Microsoft today announcedits new state-of-the-art R&D facility situated in the heart of Bangalore’sbusiness district. This 1,54,000sqft buildingwill house the Bangalore Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC) team that contributes to Microsoft Corp’s adCenter technologies,as well as the researchers from Microsoft Research India. Microsoft’s first R&D center was set up in Hyderabad in 1998, while Microsoft ResearchIndia was established in Bangalore in 2005.
Inaugurating the building, Qi Lu, President, Online Services Division, Microsoft Corp, 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.”
“Last April, we had announced the extension of our engineering efforts to Bangalore as part of the Search alliance between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. The process of transition is now complete. With the combined strength of Yahoo and Microsoft Corp’s Search marketplace, we are ready to deliver greater and improved innovation for consumers, better volume and efficiency for advertisers and better monetization opportunities for web publishers. The Bangalore team has a charter to make significant engineering contributions to Microsoft Corp’s adCenter product,” Qi said.
“Bangalore has been our home ever since we established the Microsoft Research India lab, and moving to the new, larger lab space is indicative of the increasing interest in research in the country. The design of the space continues our quest to provide a comfortable working environment that encourages creativity and collaboration while being energy efficient and environment friendly,” said P. Anandan, Distinguished Scientist and Managing Director, Microsoft Research 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.
About Microsoft India R&D
Microsoft India R&D plays an important role in contributing to innovation at Microsoft – its development teams work closely with the key product families of Microsoft Corp and makes it one of the software giant’s largest research and development centers outside Redmond. It commenced its R&D activities in Hyderabad in 1998 with about 20 people. Today, it has a headcount of 3900 plus people contributing to global and internal product engineering for Microsoft Corp, and people in its Global Technology Support Center at Bangalore. For more details on its product development activities please visit:
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