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Silicon Valley's Role in Digital India Highlighted by Indian PMEETimes Blog - Ravi Thummarukudy, CEO of MobiveilOct. 28, 2015 |
PM Modi recognizes the talent in Silicon Valley, and of the Indian Diaspora in particular.
Companies in Silicon Valley run by Indian entrepreneurs have gotten the attention of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi, who spoke at a reception at the Fairmont Hotel, San Jose on Saturday evening September 27th, 2015.
His talk was on his vision of “make in India,” and “digital India.” Mobiveil, founded by Silicon Valley based Indian entrepreneurs with significant semiconductor intellectual property design and development activities in India, was one of the companies invited to attend the dinner hosted by the Ambassador of India, Arun K Singh. Among others present were the CEOs of Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm, Cisco and Adobe.
Prime Minister Modi said that the Asia Pacific Region will shape the course of this century and that India and the U.S., the world’s two largest democracies, are located at the two ends of this region.