Microsoft’s India Development Centre in Hyderabad, the first such research, engineering and development facility of the tech giant in the country that also contributed to emergence of the IT industry in the region, has turned 25.
From learning to build products remotely to deeply contributing across all of Microsoft’s products and services, the India Development Centre has made remarkable strides in the last 25 years, Microsoft IDC managing director Rajiv Kumar said in an interaction here on Tuesday.
Over the years, IDC expanded to Bengaluru, Noida and spread wings, by virtue of an acquisition, to Pune. Asserting that the next 25 years looked brighter, he said: “We are largest engineering presence outside of [Microsoft headquarters in] Redmond.” The number is in excess of 10,000, he replied to queries.
