Madhav Chinnappa, Director of News Ecosystem Development at Google, has been asked to exit the company as part of its layoffs.

Chinnappa was with the tech major for 13 years.

In a social media post, Chinnappa said he was going to come back to India and "only start thinking about work in October".

Before Google, Chinnappa was with BBC for nearly 10 years. He was last Head of Business Development and Rights at the news network.