![]() ![]() A user could log on to the internet on his mobile, open the Google search page, and ask for a particular location, restaurant, tourist spot etc and results pop up in a jiffy. The voice-based mobile search that throws up results similar to a PC-based search query, was a good start. There are not too many local language websites, says Vinay. So our local searches were built around it.īut he recognises that availability of content is still a big issue with The streets and crosses may not be well marked out, so landmarks are the key. In India, people recognise places by way of landmarks. Even a couple of years ago, if one were to search for a local movie hall or an electrician in ones city, the results were not very satisfactory on Google. He identified local information gathering and establishing local-language search as the two main challenges. There was a big gap in local content and we had to work on it. When I came down to India to head Googles product division we didnt have a clear strategy. I knew India would be fun with its great social circles and huge market demands. Google wanted him to head to India, and establish its presence further in a country which many believe is the next technology superpower. You wake up in the morning, head to office and have long discussions with some of the smartest people on the planet on exciting new ideas. And in 2007, he got absorbed into his dream firm.Īt Google, I have new things to do every day. But his callingGooglewas still some distance off. ![]() An Intel stint followed next where he worked on the early day microprocessors. He then moved on and armed himself with a MBA from Kellogg School of Management. He got off campus to have a stint at Oracle which got him to work on Oracle mail back in 1987. At the campus, there were 14 Nobel laureates at the time and they created an intimidating presence, but thats also the kind of lift of confidence any youngster would want to have.Īs one may guess, Vinay never had to look back and technology has stayed with him for life. When Vinay Goel, today the country head of products for Google India, decided to do his undergrad in computer science from UC Berkeley, he wasnt quite prepared for what was in store. ![]()
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