PM congratulates new Google chief Sundar Pichai

New Delhi, Aug 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Chennai-born Sundar Pichai on being appointed Google’s chief executive officer (CEO).

“Congratulations Sundar Pichai. My best wishes for the new role at Google.” Modi tweeted.

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The 43-year-old Pichai, an IIT, Kharagpur, graduate, is the second person of Indian-origin to head the IT company after Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella,

who became the CEO of software giant Microsoft in February 2014.

IANS