Wednesday 2 July 2014

What Google looks for when hiring: Rajan Anandan (MD Google India)

The first thing, as a leader of larger teams, is your role goes from somebody who answers the questions to someone who asks the right questions. During the first 10 years of my career, I perfected the art of answering the questions. The next 10 years were really about making sure I ask the right questions. Bigger the team, the more important it is to have clarity.

India makes a substantial contribution to Google’s worldwide operations. Google India, with offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, and Mumbai, provides the company with local support and representation in the country. Rajan is keen to work with NASSCOM to dramatically accelerate Internet penetration and usage in India. This will require many initiatives including ensuring broadband and mobile Internet access, building large-scale brand awareness of the Internet and its value proposition to consumers and businesses, building a vibrant Internet ecosystem, aiding government agencies in better understanding and making use of the Web, expanding the domestic market for Internet-based businesses and promoting cloud computing to further improve the globally recognised strengths of the Indian IT industry. - See more at: http://www.nasscom.in/rajan-anandan-md-vp-google-india-pvt-ltd#sthash.8L522L3q.dpuf



Rajan Anandan is a Sri Lankan who is the Head of Google India. He used to be the Managing Director of Microsoft's Sales Marketing and Services business in India. He took this up role in August 2008. Before this role, he used to be the Managing Director of Dell India. He led Dell India from 2006 to 2008. Prior to Dell and Microsoft, Rajan worked forMcKinsey & Company in USA, where he was a partner. Rajan is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent, and is the son of former Guinness World Records holder V.S. Kumar Anandan. Rajan is also one of the investors and advisers at Socialblood and Capillary Technologies. He is also on the Advisory Board of Sapience_Analytics and 24/7 Techies.Rajan Anandan is the Vice President and Managing Director of Google India, responsible for all Sales and Operations in India. He joined Google in February 2011. 

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