Microsoft CEO: The third-highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, was given to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella by Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad, the Consul General of India in San Francisco, according to the news agency PTI.
One of the 17 recipients, the 55-year-old CEO of Microsoft, was announced earlier this year.
Nadella said that receiving the Padma Bhushan is an honour for him and that he is looking forward to continuing to work with people in India to help them use technology to achieve more. He wants to visit India in January of next year.
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Nadella on receiving the honor
“It’s an honour to be acknowledged by so many amazing people and to get a Padma Bhushan Award. I’m grateful to the President, Prime Minister, and people of India, and I look forward to working with them to use technology to accomplish more in the future” upon accepting the honour, Nadella stated.
The Microsoft CEO and Prasad spoke about the crucial part that digital technology plays in enabling equitable growth in India during their discussion. The talk, according to Microsoft as cited by PTI, was centred on India’s growth trajectory and its ability to lead the world in both politics and technology.
“We are living in an era of unprecedented economic, societal, and technical transformation,” Nadella stated after his discussion with Dr. Prasad.
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Digital technology will shape the next ten years. In order to accomplish more with fewer resources, Indian businesses and organisations of all sizes are turning to technology, which will ultimately boost innovation, agility, and resilience, the official continued.
Nadella intends to travel to India in January 2023, for the first time in almost three years.
Nadella, a native of Hyderabad, was appointed Microsoft’s CEO in February 2014. He was appointed the company’s chairman in June 2021, which he will be responsible for setting the board’s agenda.
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