New Delhi: Global IT giant Microsoft’s chief executive officer Satya Nadella on Friday met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
He is the third tech giant executive to meet Modi, after Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.
Earlier in the day, Nadella said the company is looking forward to partner with the ‘Digital India’ and ‘Make in India’ programmes of the Modi government.
“It’s fantastic for me personally to be in India and the conversation I had with the minister was wide ranging,” Nadella told media persons after meeting Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
“I have an aspiration that in this mobile and cloud world, we can empower every individual citizen of India and every business organisation and institution in India to be able to try with new technology. So, I am looking forward to be a part of both the ‘Digital India’ and ‘Make in India’,” he added.
The Hyderabad-born Nadella said: “We are making huge investments in our data centres in particular, which we think can empower organisations in this country to be world class with the access to great technology.”
Prasad said: “I have suggested to him that we are keen if there are certain suggestions to give to further improve the Digital India concept. I have also requested him to consider electronic manufacturing.” (IANS)
