Wharton graduate Vaishnaw set to take on big tech giants as new India minister
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Ashwini Vaishnaw, 51, will head the ministries of Electronics & Information Technology, Communications as well as Railways
Read Full Story India has named a former bureaucrat who graduated from the country’s top engineering school its new Information Technology minister, appointing a new point person in an increasingly fractious relationship with the world’s largest technology giants.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, 51, will head the ministries of Electronics & Information Technology, Communications as well as Railways, the government announced late on Tuesday evening. The incoming minister has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and attended the Indian Institute of Technology, which counts tech leaders like Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai as alumni.
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