Indian PM Visits Facebook Pledges to Open Nation More to Business

And for that, I would like to thank and praise all mothers everywhere, ‘ Prime Minister Modi said. Google CEO Sunder Pichai also announced that next month Google would make it possible for people to type in 10 different languages in India, including Gujarati. Talking to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Q&A at Townhall atFacebook headquartersin San Jose, Modiwas his impressive self. With internet.org, an initiative led by Facebook, millions of people in India are now able to access the internet for the first time.

Modi said he had seen “the driving force of our relationship”, in Silicon Valley.

Modi met with the CEOs of Apple and Tesla Motors; he plans to take their renewable energy technology to India.

It indicated “Modi’s desire to build up India as a tech destination”, the daily said suggesting “Modi may well get his wish, as companies including Facebook and Google are racing to get into India after being shut out of China”.

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft announced to offer high speed services, cloud hosting, young entrepreneurs and also to enable scalability to small business.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been received nearly “like a star” at most of the events and parties that he attended during his five-day American trip.

There are many countries who dont know where to invest their money, so Im giving them the address – heres the place, Modi said through an interpreter at Facebooks headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Asserting that India needs to be leader online, Zuckerberg welcomed Modi to the Facebook headquarters.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama today made a decision to “further refine” the Indo-US strategic partnership while pushing ahead with cooperation in the areas of security, counter-terrorism, defence, economy and climate change. “To leaders all over the world, you are not going to gain by running away from social media“, he said.

“We will promote [the] manufacture of quality and affordable products in India”, he said.

There is a large Indian diaspora community based in Palo Alto whose knowledge and experience in tech start-ups is of great interest, as it promises to lead India to new economic growth.