Google grabs Yahoo’s R&D Chief
On Monday, Google announced the appointment of Dr Prasad Bhaarat Ram, who was previously the CTO of Yahoo India as the head of its R&D centre in Bangalore. Both the web giants have their R&D operations in Bangalore and are on the expansion mode.
Commenting on the move, Yahoo India R&D CEO Venkat Panchapakesan said, “Dr Prasad Ram has decided to move on from Yahoo India due to personal reasons. We value his contribution towards our organisation and wish him success.”
Google already has a head for its Bangalore R&D centre - Arvind Jain. A Google spokesperson said, “Arvind’s contribution to Google India R&D centre has been immense. Arvind will continue to play an important technical and leadership role both in Bangalore and for the rest of the company.” Both web portals have been on the expansion mode in their Bangalore R&D centres.
