Google is moving fast in the field of AI and restructuring the team. Raghavan's appointment is part of this exercise. (File Photo)
Google has made a big change in leadership. Prabhakar Raghavan of Indian origin has become the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the company. Google is moving fast in the field of AI and restructuring the team. Raghavan's appointment is part of this exercise. In this area, Google is facing competition from big tech giants like Microsoft. Let's take a look at Raghavan's career so far and his achievements.
The most influential person in search-algorithms in the world Raghavan is known as a world class computer scientist. He has over 20 years of research on algorithms, web search and databases. There are more than 100 research papers. Holds more than 20 patents in the world of tech and web.
Joined 12 years ago, handled large units like Google Search Raghavan joined Google 12 years ago. As Senior Vice President, he led key divisions such as Google Search, Assistant, Google Ads, Commerce and Payments products. Major earnings of the company come from here.
Was close to starting a search engine company in the 1990s In 1998, Larry Page-Sergey Brin started Google. Raghavan had thought of starting a Google-like company before that. In the 1990s, he worked with students at Stanford University to create a blueprint for a company based on the concept of a search engine, but they ended up joining Yahoo.
Added AI features like Smart Reply, Smart Compose in G Suite He has been Vice President of Google Apps, Google Cloud Division. Under his leadership, Google's apps business reached new heights. He advanced both Gmail and Drive. Introduced several machine intelligence features in G Suite, including Smart Reply, Smart Compose, Drive Quick Access
CEO like recognition in the company, annual package of 300 crores In Google he is seen as the 'CEO of the company'. He is counted among Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai's loyalists. Last year he received Rs. 300 crores were received. He is among the top-5 highest paid people in Google.
Schooled in Bhopal and studied from IIT Madras Raghavan studied in Bhopal, Chennai and Manchester. He did his schooling from Campion School, Bhopal and electrical engineering from IIT Madras. In some ways, both Raghavan and Pichai are similar. Both are South Indians. Both have studied from IIT Madras. Raghavan holds a PhD from UC Berkeley. But Pichai concentrated on studying management.
AI is useful in everything from streamlining traffic to fighting forest fires Google CTO Prabhakar Raghavan: AI is extremely useful for everything from smoothing traffic to fighting forest fires. It has the potential to bring transparency as well as transform the functioning of governments. It can also make a big contribution in saving the environment.
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