Chandrayaan-3 launch | Indian-origin CEOs in Silicon Valley are over the moon
The Hindu
India's successful launch of Chandrayaan-3 has Silicon Valley tech leaders proud, signaling India's emergence as a global leader in tech. Entrepreneurs, engineers, and venture capitalists are optimistic about India's future, citing the mission's implications for tech innovation and the economy. PM Modi's visit to the U.S. has further changed the optics, inspiring confidence in India's tech sector.
The successful launch of Chandrayaan-3 got the top leadership of start-ups and big companies with Indian roots in Siicon valley thumping their chest with pride and looking at what lies ahead for India.
Some of the top representatives of the Silicon Valley companies echoed the sentiment that the successful launch of the lunar mission signalled the emergence of India as global leader in key areas of the technology sector.
An entrepreneur, engineer and venture capitalist Bipul Sinha who co-founded the multi-cloud data control company Rubrik headquartered at Palo Alto in Silicon Valley told PTI, "Chandrayaan is such a proud moment for India as well as every Indian origin person everywhere across the world."
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He said, "The implication of Chandrayaan is not just landing on the moon, but it is the technology and inspiration that India is showing to everybody as to what the future could be. How we own the technology future and propel India into the technology future. This will be a huge catalyst to the Indian economy, Indian innovation and overall Indian diaspora across the world."
Arvind Jain, CEO Glean AI said, "India is now part of the core innovation engine for all companies in the world. All the years of investment done in India in an amazing number of educational institutions and the number of engineers who graduate every year have resulted in India being the future of tech talent and R&D talent.
My belief is that we will see a lot more startups and a lot more innovation happening. Unicorns and large multinational companies will actually be born and grow in India and then become multinationals."
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