HYDERABAD, INDIA – Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, Bill Gates, recently visited the Microsoft India Development Center (IDC), marking a significant milestone as the center celebrates its 25th year of groundbreaking research, engineering, and development.
The IDC, based in Hyderabad, Telangana, was envisioned by Gates in 1988 and has since become integral to the development of world-class products such as Azure, Windows, Office, Bing, Copilot, and other AI applications.
“It was rewarding to watch Bill address some of India’s brightest engineering minds at IDC, our biggest asset,” said Rajiv Kumar, Managing Director, Microsoft IDC, and CVP, Experiences + Devices India. “Echoing his optimism over the opportunity for an AI-powered India, IDC is excited to drive innovation from India for Microsoft – from AI and cloud to security and gaming.”
This visit comes on the heels of a trip by Satya Nadella, Microsoft chairman and CEO, earlier this month. Nadella highlighted India’s growing significance in the development and deployment of AI. He noted that India is second only to the US in terms of the total number of developers on GitHub and predicted that it would surpass the US by 2027.
“India is a place where the momentum around developers and development is unbelievable,” Nadella told a packed crowd of developers at an event in Bengaluru.
These visits underscore Microsoft’s commitment to fostering innovation and talent in India, further cementing its role as a key player in the global tech landscape.
