# Professor Pankaj Ghemawat discusses Sundar Pichai's appointment to President of Google

1 Faculty News September 4, 2015 ![Exame logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/exame-logo.jpg?itok=bl5y_6EQ)>

Excerpt from [Exame](http://exame.abril.com.br/revista-exame/edicoes/1096/noticias/o-clube-dos-indianos-ascende-ao-topo-das-empresas-globais) -- "'It is not a coincidence that \[Indian executives\] have reached prominent positions so quickly in the technology sector,' says economist [Pankaj Ghemawat](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/pankaj-ghemawat), professor at the IESE Business School in Barcelona and at New York University... \[While\] it is difficult to prove the hypothesis of an appropriate style of management, ‘some research shows that Indian executives have high emotional intelligence…'"

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