Microsoft entities in India have over 23,000 employees engaged in sales and marketing, research, development, customer support, and industry solutions across 10 Indian cities.
The commitment aligns with India’s vision of becoming self-reliant by fostering a skilled AI workforce and empowering every sector and industry to transform with AI. To subscribe please click tau.id/2iy6f and access our live channel.
Microsoft chairman and chief executive officer Satya Nadella kicked off his visit to India today by reinforcing the company’s commitment to supporting India’s transformation into an AI-first nation.
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Nadella made the comments at the Microsoft CEO Connection event in Mumbai on Wednesday, which was attended by top business leaders and decision makers.
The CEO announced that Microsoft will provide 2 million people in India with AI skilling opportunities by 2025, through its new ADVANTA(I)GE INDIA initiative.
Microsoft Copilot, along with the company’s other AI solutions, is driving measurable productivity gains for people and organizations by helping them complete work faster and with superior quality.
Citing an example the Chief stated that recent research on early users of Copilot for Microsoft 365 found that they were 29 percent faster in a series of tasks, including searching, writing, and summarizing.
Many organizations such as Infosys, HCL Tech., AXIS Bank, and LTIMindtree are already boosting their productivity and accelerating innovation using Copilot for Microsoft 365 and GitHub Copilot.
More than 150 organizations are already innovating with Azure OpenAI Service across industries such as agriculture, aviation, ecommerce, and fast-moving consumer goods.
Organizations in India like ITC, Arvind Limited, Karya, AIR India, etc. are seeing an average USD 3.86 return on every US dollar spent on AI projects.
Satya Nadella will speak to a large gathering of the country’s developers and technology leaders at the Microsoft AI Tour in Bengaluru on Thursday, February 8.
