LinkedIn Appoints Kumaresh Pattabiraman as Country Manager and Product Head for India

Professional networking platform LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, on Friday, announced the appointment of Kumaresh Pattabiraman as the new Country Manager and Product Head in India.

Currently, LinkedIn has over 135 million members of its community, with India being its second-largest and fastest-growing market.

In a post, Pattabiraman said that LinkedIn has evolved from being just a jobs platform to becoming a dynamic global community where professionals connect for jobs, learning, networking, and knowledge sharing.

"Having started my career as an engineer in Bengaluru and built teams in India across LinkedIn and Microsoft, I can say that the energy, ambition, and potential of Indian talent, especially in R&D, are unparalleled," he wrote.

India is among the five countries with the quickest AI talent, ranked number one globally for penetration of AI skills; it has three times the average usage per member.

"This places India at the vanguard of the future of work and sets us up brilliantly to build in India for the world. I look forward to working closely with the India team and valued partners to drive innovation, build strong partnerships, and create economic opportunity for every professional in India," Pattabiraman further said.

With more than 15 years of product and engineering experience, he has held various leadership roles at both LinkedIn and Microsoft.

While at LinkedIn, Kumaresh was instrumental in transforming the member experience through product advancements in products such as Search and Feed, in launching features such as Profile Video, and Career Breaks.

The company recently launched a new video in India in a bid to tap one of the most vigorous markets. It said uploads were growing by 60% year-on-year in the country.

The swipe- based interactive video experience is designed to help professionals explore a wide array of knowledge content. Notably, this new feature follows as 60 per cent of India's internet users, who are over 350 million, consume video content.