Sundar Pichai ('93) honored with Padma Bhushan
The Economic Times (January 26, 2022)
Padma honours for Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Google's Sundar Pichai
In a big honour for the top India-origin tech prowess that has virtually taken over the Silicon Valley in the US, the Indian government on Tuesday awarded Padma Bhushan to Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella and Alphabet and Google's Sundar Pichai among the 17 awardees.
New Delhi: In a big honour for the top India-origin tech prowess that has virtually taken over the Silicon Valley in the US, the Indian government on Tuesday awarded Padma Bhushan to Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella and Alphabet and Google's Sundar Pichai among the 17 awardees.
Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the country, after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan.
Born on June 10, 1972 in Madras (now Chennai), Pichai Sundararajan -- better known as Sundar Pichai--earned his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering.
Moving to the US, he earned an MS from Stanford University in materials science and engineering and further earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. (Read More)