The announcement coincides with a visit by Microsoft’s vice president of research, Dan Ling, to the university of Pune, which has promoted speculation that Pune could well be the site of a big R&D facility for high-tech products.
Microsoft’s research division has already established close links with universities in Cambridge, UK and Beijing, China.
According to university sources, a meeting has been penciled in between a Microsoft team comprising of Ling and India operations chairman Ravi Venkatesan and a delegation of representatives from Software Technology Parks of India, CDac, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, MCCIA, and influential IT leaders in the country.
While Pune university representatives remain optimistic of a partnership, Venkatesan neither confirmed nor denied Microsoft’s plans.
Microsoft already has a sizeable presence in India, with development centers located in Hyderabad and Bangalore.
This article is based on material originally published by ComputerWire
