Born and raised in India, Google CEO Sundar Pichai is today among the many trailblazing Indian-origin CEOs who are steering global giants to greater heights. Pichai, 51, recently sat down for a short podcast with YouTuber Varun Mayya, where he discussed AI’s impact on India, his advice to Indian engineers, his take on ‘wrapper’ startups and more. In a lighthearted moment towards the end of the podcast, the CEO of Google also revealed his favourite Indian dishes.
When Mayya asked Sundar Pichai to name his favourite food in India, the CEO of Google and Alphabet answered with diplomacy. Rather than risking a regional war of words, he picked his one favourite dish from each of the three major metros of India – Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai.
He revealed that when he is in Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, he likes to have dosa. In Delhi, the national capital, his favourite dish would be chole bhature. And finally, in Mumbai, Pichai said he would opt for a plate of pav bhaji.
“When it’s Bangalore, I will probably get a dosa. It’s my favourite food. If it’s Delhi, chola bhatura. And if it’s Mumbai, I’ll do a pav bhaji,” Pichai told podcaster Varun Mayya.
During the podcast, the CEO of Google also addressed the topic of rote learning when asked about the entire industry in India dedicated to helping youngsters crack FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) interviews. He referred to a scene from Aamir Khan’s “3 Idiots” to say that candidates need to “understand things in a deeper way.”
Sundar Pichai was born in Tamil Nadu and studied at Chennai. He earned a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur and an MS from Stanford University.
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