Google India's country head for products Lalitesh Katragadda puts in his papers

Lalitesh Katragadda, country head- products, at Google India has left the company. While details on his future plans are not available as of now, a Google spokesperson has confirmed Katragadda's departure from the company, according to MediaNama.

We have also contacted the company for more information on the development and will update the post once we receive them.

Katragada had joined Google back in 2002 and has had a 12 year stint with the company. At Google, he was part of the team that set up the company's India operations, and along with Krishna Bharat was its founding co-center head for two years.

He had also started or co-founded several projects at the company including Google Transliteration- Google's free online language translation service that instantly translates text and web pages; Google Finance- enables users to get real-time stock quotes & charts, financial news, currency conversions, or track their portfolio; and Google Map Maker- allows its users to add and update geographic information for millions of users to see in Google Maps and Google Earth.

Prior to Google, Katragadda had founded a robotics startup that was acquired by the search giant. An IIT Bombay alumnus, he received his PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University (US). He also holds a MS degree from Stanford University's Design Division and a MS in Aerospace from Iowa State University.