Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a rousing welcome from America’s top tech titans. The Indian Prime Minister met Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs, Cisco executive chairman John Chambers and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen.
Here’s the short description of PM’s address at the Digital India Dinner and announcements made by IT giants.
1.PM Modi said, “Digital India is the enterprise for India’s transformation. I see technology as a means to empower and as a tool that bridges the distance between hope and opportunity.In this digital age, we have an opportunity to transform lives of people. We must ensure that technology is accessible, affordable, and adds value.The status that now matters is not whether you are awake or asleep, but whether you are online or offline.”
2.Global search giant Google will soon help India set up base for free Wi-Fi at 500 railway stations. At the Digital India dinner at San Jose, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “We are expanding our public Wi-Fi hotspots. We want to ensure that free Wi-Fi is not only there at airports, but also on our railway platforms.”
3. Chipmaker Qualcomm announced an India-specific $150 million venture capital fund for startups in the mobile and internet-of-everything (IoE) ecosystem. The fund will be set up by its venture arm, Qualcomm Ventures.
4.Qualcomm also announced a programme to “Design in India.” Executive chairman Paul E Jacobs said that there was more internet traffic on mobile phones in India than in any other country. The company will also set up an innovation lab in Bangalore. “We share Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to transform India into a digitally-empowered society and knowledge economy,” Jacobs said,
5 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that the company will partner with the Indian government to bring lost-cost broadband technology to five lakh villages across India. Microsoft will announce cloud computing systems from data centers in India next week. “We believe that lost-cost broadband connectivity coupled with the scale of cloud computing intelligence that can be harnessed from data can help drive creativity, efficiency and productivity across governments and businesses of all sizes,” the company’s first Indian-American CEO said.
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