India’s national capital is going to turn into a tech fortress as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is going to come to New Delhi on October 28.Like the US, Zuckerberg is going to hold a Town Hall in New Delhi and seek questions from Indians on an array of issues. Zuckerberg made this announcement on his FB post. It Read:
“I'm heading to India and I'll be hosting our next Townhall Q&A in Delhi on Wednesday, October 28 at 12pm IST (11:30pm Tuesday Pacific time). More than 130 million people use Facebook in India. I'm looking forward to hearing directly from one of our most active and engaged communities. If you have a question, please ask below in the comments. To vote for a question, just like it. I'll be answering questions from across Facebook as well as from a live audience at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
I'll post the live video of the event on the day. See you then!”
Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his US visit, attended a Town Hall at the Facebook Headquarters, during which Zuckerberg had said that India was important to him and his company, historically.
Modi had also congratulated him on the success and had invited Zuckerberg to India.
More than 130 million people use Facebook in India.
During Modi’s visit, Zuckerberg had changed his profile picture bearing an Indian Tricolour over his display picture, which had also courted controversy.