Prabhakar Raghavan, an IIT Madras alumnus with a remarkable two-decade career in technology, recently received an impressive Rs. 300 crore offer from Google.

• This milestone appointment as Google’s Chief Technologist highlights his influential presence in the tech world, as he transitions from his role as Senior Vice President overseeing Google Search, Assistant, Geo, Ads, Commerce, and Payments.
• The journey of this pioneering Indian professional began in Bhopal and led him to Silicon Valley.
• Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, praised Raghavan’s dedication in a recent announcement.
• He joined Google in 2012 after leading search and ads ranking at Yahoo and shaping ad marketplace design. He is also the author of a well-known book on randomized algorithms and has over 20 patents to his name.