Google Scholar Shailesh Rao (36) Managing Director, Google India BEEN THERE: Served as Director for Google at its Mountain View, California HQ, before taking charge of India operations last year DONE WHAT: Focussed on industries rather than regions to increase advertising revenues for Google India “Each industry requires empathy for which we hired people from industry with the requisite skill-sets to educate advertisers on the opportunities in the online media.”