Microsoft Sets Up Engineering Hub In Noida Ahead Of Satya Nadella’s India Visit
The Noida centre will build on Microsoft’s commitment to tap India’s engineering talent to create solutions for global impact.
Microsoft Corp. has a set up a new development centre in Noida, its third such facility in India that will serve as an engineering and innovation hub for the company.
The announcement comes days ahead of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's India visit slated for later this month.
"The Noida centre will build on Microsoft's commitment to tap India's world-class engineering talent to create solutions for global impact," Microsoft India said in a statement.
The India Development Centre represents Microsoft's strategy of globally shared development to build products and services for driving digital innovation, it added.
"The IDC-NCR will play a critical role in Microsoft India's expansion and growth story. The facility will open opportunities for thousands of engineers, with plans to expand to a full-fledged development centre, similar to IDC facilities in Bengaluru, Hyderabad," the statement said. The company, however, did not disclose the investment being made for setting up the centre.
The IDC-NCR will be home to the company's engineering teams across various technology groups, including Microsoft's Artificial Intelligence and Research Group, Cloud and Enterprise Group, and Experience & Devices Group, along with Core Services Engineering and Operations, the statement said.
The IDC-NCR will also house Mixer, Microsoft's live-streaming gaming platform team, becoming the first centre to host the gaming team outside the company headquarters in Redmond, U.S.
"We have built a strong engineering presence in India over the past two decades and we are excited to be expanding to Noida," said Kurt DelBene, executive vice president (corporate strategy, core services engineering and operations) and chairman of the IDC advisory board.
Rajiv Kumar, managing director at Microsoft India Research and Development, said the centre creates opportunities for engineers to do meaningful work that will have impact across the world. "We are excited to tap into the engineering talent available in this part of the country to create a truly pioneering organisation that will build innovative solutions for global impact," he added.
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Microsoft India Development Centre is one of Microsoft's largest R&D centres outside the Redmond headquarters. Set up in Hyderabad in 1998, IDC drives Microsoft's strategy of globally shared development to build products and services.