tech firms in Silicon Valley

took note of Modi-U.S. 2.0,

the Silicon Valley saga, and
supplied a bounty of investment
and development plans.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi was not only at his oratorical
best during a Digital
India dinner but also appeared
to strike a
chord with the community
here, building
on the same
diaspora ties as he
did one year ago at
Madison Square
Garden in New
York City.
In response to his
Digital India road
show here, the commitments
made include a $150-million

investment by Qualcomm into

a fund for Indian start-ups,
an ambitious project to let
Google users be able to type in
10 Indian languages, Microsofts
promise to open up
cloud computing services out
of Indian data centres and
critical proposals from Tesla
and Apple for long-term solutions
in solar energy and the
app economy.
Leading the list of strategic
policy announcements, Qualcomm
boss Paul Jacobs emphasised
his companys
support for the Digital India
and Make in India
agenda by establishing a
$150-million India-specific
Venture Fund formed exclusively
to fuel innovation and