Network18's Manish Maheshwari takes over as Twitter India MD on April 29

He fills in the void left behind by Taranjeet Singh, who stepped down last September; reports to Vice-president and Asia Pacific MD

Eight months after its last full-time India head quit Twitter, the microblogging platform said it has appointed Manish Maheshwari as Managing Director for the country. 

Maheshwari joins Twitter from Network18 Digital where he was the CEO since 2016. He will report to Maya Hari, Twitter’s Vice-President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific. 

Twitter's ex-country director Taranjeet Singh had stepped down in September last year, and Global Head of Revenue Strategy and Operations Krish Balaji was the interim head until now. 

Maheshwari will begin in his new role from April 29, and will be responsible for "driving an integrated business strategy