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 Headquarters in Hyderabad | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 1990  |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, India[1] |
Key people | Rajiv Kumar (MD, IDC) |
Number of employees | Over 18,000 |
| Parent | Microsoft Corporation |
| Website | www |
Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) is a subsidiary of American software companyMicrosoft Corporation, headquartered inHyderabad, India. The company first entered the Indian market in 2002, and has since worked closely with theIndian government[citation needed], theIT industry, academia and the local developer community to usher in some of the early successes in the IT market. Microsoft currently has offices in the 10 cities ofAhmedabad,Bengaluru,Chennai,Hyderabad,Kolkata,Mumbai, theNCR (New Delhi,Noida andGurgaon) andPune.[2]
As of December 2022[update], Microsoft employed over 18,000 people in India,[3] up from 8,000 in 2020.[4] and has six business units representing the complete Microsoft product portfolio.
Located in Hyderabad, the Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC) is Microsoft's first foreign research and development centre outside the US[5] and largest software development center outside of their headquarters inRedmond, Washington. The establishment of the centre followed a 1998 meeting between the then Chief Minister of Andra PradeshN. Chandrababu Naidu, and Microsoft's founderBill Gates at a event in New Delhi.[6]
The MSIDC teams focus on strategic and IP sensitive software product development.[7]
Microsoft India operates the following six business units in India.[8]
