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Google Cloud Names Amit Kumar Interim India Head Amid AI Push
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Storyboard•07-10-2026, 12:24
Google Cloud Names Amit Kumar Interim India Head Amid AI Push
- •Google Cloud has appointed Amit Kumar as the interim head of its India business, succeeding Sashikumar Sreedharan.
- •Kumar has been with Google Cloud since March 2021 and previously led the Digital Natives business, focusing on generative AI adoption among startups.
- •The leadership transition comes as Google Cloud competes with tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon in India's rapidly expanding cloud and AI market.
- •Google is scaling its infrastructure in India, including a planned 15 billion dollar AI hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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Google Cloud has named Amit Kumar as the interim head of its India business, succeeding Sashikumar Sreedharan.
Amit Kumar joined Google Cloud in March 2021 as a sales director and served as managing director for Digital Natives in India from November 2025. His prior experience includes working as country sales manager for enterprise and education at Apple, director of software at IBM, and holding multiple roles at Microsoft and Tata Telecom.
Google announced a $15 billion investment over five years to build a large-scale AI hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, which broke ground in April 2026. Additionally, Google Cloud operates two cloud regions in India located in Mumbai and Delhi-NCR.
