Ankhi Das is the Head of Public Policy for Facebook India, as part of its global public policy organization. Ankhi joined Facebook in Oct 2011 as part of Facebook’s on-going investment in building a team of experts to represent the company in areas of public policy and work with governments, policy makers and regulators around the world.
India is an important country for Facebook and the growth of the Internet and connectivity across the country raises many interesting and complex issues of public policy and regulation. With over 15 years of public policy and regulatory affairs experience in the technology sector, Ankhi Das leads Facebook’s efforts on Open Internet, Internet governance, privacy, data security, and safety issues in India, as well as advance Facebook’s role in India’s social and economic growth.
Ankhi joined Facebook from Microsoft India, where as Director of Public Policy, she was responsible for strategic public policy projects and regulatory affairs, since being hired as its first corporate affairs employee, including serving as Head of Corporate Citizenship, in 2004. Ankhi has an extensive background in policy issues including Internet economy issues, intellectual property rights, competition law and policy and technology policy.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Ms. Das worked as Head of Corporate Affairs, at Amarchand Mangaldas, a law firm in New Dehli, India. Ankhi Das is a graduate of Loreto College, University of Calcutta, and has done post-graduate studies specializing in international relations and political science at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Ms. Das is based in New Delhi.