India, June 15 -- During his keynote address at the Stanford commencement ceremony, Sundar Pichai recalled his own time at the university - revealing how he once cut class to visit Las Vegas. The CEO of Google, who holds a master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University, was invited back to his alma mater on June 14 to deliver the keynote address at the commencement ceremony.

Addressing the students at Stanford Stadium, Pichai, 54, said that while grades, scores and extra-curriculars matter, they are not the only thing that shape a student's experience.

"While these things matter in the moment, they are much less consequential than you might think. You could have failed that biology test, skipped a class, n...