Why global tech turns to Indian talent


As Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal joins the ranks of IIT alumni to steer a Silicon Valley giant, experts breakdown why India talent are so in demand. — Courtesy of Twitter via AP

Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal is the latest alumnus of India's prestigious technical universities appointed to head a multi-billion-dollar US tech firm, and Shivani Nandgaonkar wants to follow in his footsteps.

The 22-year-old student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay – Agrawal's alma mater – has already been recruited by Google to become one of the thousands of IIT graduates at major American tech companies.

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