1. 1. Sundar Pichai
(Notes Prepared by Dr. G. N. Khamankar)
Summary:
Sundar Pichai is currently the CEO of Google Inc. He contributed to Chrome
with Android. He was born on 12th
July 1972 in Madras in Tamilnadu. His
mother Lakshmi Pichai was a stenographer. His father Regunatha Pichai, was
an Electrical Engineer who worked at General Electric and owned a
manufacturing plant. His father’s work ethic and a constant exposure to
technology inspired him from a young age. He has been regarded as brilliant
students. After his schooling education, he joined IIT Kharagpur and studied
metallurgical engineering. Thereafter, he was granted admission to Stanford
University in the U.S. He earned a Master’s degree in Engineering and
Material Science and later he got Management degree from the Wharton
School of Business.
Initially he worked at a company dealing with semiconductor devices called
Applied Material Inc. and then as a management consultant for Mckinsey &
Co. He joined Google in 2004 as a manager for the Google Toolbar, later he
took over as a vice president of product management, and oversaw research
and development of consumer product such as Google, Google Toolbar,
Desktop Search and Gadgets, Google Pack and Gears.

2. In 2011, he became senior vice-president of Google Chrome and Apps. He
was largely responsible for products including the Chrome browser and
operating system, Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs and Google Drive. In 2015
he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google Inc.
With its latest product Google Assistant, it is clear that Google has now
actively embraced artificial intelligence (AL) technology and Pichai has been
leading this from the front. He said that AL is one of the most important things
that humanity is working on.
Google’s pervasiveness has also raised fears of a world monopolized and
controlled by large corporates such as Apple, Amazon and Google. Recently
data privacy on social media such as Facebook and Whats App make it even
clearer that unless consumers consciously inform themselves and ask for
control of their private data, corporations may use it for their own financial
and political gain.
Technology needs to be used with care, and the benefits balanced with risks.
While it is unlikely that the world will revert to the pre- Google world in the
near future, innovation in technology seems to be working towards making it
simple to use without letting it encroach into personal space.
In a blog that declared Sundar Pichai elevation as a CEO of Google Inc. Larry
Page said “we have long believed that over time companies tend to get
comfortable doing the same thing, just making incremental changes. But in
the technology industry, where revolutionary ideas drive the next big growth
areas, we need to be a bit uncomfortable to stay relevant.”Thus Sundar Pichai
proved to be an important milestone in the field of Google and its innovations.
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सुंदर पिचाई सध्या गगल इुंकचे मख्य कार्यकारी अपिकारी आहेत. त्ाुंनी अँड्
र ॉइड्सह
क्रोममध्ये र्ोगदान पदले. त्ाुंचा जन्म झालावा.
मद्रास र्ेथे 12 जलै 1972 तापमळनाड्
ू . त्ाुंची
आई लक्ष्मी पिचाई स्टेनोग्राफर होती. त्ाचे वड्ील रेगनाथा पिचाई हे इलेक्ट्रर कल इुंपजपनर्र
होते जे जनरल इलेक्ट्ररक र्ेथे काम करत होते आपि उत्पादन प्रकल्पात मालकी होते.
त्ाच्या वपड्लाुंच्या कामाची नैपतकता आपि तुंत्रज्ञानाच्या पनरुंतर प्रदर्यनामळे
तरुिििािासूनच त्ाला प्रेरिा पमळाली. तो हुर्ार पवद्याथी म्हिून ओळखला जातो. र्ालेर्
पर्क्षिानुंतर त्ाुंनी आर्आर्टी खड्गिूर र्ेथे प्रवेर् घेतला आपि िातर्ास्त्र
अपिर्ाुंपत्रकीचा अभ्यास क
े ला. त्ानुंतर, त्ाला अमेररक
े तील स्टॅनफोड्य पवद्यािीठात प्रवेर्
पमळाला. त्ाने अपिर्ाुंपत्रकी व सापहत् पवज्ञान र्ाखेत िदव्यत्तर िदवी सुंिादन क
े ली आपि
नुंतर व्हाटयन स्क
ू ल ऑफ पिझनेसमिून मॅनेजमेंटची िदवी घेतली.

3. सरुवातीला त्ाुंनी एप्लाइड् मटेररर्ल इुंक नावाच्या सेमीक
ुं ड्रर उिकरिाुंवर काम
करिार्र्ा क
ुं िनीत काम क
े ले आपि त्ानुंतर मॅपकन्सी अँड् क
ुं िनीचे व्यवस्थािन
सल्लागार म्हिून त्ाुंनी २००4 मध्ये गगल टू लिारचे व्यवस्थािक म्हिून Google मध्ये
प्रवेर् घेतला, नुंतर त्ाुंनी उत्पादन व्यवस्थािनाचे उिाध्यक्ष म्हिून िदिार स्वीकारला.
आपि Google, Google टू लिार, ड्ेस्कटॉि र्ोि अॅ
ॅ फ गॅझेट्स, Google िॅक आपि
पगर्सय र्ासारख्या ग्राहक उत्पादनाुंचे िरीक्षि आपि पवकास क
े ला.
२०११ मध्ये ते गूगल क्रोम आपि अॅ
ॅ प्सचे वररष्ठ उिाध्यक्ष झाले. तो Chrome ब्राउझर
आपि ऑिरेपटुंग पसस्टम, Gmail, क
ॅ लेंड्र, Google ड्ॉक्स आपि Google ड्
र ाइव्ह
र्ासह उत्पादनाुंसाठी मख्यत्वे जिािदार होता. २०१5मध्ये त्ाुंची Google Inc. चे मख्य
कार्यकारी अपिकारी (मख्य कार्यकारी अपिकारी) म्हिून पनर्क्ती झाली.
गूगल अपसस्टुंटच्या त्ाच्या नवीनतम उत्पादनामळे हे स्पष्ट झाले आहे की आता गूगलने
क
ृ पत्रम िक्ट्िमत्ता (एएल) तुंत्रज्ञान सपक्रर्ििे स्वीकारले आहे आपि पिचाई हे िढाकार
घेऊन िढे र्ेत आहेत. ते म्हिाले की मानवता ज्या सवायत महत्वाच्या गोष्टीुंवर काम करत
आहे त्ािैकी एक AL आहे.
गगलच्या व्यािकतेमळे Apple, Amazon, आपि गगल सारख्या मोठ्या कॉिोरेट्सद्वारे
पनर्ुंपत्रत क
े लेल्या जगाची मक्तेदारी व पनर्ुंपत्रत होण्याची िीती देखील पनमायि झाली
आहे. अलीकड्ेच फ
े सिक आपि व्हॉट्स अॅि सारख्या सोर्ल मीपड्र्ावरील ड्ेटा
गोिनीर्ता हे आिखी स्पष्ट करते की ग्राहक जािीविूवयक स्वत: ला सूपचत करत नाहीत
आपि त्ाुंच्या खाजगी ड्ेटावर पनर्ुंत्रि मापगतल्यापर्वार् कॉिोरेर्न्स त्ाुंचा स्वतःच्या
आपथयक आपि राजकीर् फार्द्यासाठी उिर्ोग करू र्कतात.
तुंत्रज्ञानाचा काळजीिूवयक वािर करिे आवश्यक आहे आपि फार्दे जोखमीसह
सुंतपलत क
े ले जाऊ र्कतात. नजीकच्या काळात जगातील िूवय-जगात िरत र्ेण्याची
र्क्यता कमी आहे, तुंत्रज्ञानातील नावीन्यिूिय गोष्टी वैर्क्ट्क्तक जागेवर अपतक्रमि न
ठे वता ते वािरण्यास सलि िनपवण्याच्या पदर्ेने कार्य करीत असल्याचे पदसते.
लॅरी िेज म्हिाले की सुंदर पिचाई उन्नतीची घोषिा गूगल इन्क चे मख्य कार्यकारी
अपिकारी म्हिून झाली आहे. एका ब्लॉगमध्ये असे म्हटले आहे की “आमचा असा
पवश्वास आहे की कालाुंतराने क
ुं िन्या फक्त असेच काम करण्यास सोर्ीस्कर ठरतात
आपि फक्त वाढीचे िदल करतात. िरुंत तुंत्रज्ञान उद्योगात, पजथे क्राुंपतकारक कल्पना
िढील मोठ्या वाढीच्या क्षेत्राकड्े वळपवतात, तेथे सुंिुंपित राहण्यासाठी आम्हाला थोड्ा
अस्वस्थ होण्याची आवश्यकता आहे. "
अर्ा प्रकारे सुंदर पिचाई हे गूगलच्या क्षेत्रातील आपि त्ातील नवकल्पनाुंसाठी एक
महत्त्वाचा टप्पा आहे.

4. Answer the following questions in 150 to 200 words each.
1. Describe the character of Sundar Pichai. If need be, conduct further
research online?
OR
Who is Sundar Pichai and what does he do?
OR
List three of Pichai’s accomplishments.
Ans: Sundar Pichai is currently the CEO of Google Inc. He contributed to
Chrome with Android. He was born on 12th
July 1972 in Madras in Tamilnadu.
His mother Lakshmi Pichai was a stenographer. His father Regunatha Pichai,
was an Electrical Engineer who worked at General Electric and owned a
manufacturing plant. His father’s work ethic and a constant exposure to
technology inspired him from a young age. He has been regarded as brilliant
students. After his schooling education, he joined IIT Kharagpur and studied
metallurgical engineering. Thereafter, he was granted admission to Stanford
University in the U.S. He earned a Master’s degree in Engineering and
Material Science and later he got Management degree from the Wharton
School of Business.
Initially he worked at a company dealing with semiconductor devices called
Applied Material Inc. and then as a management consultant for Mckinsey &
Co. He joined Google in 2004 as a manager for the Google Toolbar, later he
took over as a vice president of product management, and oversaw research
and development of consumer product such as Google, Google Toolbar,
Desktop Search anf Gadgets, Google Pack and Gears.
In 2011, he became senior vice-president of Google Chrome and Apps. He
was largely responsible for products including the Chrome browser and
operating system, Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs and Google Drive. In 2015
he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google Inc.
2. Why are there concerns about Google’s pervasiveness?
Ans: Google’s pervasiveness has also raised fears of a world monopolized and
controlled by large corporates such as Apple, Amazon and Google. Recently
data privacy on social media such as Facebook and Whats App make it even
clearer that unless consumers consciously inform themselves and ask for
control of their private data, corporations may use it for their own financial
and political gain.

5. Technology needs to be used with care, and the benefits balanced with risks.
While it is unlikely that the world will revert to the pre- Google world in the
near future, innovation in technology seems to be working towards making it
simple to use without letting it encroach into personal space.
In a blog that declared Sundar Pichai elevation as a CEO of Google Inc. Larry
Page said “we have long believed that over time companies tend to get
comfortable doing the same thing, just making incremental changes. But in
the technology industry, where revolutionary ideas drive the next big growth
areas, we need to be a bit uncomfortable to stay relevant.”
Thus Sundar Pichai proved to be an important milestone in the field of Google
and its innovations.
3. What happened to Pichai in 2011? What happened to him in 2015?
Ans: In 2011, he became senior vice-president of Google Chrome and Apps.
He was largely responsible for products including the Chrome browser and
operating system, Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs and Google Drive. In 2015
he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google Inc.
With its latest product Google Assistant, it is clear that Google has now
actively embraced artificial intelligence (AL) technology and Pichai has been
leading this from the front. He said that AL is one of the most important things
that humanity is working on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdrECLoy3sE&t=236s
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