The Microsoft chief will be in India to woo Indian businesses, government with new technology products and solutions
Close on the heels of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s blitzkrieg visit to India, Satya Nadella, the Indian-born chief executive of technology giant Microsoft, will be visiting Mumbai on November 5 to promote the firm's technology initiatives.
He will be in Mumbai for a day to deliver a keynote address at Future Unleashed -- a technology conference being organised by Microsoft.
“He will meet key industry leaders, government stakeholders, customers and partners.
"Satya will also be part of interactive sessions with leaders from a cross session of industries including BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance), e-commerce and media and entertainment,” said a person involved with the event.
“During Future Unleashed, he will meet Anand Mahindra, chairman and managing director of Mahindra Group; Shikha Sharma, managing director and chief executive officer of Axis Bank; Mukund Rajan, brand custodian and spokesperson of Tata Group; Avani Davda, CEO of Starbucks and Dr Devi Shetty, chairman and founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya.
"He will also be meeting key customers and partners during his visit,” an official said.
About 3,000 CXOs, developers, IT professionals and partners are expected to attend the two-day event.
Scott Guthrie, executive vice-president (cloud and enterprise group), Microsoft, will speak on November 6.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit, where he had extensive meetings with Silicon Valley honchos, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Zuckerberg and Nadella, industry experts believe the visits of top CEOs from international tech companies are set to increase.
At the ‘Digital India’ dinner in September with Modi, Nadella had shared what he called a “haunting image” from his childhood in Andhra Pradesh to illustrate how digital India can change lives.
He had said Microsoft would announce cloud services from Indian data centres as a key part of both Make in India and Digital India projects.
He had also announced Microsoft's plans to take technology to 500,000 villages.
“We believe low-cost broadband connectivity, coupled with the scale of cloud computing and the intelligence that can be harnessed from data, can help drive creativity, efficiency and productivity across governments and businesses of all sizes,” he had said.
Sources said Future Unleashed would also host a series of sessions on cloud, mobility, productivity, data and analytics, Internet of Things, and modern web.
“Future Unleashed will give a glimpse into the future of business and technology whilst gaining tangible insights on the latest social and economic changes. We will be making a range of announcements during the two days of Future Unleashed,” said a person involved with the event.
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