Former Twitter India head leaving firm to start an edtech platform – TechCrunch

Manish Maheshwari, the former head of Twitter India who recently moved to San Francisco to work at a different division within the company, is leaving the firm to start an edtech startup in India, according to nine people familiar with the matter.

Maheshwari and Twitter didn’t respond to a request for comment two weeks ago.

Maheshwari has engaged with a handful of investors in recent weeks to raise funds for a new Bangalore-headquartered edtech startup that promises to deliver MBA courses in four months, according to some of the investors to whom he has pitched the new startup.

The former Twitter India head moved to the U.S. as Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations with focus on ‘New Market Entry’ in August this year. His departure from India came at a time when Twitter was facing unprecedented heat in the South Asian market from New Delhi.