<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">Shivnath Thukral, Vice President of Public Policy at Meta India, will step down by June end after serving for nearly seven and a half years.Thukral described his decision as challenging but expressed confidence in the policy engagement with stakeholders at this juncture.He praised his team's contributions and mentioned that it is time to let the engine and team function independently.Thukral highlighted his learnings at Meta and his interactions with various leaders during his journey at the company.Although Thukral did not reveal his next career move, he shared his plans to focus more on running, health, and family.In a recent podcast, Thukral discussed India's AI future being open source with Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary at MeitY.