Ever since the new government has come to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been very vocal about bringing in a digital revolution in the country. Now, the internet giant Google wants to be a part of PM Modi’s Digital India campaign and to do so has partnered with consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in order to secure the business from large enterprises for its cloud services.
“We’re delighted to be able to combine PricewaterhouseCoopers’ rich client relationships and unparalleled industry knowledge with Google’s breadth of technology across cloud, applications and mobile,” said Google for Work – India country manager Mohit Pande to Economic Times. “Together, we’re looking forward to providing and building solutions to help Indian companies drive transformation with technology.”
The partnership will help Google to push itself into large e-governance projects and improve the sales for its cloud services in India. This agreement is an extension of a global deal signed in October last year. PwC already has 30 member strong team working towards achieving this along with 1800 people teaming to develop industry specific solutions built on Google platforms.
Google is already working with the government on several projects, including MyGov, the citizen engagement platform of the government of India. “This is a very large global partnership for us wherein we’ll not only offer our advisory services but also develop industry-specific solutions along with Google,” said PwC partner technology practice Arnab Basu. PwC is is going ‘All Google’ to be able to build its capabilities in offering Google services, the consulting firm is ensuring everyone in the company uses Google products.