Satya Nadella, the CEO of software giant Microsoft has said that the Indian talent in the field of Information Technology was growing dramatically and their dominance was visible.
Nadella, who belongs to Hyderabad, was addressing a gathering of Indian entrepreneurs during his visit to T-Hub, India’s biggest technology incubator set up by the Telangana Government.
Nadella announced that his company would be working with the T-Hub to develop accelerators and start-ups.
Hailing the budding entrepreneurs, Nadella said that he gets energised by interacting with entrepreneurs across the world.
“Microsoft’s goal and dream is to empower local entrepreneurs to solve last minute connectivity”, he said.
Telangana’s Information and Technology Minister KT Rama Rao took him around the T-Hub and explained about various initiatives of the Government. He also went around the T-Hub facility at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Gachi Bowli area.
Taraka Rama Rao exuded confidence that the Microsoft will set up many more ventures in Hyderabad in the near future. “Mr Nadella assured that he will try to help in the technological advancement of the backward districts in the State”, he said. Data cloud technology will help in increasing the productivity of the small enterprises, he said. Microsoft will also organise training programs for the technological upgradation, he added.
Earlier on reaching the T-Hub Telangana’s Minister for Information Technology K Taraka Rama Rao and others accorded a warm welcome to Nadella. Infosys head Vishal Sikka was among the other prominent IT honchos present on the occasion.
During his meeting with Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministe N Chandrababu Naidu, Nadella announced plans to set up a Center of Excellence in port city of Visakhapatanam.
Nadella met Naidu over breakfast at former’s residence in Hyderabad and discussed various ideas and plans to promote the use of information and communication technologies in the Government for providing better services to the citizens in Andhra Pradesh.
The two sides also signed a MOU in this regard. In the 80-minute-long meeting Nadella assured AP Government full cooperation of Microsoft in use of cloud data in improving citizens’ services.
An official press release said that under the MoU, Andhra Pradesh Government would use technical knowledge from Microsoft India in the fields of education, agriculture and e-citizen services.
Microsoft, which already has a sprawling campus in Hyderabad’s Hitech City region, was now planning to expand its presence to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.