Tim Cook with PM Modi (Photo: Twitter)
After assembly the PM, Cook thanked Modi for the nice and cozy welcome and mentioned his firm is dedicated to rising and investing throughout the nation.
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and exchanged their views on numerous matters.
After assembly the PM, Cook thanked Modi for the nice and cozy welcome and mentioned his firm is dedicated to rising and investing throughout the nation.
“Thank you Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the nice and cozy welcome. We share your imaginative and prescient of the constructive impression expertise could make on India’s future — from schooling and builders to manufacturing and the setting, we’re dedicated to rising and investing throughout the nation,” Cook tweeted.
Reacting to Cook’s tweet, PM Modi said he is glad to exchange views on diverse topics and highlight the tech-powered transformations taking place in India.
Cook also met Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister of State for Electronics & Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Met with @tim_cook, CEO, Apple. Discussed deepening Apple’s engagement in India across manufacturing, electronics exports,app economy, skilling, sustainability and job creation especially for women. Jointly charting a long-term and strong relationship. pic.twitter.com/L7KVPjq8fk— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) April 19, 2023
It was a delight to meet @tim_cook CEO, @Apple and his team to engage on Apple’s strategic and long-term partnership with and in India’s digital journey.We discussed deepening and broadening manufacturing, exports, skilling of youth, expanding app n innovation economy and job… pic.twitter.com/CHrvlO4Aan
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@Rajeev_GoI) April 19, 2023
After Mumbai, Tim Cook To Open Apple Saket Store in Delhi On April 20
After the grand opening of Apple’s first retail store in India at Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) on Tuesday, Cook is all set to inaugurate its second store called the ‘Apple Saket’ in New Delhi on April 20th. Apple Saket will open for customers on Thursday at 10 a.m. IST.
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Apple has long wanted physical retail stores in India. Its original plans for 2021 were derailed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is Cook’s first trip to India in seven years, the last being in 2016 when the tech giant was just beginning to scale up operations in the country.
The new stores come at a time when Apple is trying to deepen its retail push in India, the world’s second largest smartphone market. India is also home to factories that produce 5 per cent of total iPhones as Apple diversifies its supply chains away from China.
The iPhone is still an aspirational product in the price-sensitive Indian market, where more than 95 per cent of smartphones run on Google’s Android platform.
Cook Visits Lodhi Art District, National Crafts Museum
Cook arrived in the national capital on the second leg of the visit on Wednesday. He went around the crafts museum and the famous Lodhi Art district on Wednesday ahead of opening the company’s second official retail store in the country.
“Delhi’s Lodhi Art District is a remarkable public space. Congratulations to the St+art India Foundation and so many amazing artists for capturing Indian life so powerfully. And thank you to Dattaraj Naik for showing me how you design your murals on iPad,” 62-year-old Cook tweeted.
Delhi’s Lodhi Art District is a outstanding public area. Congratulations to the St+artwork India Foundation and so many superb artists for capturing Indian life so powerfully. And thanks to Dattaraj Naik for exhibiting me the way you design your murals on iPad. pic.twitter.com/5JuzlHRvPC— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 19, 2023
The partitions of buildings lined up in your entire space don stunning murals that town is known for.
Cook, who had began the India go to by having Mumbai’s well-known vada pav with Bollywood queen Madhuri Dixit on April 17, then visited the National Crafts Museum and Hastkala Academy.
I might’ve spent the entire day on the National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy. From historic and vibrant textiles to impossibly intricate wooden carvings, it displayed India’s deep—and deeply stunning— tradition of craft. Thanks Sarah Sham and Ruchika Sachdeva for exhibiting me… pic.twitter.com/CzQy0dOi8y— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 19, 2023
The tech big firm co-founded by Steve Jobs completes greater than 25 years in India this week.
(With PTI inputs)
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