Twitter India's MD Manish Maheshwari to move to US in a new role

This comes after the social media giant's bitter face-off with the Indian government over a host of issues

The man who inadvertently became the face of a public tussle between the Indian government and Twitter India, Manish Maheshwari, the managing director of the microblogging platform's marketing arm in India, will be moving to the US in  a new role.

Twitter confirmed the move, and said Maheshwari will be based in San Francisco as Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations focused on New Market Entry.

“Thank you to @manishm for your leadership of our Indian business over the past 2+ years. Congrats on your new US-based role in charge of revenue strategy and operations for new markets worldwide. Excited