1 week Ago By James Paul
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a whirlwind of a three-day American tour ahead of the country’s presidential election. The Indian premier met with top 15 tech CEOs from companies like Google, Adobe, and Nvidia, hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Engineering. The roundtable was held at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel.
While the PM posted about the same on his social media, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) released a statement that the CEOs had a deep dive with the Prime Minister on evolving technological advances and how they are shaping the lives of people globally and especially the people of India. During the roundtable, the PM emphasized on the ‘AI for All’ policy of India. Had a fruitful roundtable with tech CEOs in New York, discussing aspects relating to technology, innovation and more.
Also highlighted the strides made by India in this field. I am glad to see immense optimism towards India. pic.
twitter.com/qW3sZ4fv3t — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 23, 2024 Google’s desi boss Sundar Pichai, after the roundtable, stated that the Indian PM challenged the tech CEOs to do more for India. Pichai remarked that the search engine giant is robustly investing in India and looking forward to doing more for the country with several programs and partnerships.
He quipped that PM Modi has now challenged the tech CEOs to do the same with AI for India. Speaking of the Digital India and Make In India initiative of the PM, the Google CEO remarked that “He pushed us to continue making in India, designing in India.” Google recently started assembling its flagship, the Pixel 8, in the country via its vendor, Wowtek Technology India, a subsidiary of Bharat FIH, which is a part of Chinese company Hon Hai Technology Group, also known as Foxconn, that has its assembling unit at Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, it was also reported in May 2024, that Dixon Technologies will manufacture Google Pixel 8. The phone that was launched in India in October 2023, finally started its Indian production in August 2024. #WATCH | New York, USA: After the roundtable meeting of prominent CEOs of Tech Companies with PM Narendra Modi, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says, "The PM has been focussed on transforming India.
It is Digital India vision. He pushed us to continue making in India, designing in..
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com/kF2XwV5X2F — ANI (@ANI) September 23, 2024 Just announced at #GoogleForIndia : @rosterloh spoke about our plan to manufacture Pixel smartphones in India intending to start with the Pixel 8, and expecting these devices to start to roll out in 2024, joining India’s “Make in India” initiative. For more:..
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com/FznOzH8E8C — Google India (@GoogleIndia) October 19, 2023 Excited to announce that the first of our Made in India Google #Pixel8 devices have started rolling off the production lines 🥹 Grateful for the partnership with Hon'ble Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw as we look forward to bringing the #TeamPixel experience to people across India 🤝 pic.twitter.com/6nKvvcyFkj — Google India (@GoogleIndia) August 12, 2024 See Also : Gmail’s Creator Reveals The Real Reason Why Sundar Pichai-Led Google Lagged In AI Search Race See Also : PM Modi at CJI's Residence For Ganesh Puja Goes Viral; Internet Calls It 'Independence Of Judiciary Ka Visarjan'.
