Indian IT Minister Meets Sundar Pichai to Discuss India's Digital Initiatives

India'southward It Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad recently met Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai at the visitor'south headquarters in Mountain View, California to discuss a wide range of topics such as digital transformation, enabling internet access beyond the nation and the role technology tin can play in empowering Indians.

Prasad, who is on an official three-solar day visit to San Francisco and the Bay Area, discussed initiatives such as the 'Digital Village'which can receive a huge boost from Google when it comes to connecting villages with WiFi and supporting the government'due south digital literacy programme.

Held a very meaningful meeting with @Google squad at California HQ. Sought greater involvement of Google in digital inclusion programs of Republic of india including Digital Hamlet. Asked them to work for creating more than awareness amidst Republic of india'southward farmers almost conditions & scientific farming. pic.twitter.com/52zJaEarex

— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) August xxx, 2018

During his time at Google'southward headquarters, Prasad saw a demonstration of some of the cutting border technologies Google is working on, and how the visitor is exploring ways to invest in Bharat through segments such as enhancing the connectivity infrastructure, work on Indic languages, AI and the creation of entrepreneurship opportunities for small startups and enterprises.

"Government minister said that digital payments have played a pivotal role in the growth of Digital India adding that the Digital India programme is very close to PM Modi's heart and companies like Google could play and important role in digitally empowering Indians", read an official press release from the Ministry building of Electronics & IT.

I felt then pleased to come across many Indian professionals working at the @Google campus in California including the CEO @sundarpichai and Ben Gomes, Vice President of Google Search. motion-picture show.twitter.com/Pf2feVIJQC

— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) August thirty, 2018

In addition to meeting Pichai, the Indian IT minister also held discussions with executives of top tech companies in the United States similar Microsoft, GE and Intel among others, discussing concern and investment opportunities in India and invited them to strengthen their partnership with the country for growth opportunities. Prasad as well talked about 'the emerging data security problems in India and emphasized that the government was cognisant of the demand to strike a balance between data availability, data anonymity, data innovation, data security and data privacy'in the land.