New Delhi, Sept 28 (KNN) When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Google campus on Sunday, he was given a tour of four critical projects including and their value for the Digital India campaign.

Modi was shown demos of technologies that Google is working on including, Project Iris, Street View and Google Earth. The Prime Minister also attended the Code for India event at the Google office.

During his tour of Google campus, PM Modi asked that Khagaul in Bihar to be shown on Google Earth when he was given a glimpse of the unique tool. Khagaul near Patna is where the great ancient astronomer Aryabhatta had an observatory.

Pichai explained navigational, safety and other uses of Street View and Google Earth to Prime Minister Modi.

Another project that was shown to PM Modi was Project Iris, smart lens that measure glucose levels. Later, PM Modi participated in a hackathon at Google.

Modi stressed the need to "encourage Hackathon culture" in India so that the youth are inspired to find solutions to the country's problems. With social media becoming a part of today's lifestyle, Modi said people spend a significant amount of time on it.

"This is just the beginning," PM Modi said, adding that in the years to come he expects this to bring qualitative change in life of people.

Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced that Google would provide high-speed Internet services at 100 Indian railway stations and would expand this to another 400 by next year.
Pichai said the wi-fi services will be provided to support PM Modi's 'Digital India' campaign.

He also announced that Google will launch an Android keyboard next month enabling users to type in 11 Indian languages.

In addition, PM also encouraged Google employees to develop apps which could benefit the common man, and urged them to look for solutions to problems like poverty. (KNN Bureau)