Google CEO Sundar Pichai was conferred with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Kharagpur in 2015
Academics is important but not as important as it's made out to be, he said
Full potential of digital economy in the country not yet realised, holding companies back
Pichai's comment led to temporary shut down of the mess
Pichai advised Indian companies to aim higher and compete with MNCs
Sundar Pichai earned his degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT-Kharagpur
Most of the aspirational devices are currently priced above Rs 3,000
Some of the highlights of Pichai's friendly interaction with IIT students at the campus
This is Pichai's third official visit to India since he took over as Google CEO
Pichai is also scheduled to visit his alma mater, IIT Kharagpur, on January 5
Ravi Shankar Prasad will also join Pichai and other senior Google leaders during the event here
The same team that earlier broke into Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts has now hacked into Google CEO Sundar Pichai's account on the question-answer website Quora, media reports said on Monday
Says forcing companies to enable hacking could "compromise" users' privacy