Conquering the world: Pichai is the latest in a seemingly long line of illustrious leaders of Indian origin.
MUMBAI: India’s high flyers have proudly welcomed the appointment as Google’s new chief executive of Sundar Pichai, the latest home-grown engineer to rise to the top of the US corporate world.
Pichai, named head of the Internet titan on Aug 10, was born to humble beginnings in the southern city of Chennai and studied engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur before heading to America to further his studies and career.
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