Washington: In a primary, Google CEO Sunder Pichai visited the Embassy of India right here within the American capital and held discussions with India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on numerous facets of the tech firm’s actions within the nation, notably its aggressive push in direction of digitization.
“Thanks” Ambassador Sandhu for the nice dialog, Pichai stated in a tweet after his go to to the Indian Embassy in downtown Washington DC late final week. That is for the primary time {that a} high Indian American tech CEO has visited the embassy right here.
“Appreciated the prospect to debate Google‘s dedication to India and sit up for persevering with our assist for India’s digital future,” stated Pichai, who in January this yr was named among the many 17 awardees to obtain Padma Bhushan.
“Know-how that transforms; concepts that allow!” tweeted Sandhu. “Delighted to obtain” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on the Embassy, he stated.
“Exchanged ideas on increasing India-US business, data & tech partnership with Google,” the Indian envoy stated.
Google beneath Pichai has made huge funding in India and phenomenally expanded its footprint in a variety of sectors together with its coaching to the youthful era.
It has introduced an funding of about USD10 billion beneath Google for India digitization. It additionally has partnerships with Reliance‘s Jeo in addition to with Bharti Airtel. As well as, it’s partnering with India on workforce improvement and talent improvement. They’re working with the federal government on Digital India Program, and nationwide digital literacy mission.
Through the assembly with the Indian Ambassador, Pichai was very appreciative of the very initiatives which have been taken by India and underscored how Google is taking a look at India in a really optimistic framework. The Ambassador highlighted the data and training partnership.
The Google CEO, throughout the dialog, can also be believed to have mentioned numerous methods wherein its partnership with India ahead particularly within the training sector. Additionally they mentioned digitization efforts in India wherein Google is concerned together with digital funds and infrastructure digitization.
The Indian Ambassador famous that Google is a crucial companion in India’s digital transformation, which is a precedence for the federal government.
Notably Google and its guardian firm Alphabet performed an essential position within the COVID-19 disaster final yr. They put some huge cash by way of supporting India, and so they had been a part of the worldwide activity drive of American CEOs arrange on this regard.
The Indian authorities has intensified its engagement with American CEOs. The Commerce and Trade Minister Piyush Goyal had a gathering with quite a lot of CEOs from the Silicon Valley throughout his journey to California early this month.
Sandhu himself met a number of CEOs throughout his latest journeys there. He additionally visited the schools within the Silicon Valley that are thought-about to be the hub of such innovation.
Additionally they had quite a lot of enterprise capitalists and begin up entrepreneurs in San Francisco as a part of India’s newest push to have larger engagement with the American tech sector. PTI LKJ SMN SMN
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