Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday Oct 10,2014

 

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg, usually uniformed in jeans, a t-shirt and sneakers (hoodie optional), was on Friday in a dark-coloured suit and tie to meet with the Prime Minister.
 

On Thursday, the 30-year-old said his social media network wants to help  the PM connect remote villages to the Internet.

He said India had huge potential, with only around 243 million of its people currently online.

"With more than one billion people still to be connected, India is just at the beginning. It is not only a challenge for Facebook but for everybody," he told a conference in New Delhi.

Mr Zuckerberg is on a two-day visit to India aimed at promoting the internet.org app, which allows people in underdeveloped areas to access basic online services.

"We believe that connectivity is a human right and one of the fundamental challenges for our generation," Mr Zuckerberg said in Delhi.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is on a two-day visit to New Delhi, launched the global Internet project called internet.org in - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/photos/picture-gallery-others/namaste-india-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-begins-visit/#sthash.GBNNL6h6.dpuf

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Mark Zuckerberg is the third high profile CEO of a U.S.-based firm, after Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, to visit India in the last few days.