After Bengaluru event, GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke calls India his 'new home away from home'

Now and then: Thomas Dohmke clicked at Bengaluru's Brigade Road on Wednesday and a similar picture taken at almost the same spot during his visit in 2008. (Image credit: Thomas Dohmke/X)

Thomas Dohmke, the CEO of Microsoft-owned GitHub, on Wednesday said that he considers India to be his "new home away from home". He was in Bengaluru for the company's in-person developer conference on June 12. Dohmke also shared a picture clicked on Brigade Road at almost the exact spot where he had taken another picture in 2008.

"Sixteen years later, I had to stop by Brigade Road on my way back home," he wrote on X. "I dearly love this country, a new home away from home. I promise, I’ll be back soon."

Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, Dohmke added that he was more optimistic than ever of how human progress can be accelerated with the use of technology.

"Gandhi once said, 'the future depends on what you do today.' Today, I leave India more optimistic than ever of how we can accelerate human progress when we rise and embrace new frontiers of technology," the GitHub chief executive said.

Sixteen years later, I had to stop by Brigade Road on my way back home.

Gandhi once said, “the future depends on what you do today.” Today, I leave India more optimistic than ever of how we can accelerate human progress when we rise and embrace new frontiers of technology.

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— Thomas Dohmke (@ashtom) June 12, 2024

GitHub recently revealed that there are over 15.4 million developers in India building on the Microsoft-owned developer platform, registering a 33 percent growth year-on-year. The firm had 13.2 million developers in India at the end of 2023.

In an interview with Moneycontrol, Dohmke said that India is the fastest growing market for the company, growing even faster than the United States.