aggarwal did not return messages and calls seeking comment. Samsung representatives did not respond to emails seeking comment. Moreover, an engineer by training, Aggarwal was formerly head of South Asia policy at Uber Technologies Inc.

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