Modi to address Google summit, interact with Eric Schmidt

Narendra Modi is the only chief minister from India to be invited to address the Google Big Tent Activate Summit 2013 on March 21 through Google+ Hangout on the theme Technology in Politics.

Narendra Modi is the only chief minister from India to be invited to address the Google Big Tent Activate Summit 2013 on March 21 through Google+ Hangout on the theme Technology in Politics.

Before delivering the address, Modi will be interacting with Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google Inc through Google+ Hangout, a state government release said on Tuesday.

Besides Schmidt, Alan Rusbridger, the editor-in-chief of British newspaper The Guardian and Stephanie Cutter, who served as the deputy firector in US President Barrack Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns, will also be participating in the summit.

"Modi is the only CM from India to be invited to speak at the summit which focuses on the influence of web in shaping India's future, in areas of business and economics, politics and governance, culture and media, and education," according to the release.

Chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, laughs during a BJP National Council two day meeting in New Delhi. AFP/Raveendran