Gates bullish on India
Explaining Microsoft's unique India focus, Ravi Venkatesan, chairman, Microsoft India said, "India is not just the fastest growing subsidiary for Microsoft, but is also one of the few subsidiaries where Microsoft has an end-to-end presence of its entire business portfolio."
"Research, product development, application development, services delivery and technical support, it's all here and contributing significantly in the global growth. India is very high on Microsoft's priorities, he said.
Our efforts are towards enabling India's growth as an economic superpower and we have made tremendous efforts in the past few years towards this, he said.
"Our programmes of Project Shiksha, Project Bhasha, Project Jyoti and the unique customised solutions for the Indian market are all geared towards creating a digitally inclusive society. Gates visit will focus further on Realising India's Potential," Venkatesan added.
Gates will be visiting Bangalore on December 9 to attend the launch of his company's integrated computing platform - SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006.
During his visit, he would address developers and IT professionals in an event being held at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore. The event is titled 'Bill Gates Live in Bangalore -- Ready 2005.'
Photograph: Bill Gates, Co-Founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, administers an oral polio vaccine to Nikunj Kumar, age 5, of New Delhi as Madhu Krishna, program officer for the Gates Children's vaccine program in India looks on 14 September 2000 at the NDMC Maternal & Child Health Chanakyapuri clinic in New Delhi.
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