Why global tech turns to Indian talent
Agrawal youngest CEO in S&P 500
Mumbai/Washington: Twitter Inc’s new CEO Parag Agrawal is the latest alumnus of India’s prestigious technical universities appointed to head a multi-billion-dollar US tech firm, and Shivani Nandgaonkar wants to follow in his footsteps.
The 22-year-old student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay — Agrawal’s alma mater — has already been recruited by Google to become one of the thousands of IIT graduates at major American tech companies.
“When I heard about Parag, I was so happy,” she said. “One IITian is also CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai. So this is my (stepping) stone…
