With 350-million internet users, India has already surpassed the US, and the number is expected to double by 2020. Around 15,000 new Indians log onto the internet every day, fitting perfectly in Google’s scheme of the “next billion internet users” gambit to acquire new customers. All that makes India more important for Google, especially after China, which has the maximum number of internet users globally, closed its doors the American internet firm. If you have a mission to connect the world, you have to go where the people are,” says Rajan Anandan, Google’s vice-president and managing director for Southeast Asia and India. Also, only 35% of internet users in India are women.

Source: Hindustan Times November 14, 2016 03:00 UTC