After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, DC on Friday, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google is investing USD 10 billion in Indias digitisation fund, adding that PM Modis vision for Digital India serves as a blueprint for other countries.#WATCH | Google CEO Sundar Pichai after meeting PM Modi, says It was an honour to meet PM Modi during the historic visit to the US. We shared with the Prime Minister that Google is investing $10 billion in Indias digitisation fund. We are announcing the opening of our global… pic.twitter.com/ri42wI3Adv— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023 Pichai after meeting PM Modi, said, “It was an honour to meet PM Modi during the historic visit to the US. We shared with the Prime Minister that Google is investing USD 10 billion in Indias digitisation fund.” Pichai further added, “We are excited today that we are announcing the opening up of our global fintech operation centre in GIFT city Gujarat.”Notably, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City is a central business district under construction in Gandhinagar district in Gujarat, India.“PMs vision for Digital India was way ahead of his time I now see it as a blueprint that other countries are looking to do,” Pichai said after meeting Prime Minister Modi.Google to invest 10 Billion in Indias digitisation, says CEO Sundar Pichai after meeting PM ModiRead @ANI Story | https://t.co/Kj1g7temCh#PMModiUSVisit #Google #SundarPichai pic.twitter.com/0bxieUiqcr— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) June 23, 2023 Pichai, who joined Google in 2004, became the CEO of the company in 2015. PM Modi had congratulated him on his appointment as CEO.Sundar Pichai met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi in December last year and said it is inspiring to see the rapid pace of technological change under his leadership. Pichai, CEO, Google and Alphabet, said he looked forward to continuing strong partnerships and supporting Indias G20 presidency to advance open internet that works for all.During his India visit last year, Pichai also attended the 8th edition of the Google for India event, with Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister for Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology in attendance.The Google CEO said he is here to see progress being made from our USD 10 billion, 10-year India Digitization Fund (IDF), and share new ways helping to advance Indias digital future.Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is presently on a State visit to the US met Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and CEOs of Amazon Andrew Jassy and Boeing David L Calhoun in Washington, DC.#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai in Washington, DC. pic.twitter.com/PCLnqiYEQ4— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023 Boeing CEO David L Calhoun in an exclusive interview with ANI said, “The most important takeaway is the PMs passion for Indias development. He does have a specific interest in aviation, in aerospace. It is a big vision.”He emphasized the importance of India playing a significant role not only for the country but also for the broader region broadly in aviation and aerospace.Whereas, Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy expressed his commitment to generating additional employment opportunities in India after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington DC.“Very interested in helping create more jobs, helping digitise more small and medium size businesses and helping more Indian companies and products be able to be exported all around the world,” said Jassy.
