Google CEO Sundar Pichai Pays Tribute to Indian Roots on Being Honoured With Padma Bhushan
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“India is a part of me and I carry it with me wherever I go," Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has said, as he received the prestigious Padma Bhushan award from the Indian envoy to the US.
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Indian-American Pichai was awarded the Padma Bhushan for 2022 in the Trade and Industry category. The Madurai-born Pichai was named one of the 17 awardees earlier this year.
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He received India's third-highest civilian award in the presence of his close family members in San Francisco on Friday.
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“I am deeply grateful to the Indian government and the people of India for this immense honour.
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It is incredibly meaningful to be honoured in this way by the country that shaped me," 50-year-old Pichai said while accepting the award from India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
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"India is a part of me. I carry it with me wherever I go. (Unlike this beautiful award which I will keep somewhere safe)," he said.