Microsoft India opens R&D center in B'lore

Microsoft India has established a second Research and Development center at Lavelle road in Bangalore on an area spread across 1,54,000 sq ft. The R&D center will now house both the entities — Microsoft Research India and Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC), team that contributes to Microsoft Corp's adCenter technologies. Microsoft's first R&D center was set up in Hyderabad in 1998, while Microsoft Research India was established in Bangalore in 2005.

Qi Lu, president, Online Services Division, Microsoft Corp inaugurated and he said, “For the last one decade India has been a key player in Microsoft's strategy of global shared development. The availability of world class talent, advanced infrastructure and proximity to the booming emerging markets of the world are key reasons behind this. The decision to set up our second R&D center in Bangalore reinforces Microsoft's commitment towards India.”

“The last one year has been an exciting and exhilarating journey for the entire team. Apart from ensuring that the Yahoo India employees who joined Microsoft India R&D have a smooth transition and the combined team has a strong engineering charter, we also worked hard on designing our new home. It is indeed gratifying to see the journey finally conclude with our move to Vigyan at Cosmo Lavelle,” Sanjay Anand, General Manager, adCenter team at Bangalore MSIDC, said.