The Indiaspora AI Summit was additionally attended by Rajya Sabha MP Satnam Singh Sandhu.
New Delhi:
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti just lately claimed that in trendy occasions, one can’t turn into a CEO in America except they’re of Indian descent. Mr Garcetti’s humorous quip got here on the 2024 Indiaspora AI Summit at Stanford College just lately.
“The successes have occurred, a couple of in 10 CEOs of Fortune 500 corporations now are Indian immigrants who studied within the US. The outdated joke was you may not turn into a CEO within the US should you had been Indian, now the joke is you can not turn into a CEO in America in case you are not Indian, whether or not it’s Google, Microsoft or Starbucks, folks have come and made a giant distinction,” Mr Garcetti stated.
#WATCH | Delhi: US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti says, “The successes have occurred, greater than 1 in 10 CEOs of Fortune 500 corporations now are Indian immigrants who studied within the US. The outdated joke was you may not turn into a CEO within the US in case you are Indian, now the joke is you… pic.twitter.com/gTdvXng9mi
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Google and its mother or father organisation Alphabet Inc. are overseen by Sundar Pichai whereas operations at Microsoft and Starbucks are led by Satya Nadella and Laxman Narasimhan, respectively.
Talking alongside Mr Garcetti, Indian-origin enterprise leaders echoed comparable sentiments whereas appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management, notably his function in positioning India as a worldwide hub of innovation and progress.
“India is perceived very in another way within the world house. It is a house of innovation. It is a house of human capital. It is a house of progress and innovation. And as we glance ahead, what Modi has been capable of do is put India into the worldwide map as a reputable innovator, chief for all international locations to spend money on and develop,” stated Informatica CEO Amit Walia.
Equally, Ashutosh Kulkarni, CEO of Elastic, counseled PM Modi’s authorities for its openness to innovation and business, noting India’s huge potential for progress. Navin Chaddha of Mayfield Fund hailed the “superb” period beneath PM Modi’s management.
The Indiaspora AI Summit, in addition to world tech tycoons, was additionally attended by Rajya Sabha MP Satnam Singh Sandhu.
