Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in India today
NEW DELHI: Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg willon Thursday attend the two-day long Internet.org summit that aims to make internet access affordable for people who do not have it globally.Zuckerberg is also likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to sources.
His visit comes three months after the visit of Sheryl Sandberg (July 2014) , chief operating officer of the social networking giant, to the country, which is the second biggest market for Facebook.
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During her visit Sandberg met IT and communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and said: "Facebook has a very powerful presence in India, next only to US. There is enormous scope for expansion of Facebook, which is already a very popular platform in India. There is a need to work together in the field of education, in the field of health and other creative exposures."
She also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during her visit.
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