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An IITian takes over Google: Sundar Pichai (email from the Canadian IIT alumni assn.)
by Seva Lamberdar Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:24 pm
It is not a Bollywood movie story, but this story has contents of many movies and still beats them all. Because it is a real life story. Story of an IITian like you, and me. One who woke up to the 'bread-butter' breakfast, infinitely stretchable rotis and alley way cricket with one tip catch 'out'.
Sundar Pichai, a native of Chennai, India, a graduate of IIT Kharagpur, B.Tech. Metallurgical Engineering1993 is appointed as new CEO of Google. He heads Google Chrome web browser, Android Operating System and You Tube, among others. Certainly this is a proud moment for all IITians.
In IIT KGP, which he joined in 1989, he was known as P. Sundarajan. He lived in Nehru Hall. Not sure if any of IITAC members are from that batch, or near by batches.
As per The Times of India: Pichai passed out of IIT Kharagpur in 1993, topping not only his metallurgical batch but also winning the Institute Silver Medal for excellence in academics. It was the flexibility of the IIT system that allowed him to pursue his interest in electronics while being a student of metallurgy. "He was doing work in the field of electronics at a time when no separate course on electronics existed in our curriculum. His thesis dealt with implanting molecules of other elements in silicon wafers to alter its properties. It was very clear from the beginning that he was enthused about electronics and materials," said Prof Sanat Kumar Roy.
Sundar later did MS from Stanford, and MBA from Wharton. Before joining Google in 2004, he had worked for McKinsey & Company.
Sundar Pichai, a native of Chennai, India, a graduate of IIT Kharagpur, B.Tech. Metallurgical Engineering1993 is appointed as new CEO of Google. He heads Google Chrome web browser, Android Operating System and You Tube, among others. Certainly this is a proud moment for all IITians.
In IIT KGP, which he joined in 1989, he was known as P. Sundarajan. He lived in Nehru Hall. Not sure if any of IITAC members are from that batch, or near by batches.
As per The Times of India: Pichai passed out of IIT Kharagpur in 1993, topping not only his metallurgical batch but also winning the Institute Silver Medal for excellence in academics. It was the flexibility of the IIT system that allowed him to pursue his interest in electronics while being a student of metallurgy. "He was doing work in the field of electronics at a time when no separate course on electronics existed in our curriculum. His thesis dealt with implanting molecules of other elements in silicon wafers to alter its properties. It was very clear from the beginning that he was enthused about electronics and materials," said Prof Sanat Kumar Roy.
Sundar later did MS from Stanford, and MBA from Wharton. Before joining Google in 2004, he had worked for McKinsey & Company.
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