Professional social media network LinkedIn onMonday announced the appointment of Ashutosh Gupta as Country Manager for India,effective September 2, 2019.

He will replace Mahesh Narayanan, who was Country Managerfor India from January 2019 to June 2019.With over two decades of experience inthe Internet and IT & Software Services, Gupta has worked in industriesacross firms such as Google, Cognizant, and Infosys.He joined LinkedIn in 2013to lead LinkedIn’s Marketing Solutions (LMS) in India. In 2016, he moved toSingapore to build LMS’s Online Sales Organisation (OSO) for Asia Pacific andChina.

“India is a strategic market for LinkedIn, and itsdeveloping economy and dynamic jobs market is ripe with opportunity forLinkedIn to add value for our members and customers. I also look forward toforging deeper government relationships to inform policy-making with actionabledata on jobs and skills, and make LinkedIn an integral part of the nationalagenda. I am excited and humbled to take on the role of Country Manager todrive LinkedIn India into its new decade,” Gupta said.