Sundar Pichai says free, open internet under attack

LONDON: Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who was born in Tamil Nadu and grew up in Chennai, has said India is deeply rooted in him and a big part of who he is.

In an in-depth interview with the BBC at the Google headquarters at Silicon Valley in California, the tech boss covered a wide range of topics, including the threat to free and open internet and also narrowed down two developments that he feels will further revolutionise the world over the next quarter of a century as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.

“I’m an American citizen but India is deeply within me. So it’s a big part of who I am,” Pichai, 49, said, when asked about his roots.