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Jan 16 2012, 02:58 IST

Microsoft views India as a microcosm of the developing world. In addition to being the world’s fourth largest economy with the fastest growth rates, the country also offers world class talent, a climate compatible to growth and rapid development across sectors that provide plenty of opportunities for growth and business. Microsoft India Development Centre, or MSIDC, was set up in 1998 in Hyderabad. Over the course of the last 13 years, it has matured from a start-up mode with 20 people (most of whom were Redmond returned veteran Microsoft employees) to a 1,600-plus organisation which makes significant engineering contribution to almost all the key Microsoft products. In 2010, Microsoft expanded engineering efforts beyond Hyderabad and set up a team at Bangalore which works on adCenter technologies.

Microsoft India R&D managing director Amit Chatterjee says, “Our vision hinges on three central pillars— top talent, a culture of innovation and engineering excellence. We are one of Microsoft’s largest and most significant development centres outside Redmond. We are selective about the products and technologies; we work on to ensure that our teams have the opportunity to build deep technical expertise and make significant contribution to products that change the lives of millions of people around the world.”

Product teams at MSIDC are aligned to five out of the seven business divisions at Microsoft namely: Server and Tools Business (STB), Microsoft Office Division (MOD), Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS), Windows and Windows Live Division (WWLD) and Online Services Division (OSD). MSIDC teams have participated in the creation

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