June 16 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms ( META ) said on

Monday that Arun Srinivas has been appointed as the managing

director and head for Meta in India, effective July 1.

Srinivas currently heads the tech giant's India ads

business, according to his LinkedIn profile.

His appointment comes at a time when Meta and Indian

authorities have locked horns regarding allegations of the tech

firm's anti-competitive practices in the country.

In November, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) had

fined the company over antitrust violations and restricted

popular messaging platform WhatsApp - which Meta owns - from

sharing user data with other Meta-owned applications for

advertising purposes for a period of five years.

Meta had disagreed with the CCI's order and had warned of a

hit to its business. It won a major relief earlier this year

when an Indian tribunal temporarily suspended the five-year data

sharing ban.