Rajan Anandan quits Google India; move to VC firm Sequoia enthuses start-up sector

Rajan Anandan, responsible for scaling up Google’s India operations to over $1 billion in revenues, and instrumental in building the country’s internet growth story at multiple levels, is quitting the company.

Anandan had joined Google in 2011, when the company was not doing too well on revenues and India’s internet journey was still nascent. Eight years hence, both the company and the initiatives championed by Anandan are well on the growth trajectory. “Rajan had moonshot ideas on how to drive India’s internet growth. From WiFi at railway stations to getting SMEs online, several initiatives were started under Rajan,” said a Google executive who worked closely with him.