From Code to Charisma: Meet Anjali Pichai – IIT Graduate, Ex-Accenture Techie, and Partner to Google’s Sundar Pichai

Anjali Pichai, wife of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, is a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur (1993) and began her career as a Business Analyst at Accenture in the late 1990s. After marriage to Sundar, she moved to the U.S. and became a Business Operations Manager at Intuit, where she currently works, balancing her corporate life with supporting her husband's ascent to leading Alphabet.

 

Pivotal points:

 

IIT beginnings: Met Sundar at IIT Kharagpur, where friendship became marriage.

 

Career turning point: Persuaded Sundar to stay at Google during critical career moments, making technology history.

 

Awards: Accepted IIT Kharagpur's Distinguished Alumnus Award (2024) and Sundar's honorary doctorate.

 

Low-key, yet impactful, role of Anjali signals her dual legacy in the world of tech and as Sundar's strategic advisor.

 

Sources: Economic Times, Times of India, IIT Kharagpur