Hugo Barra made the headlines last month when he announced his decision to leave Xiaomi as the company’s Global vice president. The company has now confirmed that its India head Manu Kumar Jain will be leading the company as the new vice president.
In a tweet, Xiaomi’s official India handle wrote, “@manukumarjain, congratulations from the entire Xiaomi family on your promotion to Vice President of Xiaomi!”
Manu Kumar, who first joined the company back in June 2014 will also be the managing director of Xiaomi India.
Manu Kumar took to Facebook to thank Xiaomi for this opportunity, “Thank You my phenomenal Xiaomi family! I am so glad I got the opportunity to work with the best team on the planet. This is a result of some of the great things our Mi Fans have done for Xiaomi in India.Truly honoured and humbled!”
