Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been awarded the Padma Bhushan. This honor was given to him by India’s Ambassador to America, Taranjit Singh Sandhu. He was given the Padma Bhushan for 2022 in the Trade and Industry category. On being honored, Pichai said – India is a part of me. I take it with me wherever I go.
Madurai-born Pichai received the award on Friday in San Francisco in the presence of close family members. Accepting the award from India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Pichai said that I am very grateful to the Government of India and the people of India for this immense honor.
CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet since 2019
Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet since 2019. Sundar Pichai, born in Chennai, became the head of Google in the year 2014. Pichai, 50, was born on June 10, 1972, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet since 2019.
Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet since 2019.
Pichai grew up in Chennai Sundar Pichai grew up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and studied at IIT. He then did his Master from Stanford University and then did his MBA from the Wharton School. In 2004, he started a job at Google.
Padma Bhushan India’s third-highest civilian award
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in India. Before this comes the number of Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan. It started in 1954. This award is given every year by the Padma Awards Committee selected by the Prime Minister.
The process of nomination is open to all and one can do his own nomination by coming here. The Padma Awards were instituted in the year 1954 and are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day.
Padma Awards were announced in January
The Central Government announced the Padma Awards in January this year. Then Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google’s parent company Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, West Bengal’s senior communist leader Buddhadev Bhattacharya and Bharat Biotech founders Krishna Ella-Suchitra Ella and Serum Institute of India (SII) chief Cyrus Poonawalla was announced to be honored with the Padma Bhushan.
