An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Varanasi, Purohit last worked as the chief executive officer of Tata CLiQ.
Meta said that content inciting violence across all its platforms witnessed a decline from 19.3 million to 14.4 million in Q3 of 2022.
Sandhya Devanathan will transition to her new role on January 1, 2023 and will report to Dan Neary, vice president, Meta APAC
The development comes days after Ajit Mohan, the former head of Meta India resigned earlier this month, to join the rival Snap, which is the parent company of the social media platform Snapchat.
