Google Appoints Indian American Prabhakar Raghavan as Chief Technologist.

October 21 :
Prabhakar Raghavan, an executive of Indian-American descent, was promoted to the position of top technologist as part of significant organizational changes revealed by Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a company-wide message published on October 18th. With more than a decade of leadership experience at Google, Raghavan has been instrumental in driving innovation across many teams, including as Research, Workspace, Ads, and Knowledge and Information (K&I).

His most notable contributions include spearheading K&I's revolutionary improvements to Google Search and Ads and being an integral part of the team that developed Gmail's AI-powered features, such as Smart Reply and Smart Compose. His leadership had far-reaching effects, since Gmail and Drive combined had over 1 billion users.

Raghavan will work closely with Pichai and other senior Google executives to steer the company's technical course, with an emphasis on deepening Google's commitment to technical brilliance. In a move that aligns with Google's strategy to become an AI leader, Raghavan's experience is likely to quicken the pace of innovation at Google.

After Raghavan steps down as K&I CEO, Nick Fox, another veteran of Google's executive team, will become senior vice president. Launching ground-breaking products like as Google Fi and RCS messaging, Fox has been heavily involved in defining Google's AI product strategy.

As a result of Raghavan's leadership, Pichai's teams have a strong foundation, which he would want to thank. His compliments were directed towards Raghavan for the innovative work that Google Maps and Shopping had done using artificial intelligence to promote growth. "I want to express my deepest gratitude to Prabhakar for his immense leadership during all the technological changes and for laying the groundwork for what's to come," Pichai said. Raghavan is a prominent player in artificial intelligence (AI) and search technology; he was born in India but earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California.