After arriving in
India from Beijing on late Tuesday night, Apple CEO
Tim Cook started his five-day
Trip in the country
With a pre-dawn
Visit to the famous Siddhivinayak
Temple in
Mumbai on Wednesday, according to
The Indian Express.
Cook was accompanied by newly promoted Apple
India head Sanjay Kaul.
Tim Cook and Apple India head Sanjay Kaul, right (Image: The Indian Express)
Cook proceeded to meet Anant Ambani, the son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, before holding business
Meetings With Vodafone
India CEO Sunil Sood, Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry, and TCS CEO Natarajan Chandrasekaran, among others, at the luxurious Taj Mahal Hotel where he is staying in Mumbai.
Local media reports claim that
Cook also has plans to have dinner
With Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan at his seaside home in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, and meet Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis.
Indian website
Mid-Day reported that
Cook will travel to Hyderabad,
India on Thursday, where he is expected to formally an**unce a
$25 million tech**logy development center that will focus on
Apple Maps development and house over 150 employees. The CEO is also expected to make stops in Bangalore and Delhi later this week.
Great to hear from some of India's top iOS developers today. In**vative apps and many ideas for the future! pic.twitter.com/ZhEfE7wNW7
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) May 18, 2016
Cook is reportedly scheduled to
meet India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday before wrapping up his visit. The conversation may center upon the Indian government's recent decisions to
approve single-branded Apple Stores, which
could open within 18 months, but
deny the sale of refurbished iPhones in the country.
Apple's market share in price-sensitive
India remains less than 2 percent, but
Cook believes the country provides a "really great opportunity" for growth after sales in the U.S. and China have slowed. Apple's revenue grew 56 percent in
India last quarter, passing the $1 billion mark for the first time.
Earlier, Apple an**unced plans to establish a
new iOS App Design and Development Accelerator in Bangalore.
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