Manish Maheshwari is Twitter India's new Managing Director

Twitter India today appointed Manish Maheshwari, ex-CEO of Network18 Digital, as the Managing Director for its India operations. According to the company statement, Manish Maheshwari will be responsible for driving an integrated business strategy to accelerate Twitter`s audience and revenue growth in the country. Notably, India has emerged as the fastest growing market for Twitter, the micro-blogging platform. 

Maheshwari, who will be based out of Delhi, will report to Maya Hari - Twitter`s Vice President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific, and oversee Twitter India's teams in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru from April 29. 

"India is one of our fastest growing audience markets for Twitter in the world and our purpose is to serve the public conversation in India. We are thrilled to have Manish join us at this important time to take our Indian business to the next level," said Maya Hari.

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Maheshwari has reportedly held various positions at Flipkart, txtWeb, Intuit, McKinsey and P&G prior to working with Network18. IANS quoted him as saying, "With premium Indian content on the rise in multiple regions across the country, I believe we are scratching the surface of what`s possible with Twitter in India." 

Maheshwari added, "I`m bullish about the overall impact that Twitter India can create in the country and the influence of India on our global platform." 

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Notably, Taranjeet Singh quit the company in September last year, the micro-blogging platform which has over 30 million users in India, according to statista.com