New Delhi, April 27 -- Over the past three decades, Google has used its engineering hubs in cities like Bengaluru to develop technologies specifically for the Indian market-such as Google Pay and Google Maps features-which it then exported globally, the company's global chief scientist Jeff Dean told Mint in an exclusive interview.

Today, Google India remains vital to the $4.1-trillion tech giant and its frontier research unit Google DeepMind, Dean said, adding that the region continues to drive the development of AI applications that are marketed worldwide.

He cited three key examples, including a global flood prediction model developed in collaboration with India's central government. By gathering data from flood-prone Indian states, ...