Former Google Search head Amit Singhal joins Uber
Uttar Pradesh-born former head of Google Search Amit Singhal has announced his appointment as Uber's Senior Vice President of Engineering. Singhal, who worked at Google for 15 years, shared a picture of himself with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick captioned, "Catching the next ride of my professional journey with @travisk at @Uber." He will also help grow the startup's self-driving program.