Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates visits Hyderabad's Microsoft India Development Center

HYDERABAD: History comes full circle as philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday paid a visit to the Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) in Hyderabad, a center of innovation he envisioned in 1998. IDC is celebrating its 25th year of groundbreaking research, engineering, and development, marking its pivotal role in shaping world-class products such as Azure, Windows, Office, Bing, Copilot, and other AI applications.

Rajiv Kumar, Managing Director, Microsoft IDC, and CVP, Experiences + Devices India said, “It was rewarding to watch Bill address some of India's brightest engineering minds at IDC, our biggest asset. Echoing his optimism over the opportunity for an AI-powered India, IDC is excited to drive innovation from India for Microsoft - from AI and cloud to security and gaming.”