Google is holding its annual Google for India event 2022 today, December 19, in New Delhi.
The event is joined by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India along with Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
It is the eighth edition of Google for India event wherein the company CEO has hinted his road map for google in the days to come .
On UPI payment system, in india Pichai said :
“We built Google Pay on UPI’s stack and now we are bringing it to the other countries around the world.”
On Google future vision :
“We(Google) are working on one powerful AI model which can bring information across 1000 languages.”
Responding to the question on what Google thinks about India’s tech regulation, Sundar Pichai said :
“Tech needs responsible regulation. I think it’s important for countries to think how best safeguard its citizens be it privacy, security, and so I think it’s an important face” adding that India has a leadership role to play here given the scale and technology leadership it will have.”
He also said that “it is important to have an innovative framework so that the companies can innovate on top of certainty within the legal framework.” He added “India will become a big export economy and benefit from the open and connected internet.”
On being asked to give one advice to new entrants in the tech space, Pichai said :
“Tech is much broader than just programming and engineering alone. He said to make tech work at scale, it is important to think tech holistically. It will help create opportunities for others too.
