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Prabhakar Raghavan,

Chief Technologist at Google, Joins

the USISPF Board of Directors

comes from our two countries leading this transi-
OUR BUREAU
tion together. As such, the addition of Prabhakar
Washington, DC to the USISPF Board of Directors is a strategic and
exciting step in furthering our joint position in the
he US-India Strategic Partnership Forum global AI race. I look forward to seeing how his
(USISPF) recently announced that Prabha-
Tkar Raghavan, Chief Technologist at Google Board presence will bolster USISPF’s efforts to in-
crease AI collaboration between governments and
has joined its Board of Directors. businesses.”
Prabhakar is the first board member to be an-
Prabhakar joined Google in 2012 and prior to
nounced in 2025, adding to a stellar list of industry his role as the company’s Chief Technologist, was
titans and captains of the tech sector on USISPF’s most recently the SVP for Knowledge & Informa-
board. tion (K&I) responsible for Google’s Search, Ads,
Prabhakar in his role as Chief Technologist
works closely with Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, Commerce, Geo, Assistant & Gemini products.
“Prabhakar Raghavan expressed gratitude
to further the company’s long-standing culture of about his appointment and said: I’m incredibly
technical excellence.
honored to join the USISPF Board of Directors
and contribute to its mission of strengthening the
Prabhakar is one of the foremost authori- US-India relationship. India is remarkably posi-

ties on Search and is the co-author of two tioned in the global technology landscape, not just
as a nation of over a billion people, but also as the
widely used graduate texts on algorithms birthplace of population-scale digital platforms
and search. He has over two decades of such as UPI, which have benefited its citizens and
moved the tech discourse forward. Google is deep-
research spanning algorithms, web search, ly invested in India’s digital future, powered by the

and databases, has published over 100 pa- opportunities of AI, and I’m eager to work along-
side fellow board members to further advance this
pers in various fields, and holds 20 issued vital partnership.”
Prior to leading Google K&I, Prabhakar led
patents, including several on link analysis overall growth and innovation, especially as we go the Ads & Commerce teams and also served as
for web search. through this next-generation tech transition with the vice President of Workspace in Google Cloud.
AI. As Prime Minister Modi shared during his Before joining Google, Prabhakar founded and led
Welcoming Prabhakar to the USISPF Board, 2023 state visit, AI is not just artificial intelligence, Yahoo! Labs. He also served as CTO at Verity and
Dr. Mukesh Aghi, USISPF President and CEO but America and India – and the opportunity that was at IBM Research for 14 years.
said: “The relationship between the United States
and India is at a pivotal stage where synergy in fields
of the initiative for Critical and Emerging Technol-
ogy (iCET) and subsequently with the India-U.S.
Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X), are
driving the relationship forward and touch heavily
on the role of critical tech in AI in both the private
sector and next-generation defense technology. In
Prabhakar, we have a tech leader who can help with
India’s digital transformation as Google’s ongoing
investments in India’s digital infrastructure, in-
cluding the launch of cloud regions in Mumbai and
Delhi, demonstrate Google’s commitment to the
country’s digital growth. The critical aspect over
the next decade will be to leverage the digital trade
economy to enhance the commercial partnership
between the United States and India. Prabhakar’s
vision and insight will be key to this mission”.
USISPF Chairman John Chambers congratu-
lated Prabhakar and said: “Having spent the ma-
jority of my career in Silicon Valley, I understand
the pivotal role of tech companies in countries’

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