GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Question
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Microsoft
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Oracle
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IBM
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella among 15 honoured with Pravasi Samman.
Detailed explanation-2: -Satya Narayana Nadella (Telugu: , /nəˈdɛlə/; born 19 August 1967) is an Indian-American business executive. He is the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nadella was promoted to CEO in 2014 after running the company’s cloud business. He presided over Microsoft’s expensive and risky move from on-premises servers to cloud infrastructure. It turned out to be a massive boon for a company that largely missed the transition to mobile computing.
Detailed explanation-4: -Born on August 19, 1967 in Hyderabad, Nadella attended the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. Nadella failed in his attempt to clear the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) exam. He did, however, get into the Birla Institute of Technology (BITS) in Mesra and Manipal Institute of Technology.