VISIT// Tim Cook’s maiden visit to India as CEO of Apple happened last month. The chief executive met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been trying to galvanise India's manufacturing sector and develop close ties with the Silicon Valley. Cook also met company employees and business partners during the trip. There was no clear cut agenda for the trip and it is looked upon as an exploratory trip to understand the Indian market. Cook did not particularly specify as to how much Apple would investment in India, like he did for China — $1 billion.

While California-based tech giant, The Cupertino, announced its first development centre in Hyderabad to work on Apple Maps and Cook revealed an app design and development centre in Bengaluru that will support the Indian developers creating mobile apps for its iOS mobile platform, there was no mention of any investment figures. However, in an interview given to the NDTV, Cook said, “I am looking at India holistically and we are here for the next thousand years.” Cook also managed time out of his busy schedule to watch the IPL match between Gujarat Lions and Kolkata Knight Riders at Kanpur, on the invitation of IPL chairman and Congress leader Rajeev Shukla.