Famous Indians Working in Google
90When it comes to technological innovations, India is second to none - even though the spirit of entrepreneurship is yet to be evolved in the country. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has done a great service to the planet Earth by producing some of the exceptional technological minds.
Google is undoubtedly the king of the internet world. With more than 80% share of Web Search and more than 40% share of online advertising it is the reigning king.
Currently, Google is also the first choice for jobs among IITians. Facebook is fighting with it to get toppers from IITs by offering lump-sum salary. However, Google remained the most preferred destinations.
Let's have a look on some Indians who have contributed immensely into the staggering success of Google. The list contains very few names as it is impossible to name more than 2000 software engineers and managers in a single article.
1. Nikesh Arora:
Nikesh is the Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Google. He is an alumnus of BHU – IT, Varanasi. Later, Nikesh did MBA from Northwest University. Nikesh is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and currently handles all Revenue and Customer Operations of Google. It is the sharp and innovative mind of Nikesh Arora which led Google to make a strong footprint in European and African Countries.
Nikesh Arora is the second most paid employee of Google after the Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt.
Nikesh is also a member of the board of directors of Bharti Group – Airtel. Currently, he is being considered as a possible candidate to become the CEO of Yahoo! Inc.
2. Sundar Pichai:
Sundar Pichai did B. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Khadagpur where he was awarded the batch Silver Medal. After IIT, he went the USA to complete M.S. from Stanford University. He is also holding an MBA degree of Wharton University.
Before Google, he has worked with 'Mc Kinsey & Company' and with 'Applied Materials'.
Currently, Pichai is the Senior Vice President of Google Chrome. It was Pichai who had given the first demonstration of Google Chrome OS in 2009.
3. Vic Gundotra:
Vic Gundrota is a well known figure of Google. He attracted the media attention during the launch of Google Plus. He is the man who led a dedicated team of engineers to design a product that can compete with Facebook. Larry Page handpicked him for Google Plus and the result is for everyone to see. After so many failed attempts in the world of Social Media, Google Plus is considered as the first powerful entry of Google in this field. The credit for the success of Google Plus will certainly rest with Vic Gundrota.
Currently, Gundrota is the Senior Vice-President of Social at Google. He is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology. Before joining Google, he was the General Manager of Microsoft.
4. Amit Singhal:
Amit Singhal is a Google Fellow.
Currently, he is one of the most important engineers working in Google. He is the chief of Google’s core ranking team. He is also holding some personal patents for search engine. He says himself a search geek, and that’s the case.
Amit Singhal rewrote the whole Google Search Engine Algorithm in 2001. It is believed that the major change in algorithm by Amit Singhal worked and made Google what it is today. In recognition of his effort for Google’s Algorithm, he has been awarded with a title named Google Fellow. One should remember that this is a distinguished title at Google which is reserved for the most accomplished employee of Google (Google Fellow title was initiated after the coding wonder of Amit Singhal in 2001 to give him recognition). Amit Singhal received his B. Tech in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
Fortune has named Amit Singhal as one of the smartest people in tech. Singhal is also recognized by India Abroad as one of 50 most influential Indian Americans.
It is said that if you have ever used Google Search Engine then you have benefited from the hard work of Amit Singhal.
5. Biswanath Panda
Biswanath Panda is the man behind the well-known Panda update (Feb-April, 2011) which created havoc among e-commerce businesses and content farm websites. Google’s employees working on the project to improve the search results started to call this huge update as 'Panda Update' giving a due to Biswanath Panda. Biswanath Panda is dedicated for the cause of improved search result like his mentor Amit Singhal.
Now, Google releases Panda updates every two months. These updates are making Google Search Results more and more relevant free from spams.
Others
Krishna Bharat: It was Krishna Bharat who persuaded Amit Singhal to join Google in 2000. Currently, Krishna Bharat is the principal scientist of Google. He is the creator of Google News. Bharat is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Benedict Gomes: Gomes is another bright Indian engineer working with Google. He holds 66 patents for search engine algorithm. He is also overseeing the crawling improvement of Google Search Engine.
Guha Ramanathan: Ramanathan heads the custom search team of Google. He held 48 patents related to search engine technology. He improved the quality of search results of Google by introducing a technology that can refine search results.
Punit Soni: Punit Soni is also involved with Google Plus Project since its inception. He is the Lead Project Manager for Google Plus Game and Mobile.
Nikhyl Singhal: Google Plus has a special feature named Hangouts. In fact, this feature has the potential to threaten the empire of Facebook. Nikhyl Singhal is the product manager of Hangouts and other real time products and currently associated deeply with Google Plus Project. He is an alumnus of Standford University.
Jagjit Chawla: Jagjit Chawla is currently the Product Manager at Google. He has previously worked with Adobe Systems and Infosys.
Kamal Singh: Kamal Singh is currently leading the team which is working hard to develop business profiles of Google Plus Project. The success of business pages will be key for Google.
Shailesh Nalawadi: Product Manager at Google.
Rohit Khare: Product Manager
Navneet Singh: Product Lead, Mobile News
Anish Acharya: Google Plus, Mobile Product Manage
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If Amit Singhal can re-write google, then what is so great about it. He is still a servant of Larry & Sergey. He does nto own anything. He is paying all tax to U.S. He is earning there. He has studied that subject and he is good at it. Studying in IIT. Taking all the education and then selling it to foreigners... Is this a great job ?!! Then we say India is not good, India is backward, there is lack of automation in India, 1.2 bn ppl, but still only 1 S/W product dev company. We all are service minded & we are good at doing service [except AMbanis & Tatas, etc..] Amit & his other star colleagues are just proving that they are very good students who always come 1st in the class since childhood. Big Deal ! Do something in India. If you have so much brain, then take loan from govt or go to cataraman [NRNs VC Co.], start something... make opportunities for us. I am not at all proud about these guys. Its like backstabbing IITs knowledge.
Nothing great in this... be like Tally Solutions, the only successful India Software product Development company. Shame on these fellows who are born in India, educated in India but giving light to neighbours.
Great to see a lot of Indians working in Google, stop banning AdSense accounts of Indians, you can do a little justice to your fellow countrymen.
I really hands off to our indian engineers to contribute for the development.But I really felt shame that they have done their job in other land.
They must be broadminded to make all the indians to become like them
I know. Having Indian search engine (as good as current google) would have been good. There would have been more competition among Google, Baidu, and Gandhi (Indian Search Engine) and ShakthiMaan in place of Android ;) .
Good to see these people and their achievements. had they been in India, and wanted to start their company they would have wasted their talent in those govt offices.
Fighting with themselves for not compromising their values or just fixing the rate with that cheap babu.
Its good to say we have to build India but if these people were to correct nonsense things then who will take care of those ideas?
Brain Drain is better than Brain in drain .
These talented individuals have once again proved that indians can not be leaders. And that whenever we are given the position of running a company, we turn into swindlers. we are good at expanding an idea that has already been deciphered.
More than the post, I am amazed to read the comments. Criticizing has become the way of we Indians, which is quite a shame! Acknowledge and appreciate what others can and you cant. If you can, go ahead and do it; but if you cant dont criticize!!!!!
Biswanath and Anish are from my home town in Odisha.
Four square is cofounded by an indian. Mr.Ramanathan.
Hotmail sameer bhatia.
Rediff. We can do it. But we dont. :( .
bro...it may sound bit rude.....but the truth is ....we(indians ) are still termed as CYBER COOLIES in the IT world.( a popular joke at Silicon Valley) ... , who can write thousand and thousand lines of code without complaining......... even after spending so many decades....in the cyberspace we dont have a single world class product...... al least m not aware of one........ I will feel more proud the day we come really with a product that is truly indian .........
Still they r nothing more than NAUKAR of these companies...this z the reason of status of india
Often I find that people criticize about people doing a better job with foreign companies. Why they forget about Indian Red Tape Government policies,person to person corruption and greed for their own benefits. What about "Bureaucracy" on every step of the process. Yes, no one will flourish working with Indian Companies or the Government unless you are shamefaced corrupt. So before criticizing others, please look into the mirror and ask your self about your own work ethic, I am sure you will get the answer from your heart and you wouldn't be able to make an eye contact with your self. Dhanyavad
nice read...
I never scold them bcoz they are in the position of acquireing money more for their family...and also they should provid some contribution to their born nation INDIA
I never scold them bcoz they are in the position of acquireing money more for their family...and also they should provid some contribution to their born nation INDIA
Seems Just Big money or Lucrative offers are the only driving forces for IITian's, Pipeline for Enterpeneur's is getting dry.
One of the biggest reason for Brain drain. Instead of FDI needs more enterpeneurs working for the Indians, by the Indians.!!!!
why the hell people from india use there brains in USA..
y don't they help in developing our own country... wat's the use f there studies,if they didn't helped a bit for there nation.. they are called to be as
'leeches of india".. coz they get the blood(knowledge) for mother india(indian IIT's) and feed for there stomach from currencies from US..
Anyone notice none of them are from famous hitech land or Andhrapradesh?
Dharma Teja 13 days ago
Hello everyone....stop criticising others.....if u can do it ,do it but stop criticising them..but I would like 2 say 1 thing..america is a developped country,but India is still a developing one...make it developped...prove that @There are Indians behind every successfull world class project or product" _______Indian