Meta’s India and Southeast Asia vice president, Sandhya Devanathan, has departed the social media giant to join OpenAI, where she will be based in Singapore and report to the company’s Asia-Pacific managing director, Kiran Mani. Devanathan’s new role at OpenAI will encompass overseeing consumer growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, regulatory engagement, and operations across Southeast Asia and Australia, according to the company. This move follows Devanathan’s over a decade-long tenure at Meta, during which she was involved in the company’s decision-making processes in India, a source familiar with the matter stated.

Devanathan’s appointment at OpenAI arrives shortly after Prabhjeet Singh joined the organization as its India head, having previously spent more than a decade at Uber leading its India and South Asia business. OpenAI has been expanding its footprint across the Asia Pacific region, establishing offices in Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney, and Delhi over the past two years. Following Devanathan’s exit, Meta’s India managing director, Arun Srinivas, will report directly to Benjamin Joe, Meta’s vice president for Asia Pacific, a source familiar with the matter informed TechCrunch. Meanwhile, Meta has faced increasing scrutiny from Indian authorities, including an apology issued by the company after Instagram mistakenly restricted a post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and concerns raised by the Indian government over child sexual abuse material on Meta’s platforms. Source

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