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Samsung India’s govt man quits after 4 yrs

By Sohail Khan 15 September 2026, 11:57 am

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Samsung India’s head of public affairs and ESG, Rajiv Aggarwal, has resigned after nearly four years at the company, with his last week currently underway. The reason for his departure is unclear. The 57-year-old former bureaucrat previously worked at Uber and Meta and handled Samsung’s government relations in India.

FILE PHOTO: Customers shop at a Samsung mobile store inside a shopping mall in New Delhi — Samsung India's head of public affairs and ESG, Rajiv Aggarwal, has resigned after nearly four years in the job.

Samsung India's head of public affairs and ESG, Rajiv Aggarwal, has resigned after nearly four years in the job, two sources with knowledge of the departure ‌said ⁠on Tuesday.

The ⁠reason for his resignation was not clear.

Aggarwal, who oversaw the South Korean tech giant's relationship with the Indian government, is serving his last week at Samsung India, said the sources, who declined ⁠to be identified ‌as the details were confidential.

The 57-year-old former Indian bureaucrat, who ⁠has also worked at Uber and Meta, declined to comment. Samsung Electronics did not respond to Reuters queries.

Companies like Samsung and Apple have had to recently contend with demands from the Indian government to pre-install state-run apps, which they have ‌opposed for privacy reasons.

Samsung is also among companies that have challenged in court an Indian ⁠government policy that increases businesses' payments to electronic-waste recyclers.

The company has a 16.2% share of India's smartphone market, sharing the spot with Oppo and just behind market leader Vivo. In 2023, it was India's No. 1 smartphone player.

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