【1976 Archives】

Google CEO Sundar Pichai blushed as he recollected his campus romance from two decades ago. Pichai976 Archives currently touring India, was speaking to more than 3,500 students at his Alma Mater, IIT-Kharagpur.

SEE ALSO: CEO Sundar Pichai recalls Google job interview, 'I thought Gmail was a joke'

He remembered the days when he had to walk across to Sarojini Naidu Hall, the only girls hostel in the campus then, to meet his future wife Anjali, who was a classmate.

"It wasn't always easy," revealed Pichai. "If you had to get someone at the girls hostel, you had to walk in the front and request somebody. Then they would go in and loudly say, Anjali, Sundar is here for you."

Thunderous applause and laughter greeted Pichai's anecdote. "It wasn't exactly a pleasant experience," he added smilingly.

Mashable Trend Report Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means. Sign up for Mashable’s weekly Trend Report newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

Those were the pre-internet days. "I guess it's moved on by now," said the 44-year-old, who graduated from the institute in 1993.

Before joining students for a live conversation, Pichai spent some time in his Nehru Hall dorm, which he felt was "exactly the same after all these years".

This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.

He also regaled students with stories of bunking early morning classes. "It's a rite of passage when you go through college," he said.

Pichai ended his session by obliging for a selfie with the crowd.

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

His full conversation can be viewed here.

---

Featured Video For You

---

This ballet dancer proves dancers come in all shapes and sizes

---

• Digital Culture
• Entertainment
• Tech
• Shopping
• Games
• Science
• Life
• Social Good

• Fire and Fury
• Netflix's 'Arcane' is a masterpiece of animation
• Looking back at 'The Mindy Project' crush Danny Castellano. Man, did he suck.
• Steve Kornacki is restoring our faith, one chewed pen at a time
• Russia’s Zombie Election
• Ridley Scott's'House of Gucci' reimagines Lady Gaga in 'Goodfellas' 
• Everything coming to Netflix in December 2021
• Reviews of 'House of Gucci' are mixed, but agree Lady Gaga's performance is huge
• O Captain! My Captain!
• Khloé Kardashian just gave birth to her baby girl

• Andrew Joyner honors the Women's March with new book 'The Pink Hat'
• Apple reveals plans for Melbourne flagship, but locals have concerns
• EU court's ruling is another tough hit for Uber
• The death of 'LA Weekly' caps off a brutal 2017 for local news
• Even Dogecoin is rallying in this cryptocurrency boom
• Samsung Galaxy S9 will be announced in February 2019, report says
• How to be a responsible citizen of the internet in a post
• Qantas airlines doesn't let its club members wear Uggs in its lounges
• How running a fake 'Last Jedi' porg fan account taught me to let go of my anger
• London company created a rage room to get your holiday anger out

• Repair Work
• Facebook is giving users more control over what they see in their news feed
• Swiss hotel features five
• U.S. boxer wearing 'border wall' shorts is beaten by Mexican opponent
• Communicator Breakdown
• The Walmart yodel boy actually performed at Coachella, and we can't believe it either
• Twitter launches shopping feature inside livestreams
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders gets huffy in Twitter photo correction
• Throne of Games
• Tamagotchi turns 25 with a nostalgia

• Junk Merchants
• Someone found the 18th
• Get a behind the scenes look at ‘Shaun of the Dead’ with exclusive ‘You’ve Got Red On You’ excerpt
• Halloween or Christmas? No. 'Nightmare Before Christmas’ is a Thanksgiving movie.
• Tokens of Appreciation
• 'Malfunction' review: We're still failing Janet Jackson
• Restaurant makes cute pun cake for a recovering diner
• Swiss hotel features five
• Strange, Stranger, Strangest
• NASA's Mars Perseverance rover captures image of an eerie Martian sunset