Meta's Office In Gurugram Opens, Its First Standalone Facility In Asia

Meta, formerly Facebook, has just opened its office in CyberHub, Gurugram which is the social networking giant's first standalone facility in Asia.

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New Delhi: Meta, formerly Facebook, has just opened its office in CyberHub, Gurugram which is the social networking giant's first standalone facility in Asia. The facility was inaugurated by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and a digital skilling hub in it will be dedicated to training and skilling the small business owners of the country.

Meta also announced an ambitious goal of training 1 crore small businesses and entrepreneurs and 2,50,000 creators in the next three years. 

Spanning 130,000 sq. ft building in Gurugram, Meta's new office will also host the Centre for Fuelling India’s New Economy (C-FINE). The new Centre will be dedicated to training and skilling India’s small business owners, creators, entrepreneurs and local communities to enable them to both fuel and leverage the digital transformation underway in the country.

“We see this office as an opportunity for us to build a space that will house our largest team in the country. The office will be open to anyone who is driving change - be it creators,  small business owners, entrepreneurs, artists or community leaders. The spaces here will see directed, purposeful efforts from Meta to fuel their pursuits, ideas and ambition. That is why we are embracing the ambitious goal of training 1 crore small businesses and 2,50,000 creators," Ajit Mohan, Vice-President & Managing Director, Facebook India (Meta), said in a statement.

Meta's new facility in Gurugram features artwork by Rohini Devasher, Pratap Morey and Sameer Kulavoor that reflects India’s cultural and ideological diversity while shifting from traditional towards a new identity, according to the company.

“Hon'ble PM Narendra Modi's policies and vision is empowering entrepreneurship and opportunities and technology is catalyzing entrepreneurship and fueling growth of investments and economic growth. I hope initiatives like C-FINE, where technology is being positioned to fuel entrepreneurship and innovation and empower youngsters all around the country, take their dreams and create critical mass, size and scale," Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, said in a statement.