Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and stated he was wanting ahead to supporting India’s G20 presidency to “advance an open, connected internet that works for all”. Modi and Pichai are seen sharing a light-weight second within the image tweeted by the Indian-American enterprise government.

“Thank you for a great meeting today PM @narendramodi. Inspiring to see the rapid pace of technological change under your leadership. Look forward to continuing our strong partnership and supporting India’s G20 presidency to advance an open, connected internet that works for all,” Google’s India-born CEO tweeted.

In response to the tweet, Modi wrote: “Was a delight to meet you @sundarpichai and discuss innovation, technology and more. It is important the world continues to work together to leverage tech for human prosperity and sustainable development.”

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Pichai – who’s on a go to to India – additionally shared the stage with Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw earlier within the day at Google for India 2022 occasion, the place he spoke on synthetic intelligence and Google’s imaginative and prescient for the longer term.

“We are increasingly using AI to scale up the number of languages. We recently added nine new Indian languages like Assamese, Bhojpuri, Konkani etc. We are working on one powerful AI model where we can bring information through thousands of languages”.

Pichai was awarded the distinguished Padma Bhushan – India’s third-highest civilian award – earlier this 12 months. The Madurai-born Pichai was awarded the Padma Bhushan for 2022 within the Trade and Industry class. He had acquired the award earlier this month in San Francisco.

“I am deeply grateful to the Indian government and the people of India for this immense honour. It is incredibly meaningful to be honoured in this way by the country that shaped me,” Pichai had said while accepting the award.

“India is a part of me. I carry it with me wherever I go. (Unlike this beautiful award which I will keep somewhere safe).”

“I used to be lucky to develop up in a household that cherished studying and data, with dad and mom who sacrificed so much to ensure I had alternatives to discover my pursuits,” Pichai added.

(With PTI inputs)