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Contrary to the report that floated on the news circles last week suggesting that Hyderabad born Microsoft veteran Satya Nadella will fill CEO Steve Ballmer's shoes, a new report reveals that  Google's Andorid head Sundar Pichai is also on the run for Microsoft's top job, for which we are yet to know the results.

Sundar Pichai, the 42-year-old head executive for Google Chrome and Apps, is the "top choice" for the position of Microsoft CEO and negotiations with him are on in full swing.

"Many industry insiders like Satya Nadella for CEO because of his enterprise and cloud background. However, Sundar Pichai is the leading external candidate and is in discussions with the hiring committee," John Furrier, founder of the blog SiliconAngle.com wrote.

Indian-origin Sundar Pichai, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus and a Master's degree holder from the Stanford University and MBA from University of Pennsylvania, bagged headlines in India after he was named the new head of Google's Android division, making him one of the most powerful executives at the Internet giant, last year.  Presently, Sundar Pichai is working as the senior Vice President of Android, Chrome and Apps at Google.

Pichai's success with the Chrome browser during the past four years has helped Google generate more revenue.

"Microsoft could really move the ball down the field with Sundar Pichai in creating a new open operating system model for cloud, mobile and social," Dave Vellante, chief analyst at Wikibon, was quoted as saying in the report.

It remains unclear whether the 46-year old Indian-born executive, Satya Nadella, or Microsoft's search for a new leader will end with Google. Who will take over the reins of one of world's largest leading software company Microsoft in the coming days is something the tech world is waiting with a bated breath.

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