When interacting with students at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)
on the second day of his India visit on Thursday, Google CEO Sundar
Pichai was asked why an Indian dessert had not yet been used for an
Android version name. A smiling Pichai humorously replied he will ask
his mother for suggestions, adding that Google may use an online poll to
decide the name of the next version of Android.
Pichai added he didn't like sweets as a child, and mixed sambar with payasam, so that the payasam wouldn't taste as sweet.
Following
the current Android naming scheme, the next version's name will be a
dessert beginning with the letter 'N'. Some of the suggestions that came
at the event itself included 'peda', 'neyyappam' and 'nankhatai'.
The
one-hour session was similar to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Q&A
session at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in October.
Zuckerberg was also stumped when an audience member asked when Facebook
would stop the unwanted invites for Candy Crush mobile game.
Pichai's
session at Shriram College of Commerce was moderated by cricket
commentator, Harsha Bhogle, who called the India-born executive the
'Rahul Dravid of the tech industry'.
The Google CEO suggested
students to do their own thing in life. He said while India has a
culture of valuing education, the system here should encourage
creativity and make sure it doesn't penalise the person for being
different.
When asked how much he had scored in his class 12 exams, Pichai quipped: "Not enough to get into Shri Ram College of Commerce."
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