India, July 15 -- A senior Meta executive has returned to India after spending 18 years in the United States. Balaji Gururajan said in a LinkedIn post that being closer to family was the driving factor behind his decision to move back. In the post shared two days ago, the senior Meta engineering leader said that his return to Bengaluru would allow him and his family to be closer to his aging parents.

"A month ago, my family and I packed up 18 years in the US and moved to Bangalore - closer to aging parents, growing kids, and a stretch of family life we didn't want to keep watching from a distance," he said.

Balaji Gururajan, a 2003 NIT graduate, started his career with Wipro in Bengaluru. In 2007, he moved to the US, where he has been b...