HIGHLIGHTS
- 14:44 (IST)Google Pay Business app being used by over 3 million merchants in India
- 14:44 (IST)Over 26 million small and medium businesses in India are now searchable on Google
- 14:42 (IST)Caesar Sengupta, Google Vice President Payments and Next Billion Users in India has taken over He quotes an ICEA report, which revealed that Android contributed to 1.6 million jobs in India.
- 14:37 (IST)”You are a very accomplished global leader with Indian roots”, Prasad to Sundar Pichai.
- 14:35 (IST)”Google’s initiative like AI prediction are good, but India craves for more”, says Prasad.
- 14:34 (IST)’India’s moment has arrived in the digital space and I am glad that Google has recognised it’, says Prasad.
- 14:31 (IST)”Happy to learn that Google is making a huge investment in the Google India digitisation fund”, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice.
- 14:28 (IST)The Google For India Digitisation Fund investments will be done in four key areas: 1. Enabling affordable access and information to every Indian in their own language 2. Building new products and services that are deeply relevant to India’s needs 3. Empowering business as they continue to embark on their digital transformation 4. Leveraging technology and AI for social good in areas like health, education, and agriculture.
- 14:25 (IST)Sundar Pichai announces Google For India Digitisation Fund Through this effort, Google will invest Rs 75,000 crore or $10 billion in India, over the next five years. The company will do this through a mix of equity investments, partnerships, and operation infrastructure in ecosystem.
- 14:22 (IST)Sundar Pichai says that its AI tutor app Bolo is rolling out to the rest of the world The app is currently available in 180 countries.
- 14:18 (IST)”Thanks to PM Modi’s vision for Digital India, the country has made a huge progress in getting a billion Indians online. Low-cost smartphones, combines with affordable data, the world-class telecom structure has paved the way for new opportunities,” says Sundar Pichai.
- 14:15 (IST)”Indians no more have to wait for technology to come to India”, says Pichai.
- 14:13 (IST)Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is now delivering the keynote speech
- 14:10 (IST)The Google India head also claims that over Rs 120 crore were donated to the PM Care Fund via Google pay
- 14:09 (IST)Gupta says Google has worked in over 50,000 villages to educate users about COVID-19 via its Internet Saathi initiative
- 14:08 (IST)Gupta talks about Google’s coverage on precautions, and other crucial information on COVID-19
- 14:07 (IST)Sanjay Gupta says that Google’s AI prediction can now warn about a flood or cyclone 48 hours ahead of the calamity
- 14:06 (IST)Sanjay Gupta, Google India Country Head and Vice President is addressing the viewers first He says, currently, Google has over 500 million users in India.
- 13:59 (IST)Google For India 2020 event livestream The event will be livestreamed on Google India’s official Youtube page. The video is embedded below:
- 13:55 (IST)Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai will deliver the keynote address at the event His address will be followed by a speech by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications, Electronics and IT, Law & Justice, Government of India, Sanjay Gupta, Google India Country Head and Vice President, Caesar Sengupta, Google Vice President Payments and Next Billion Users, and Sapna Chadha, Google Senior Country Marketing Director India and Southeast Asia.
- 13:53 (IST)Google first hosted the ‘Google For India’ event in 2016 At the event, Google will make announcements related to the company’s products and services that especially cater to the users in India.
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