Page 6 - Sundar Pichai

India is a part of me, says Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai

India is a part of me and I carry it with me wherever I go," Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has said, as he received the prestigious Padma Bhushan award from the Indian envoy to the US. Indian-American Pichai was awarded the Padma Bhushan for 2022 in the Trade and Industry category. The Madurai-born Pichai was named one of the 17 awardees earlier this year. He received India's third-highest civilian award in the presence of his close family members in San Francisco on Friday. I am deeply grateful to the Indian government and the people of India for this immense honour. It is incredibly meaningful to be honoured in this way by the country that shaped me," 50-year-old Pichai said while accepting the award from India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu. "India is a part of me. I carry it with me wherever I go. (Unlike this beautiful award which I will keep somewhere safe)," he said. "I was fortunate to grow up in a family that cherished learning and knowledge, with .

In layoff season, Google may fire 10,000 'low performing' employees

The news on layoff at Google has come within days of a letter that hedge fund TCI, an investor in the company, wrote to Alphabet. TCI has shares worth $6 billion in Alphabet

Google logs highest selling week ever for Pixel smartphones: Sundar Pichai

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that the company recently had its highest selling week ever for the Pixel 7 series of smartphones

Google CEO Pichai visits Indian Embassy in US, meets envoy Taranjit Sandhu

In a first, Google CEO Sunder Pichai visited the Embassy of India here in the American capital and held discussions with India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on various aspects of the tech company's activities in the country, particularly its aggressive push towards digitization. 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 Padma Bhushan. Technology that transforms; ideas that enable! tweeted Sandhu. Delighted to receive Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai at the Embassy, he said. Exchanged thoughts on expanding India-US commercial, knowledge & tech

Google 'pro-competitive', says Sundar Pichai, sees vibrant tech market

Pichai made the remarks late Tuesday at the Code Conference in Los Angeles. He said the company is "pro-competitive" and named companies including Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. as competitors.

Nadella, Pichai, Narasimhan: Indian-origin CEOs at the helm of American cos

With Laxman Narasimhan being appointed as the CEO of Starbucks, a new name has been added to the list of India-origin CEOs of American corporations

Google wants you to chat with its experimental AI chatbot at your own risk

Google has already warned that early previews of its LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) model "may display inaccurate or inappropriate content".

Sundar Pichai wishes India on Independence Day with Google Doodle

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai extended wishes to Indians on the occasion of the country's 75th Independence Day with a Google Doodle

India at 75: Nooyi to Pichai - 4 Indians who made it big on global stage

They've got the world to sit up and take notice. Starting from humble beginnings, they have come to lead global companies. A look at 4 professionals whose story is as much India's as the world's

'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg sound the alarm

Zuckerberg noticed that it was getting harder to get all the employees to attend a meeting as they were sometimes taking time out in a day for personal work

Google to slow hiring for the rest of the year as recession looms

Sundar Pichai said the company will focus on hiring "engineering, technical and other critical roles," in 2022 and 2023

Global economic instability will affect tech sector: Sundar Pichai

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the current global macroeconomic conditions will severely affect the tech sector.

A new bill introduced in the US Senate aims to break up Google's ad biz

If the introduced Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act passed, the legislation would force Sundar Pichai-led Google to divest its digital ads business within a year

YouTube Shorts hits 30 bn daily views: Google CEO Sundar Pichai

YouTube Shorts has been rolled out to over 100 countries, and is helping creators monetise their short-term videos

Top 10 global tech CEOs' bonuses soared 400% amid pandemic: Report

However, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai saw a drop of 14% in his bonuses in 2020 and 2021

Sundar Pichai announces $9.5 bn for new offices, data centres in US

Pichai said that Google helped provide $617 billion in economic activity for millions of American businesses, nonprofits, creators, developers and publishers last year

Google Search to help people get to original source of trending story

Google has announced to add a new "highly cited" label to Search results to help users find the original source of a trending story.

Google may be fined 20% of its annual revenue in Russia for repeat offences

Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Google could be fined up to 8 million roubles ($91,533), or as much as 20 per cent of the company's annual revenue in Russia for repeat offences.

YouTube Shorts hit 5 trillion all-time views: Sundar Pichai

The Google-owned video streaming giant on Tuesday said that this is helping its creator community reach newer and bigger audiences

Google to build more products in India for the world: Sundar Pichai

'It is a reflection of our confidence in the future of India, its digital economy, our desire to build products there, which we think will help us globally,' Pichai said