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Sundar Pichai meets Indian ambassador in the US, discusses Google's commitment to India

Google under Pichai has made a massive investment in India.

Sundar Pichai meets Indian ambassador in the US, discusses Google's commitment to India

GOOGLE CEO Sunder Pichai has held discussions with the Indian envoy in the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, about the technology giant's activities in India, particularly its aggressive push towards digitisation, as he became the first top Indian-American tech business leader to visit the country's embassy here.

Thank you Ambassador Sandhu for the great conversation, Pichai said in a tweet after his visit to the Indian Embassy in downtown Washington DC late last week.


This is for the first time that a top Indian-American tech CEO has visited the embassy here. Appreciated the chance to discuss Google's commitment to India and look forward to continuing our support for India's digital future, said Pichai, who in January this year was named among the 17 awardees to receive the Padma Bhushan.

Technology that transforms; ideas that enable! tweeted Sandhu. Delighted to receive Google and Alphabet Pichai at the Embassy, he said. Exchanged thoughts on expanding India-US commercial, knowledge & tech partnership with Google, the Indian envoy said.

Google under Pichai has made a massive investment in India and phenomenally expanded its footprint in a wide range of sectors including its training for the younger generation. It has announced an investment of about $10 billion under Google for India digitisation. It also has partnerships with Reliance's Jio as well as with Bharti Airtel.

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In addition, it is partnering with India on workforce development and skill development. They are working with the government on the Digital India Programme, and the national digital literacy mission.

During the meeting with the Indian Ambassador, Pichai was very appreciative of the very initiatives that have been taken by India and underscored how Google is looking at India in a very positive framework.

The Ambassador highlighted the knowledge and education partnership. The Google CEO, during the conversation, is also believed to have discussed various ways in which its partnership with India forward in particular in the education sector.

They also discussed digitisation efforts in India in which Google is involved, including digital payments and infrastructure digitisation. The Indian Ambassador noted that Google is an important partner in India's digital transformation, which is a priority for the government.

Google and its parent company Alphabet have played an important role in the COVID-19 crisis last year. They put a lot of money in terms of supporting India, and they were part of the global task force of American CEOs set up in this regard. The Indian government has intensified its engagement with American CEOs. The Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal had a meeting with a number of CEOs from the Silicon Valley during his trip to California early this month.

Sandhu himself met several CEOs during his recent trips there. He also visited the universities in Silicon Valley which are considered to be the hub of such innovation. They also had a number of venture capitalists and start-up entrepreneurs in San Francisco as part of India's latest push to have greater engagement with the American tech sector.

(PTI)

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