Confident that India will soon be a global player in the digital economy, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that in the next 3-4 years, big software companies will be coming out of the country.
Pichai said at IIT Kharagpur campus:
India will be a global player in the digital economy and it will be competitive with any country in the world. There is a timing issue. We are doing well as a country. We need to stay at it. We need a few more years and we will get to it. I am absolutely confident.
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He was asked by a student to comment on whether India can take on China. He said within the next five to ten years, they will see big global software companies coming out of India.
Pichai advised Indian companies to aim higher and compete with MNCs, as the local market is not large enough to invest in technology. Pichai. while asking Indian companies to set their sights higher as trends are in their favour said:
Part of the problem is that in India, the potential is there and market is developing. It will take a few more years for it to realise it’s potential. Digital market is still developing.
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Pichai’s visit in New Delhi for Google’s Digital Unlocked event has generated enough buzz around what could possibly transpire and what Google’s plans are vis-a-vis India, especially the India that resides in its small towns. Pichai believes that a large part of India is yet to understand its power. He said:
Imagine, if every single small business owner were to leverage the power of internet and information. The economy would simply boom. Google aims to give those businesses that power.