Former Niti Aayog official is Google's new India policy head
Archana Gulati is a long-term Indian government employee, having worked as a joint secretary for digital communications at Niti Aayog, and at the Competition Commission of India (CCI) before that
A number of Indian government officials have been hired by Big Tech companies which are battling tighter data and privacy regulation. Image: Shutterstock
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has hired a new public policy head in India, Archana Gulati, who previously worked at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's federal think-tank and the country's antitrust watchdog, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
A Google spokesperson has confirmed the appointment.
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A number of Indian government officials have been hired by Big Tech companies which are battling tighter data and privacy regulation, as well as competition law scrutiny, under Modi's federal government.
Gulati is a long-term Indian government employee, having worked until March 2021 as a joint secretary for digital communications at Modi's federal think tank, Niti Aayog, a body that is critical to government's policymaking across sectors.
Before that, between 2014 and 2016, she worked as a senior official at India's antitrust body, the Competition Commission of India, according to her LinkedIn profile.
