Tech giant Google is reportedly set to appoint manufacturing and policy veteran Sreenivasa Reddy as its top government affairs executive in India. The company is looking to make this hiring with an eye on tackling legal challenges and expanding hardware assembly in the country.
About S Reddy
Sreenivasa Reddy, currently a senior engineering executive at Microsoft, is likely to join Google toward the end of this year. He previously worked in senior positions at Apple’s India regulatory team and headed government relations at the local unit of Swedish telecom-gear maker Ericsson AB.
Other points
- As per reports, Google was exploring deals with companies such as Lava International, Dixon Technologies and Foxconn’s Indian subsidiary for the same. Google also believes that moving the production to India could help drive the sale of its smartphones in the country.
- Earlier in May, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw met Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the tech major’s headquarters in California’s Mountain View. The two discussed a slew of issues ranging from India Stack to the government’s ‘Make in India’ push.
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Sreenivasa Reddy is a manufacturing and policy veteran who is currently a senior engineering executive at Microsoft. He has previously held senior positions in Apple’s India regulatory team and served as the head of government relations at the local unit of Swedish telecom-gear maker Ericsson AB.
Sreenivasa Reddy is set to be appointed as Google’s top government affairs executive in India. He will be responsible for tackling legal challenges and expanding hardware assembly in the country.
Google aims to strengthen its government affairs and policy efforts in India by hiring Sreenivasa Reddy. This hiring is part of Google’s strategy to address legal challenges and expand its hardware assembly operations in the country.
According to reports, Google is exploring deals with companies such as Lava International, Dixon Technologies, and Foxconn’s Indian subsidiary for hardware assembly in India. By moving its production to India, Google hopes to boost the sale of its smartphones in the country.
In May, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw met Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Google’s headquarters in California. The discussions covered various topics, including India Stack (a set of APIs for enabling digital transactions), as well as the Indian government’s “Make in India” initiative, which promotes domestic manufacturing and production.
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Google To Appoint Former Apple Executive As India Policy Head,Google To Appoint Former Apple Executive As India Policy Head
