Overview

• Gauranga Das and Sundar Pichai were part of the same IIT batch at Bombay and Kharagpur respectively but only met years after graduation
• During his India Global Forum address Das recalled Pichai greeting him with “You look younger than me” when they finally met
• Das quipped “You deal with Google, which creates stress; I deal with God, which releases stress” to illustrate the contrast between their paths
• He cited that 230 million people worldwide are addicted to social media and flagged that 70% of Indian teenagers spend nearly seven hours online each day
• Das warned that one in seven people globally now suffers from mental health issues exacerbated by digital overuse