Google CEO Sundar Pichai awarded Padma Bhushan in San Francisco; internet reacts

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In a proud moment for the Indian-American business community, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Alphabet, was honoured with the prestigious Padma Bhushan on Friday. Pichai was handed over one of the country’s highest civilian awards by India’s ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, in the presence of his family members in San Francisco. Taking to Twitter, the Indian diplomat also shared a series of pictures where he can be seen handing over the award to Pichai and further addressing the event. Expressing his delight in handing over the Padma Bhushan to the Google CEO, Mr Sandhu wrote, “Sundar’s inspirational journey from Madurai to Mountain View, strengthening India and US economic and technology ties, reaffirms Indian talent’s contribution to global innovation.”

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In response to the tweet, Pichai thanked the Indian ambassador and said, “It was an immense honor to receive the Padma Bhushan and to have my family there with me today. Grateful to the Indian government and the people of India.”


Notably, the Ministry of Home Affairs on the eve of the 73rd Republic Day had announced that Sundar Pichai would be conferred with Padma Bhushan. Upon receiving the award, the Google CEO in a long blog post expressed his gratitude and said, “India is a part of me. I carry it with me wherever I go.”

Internet reacts as Sundar Pichai receives Padma Bhushan

In the meantime, as soon as the pictures were shared online, people flooded the comment section and shared their reactions. Many expressed their pride over Pichai being honoured with the award and also congratulated him for the achievement. One wrote, “I think that’s a beauty of Democracy where 2 nationals can express and talk freely. Also, they can show the world what Expression of self is. Nice pictures”, while another user wrote, “Heartiest Congratulations to Sundar Pichai Ji for being conferred Padma Bhushan civilian Honour from India.”

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On the other hand, a section of people also called out Pichai and the authorities for not doing the award ceremony in India.

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