Microsoft India
Headquarters in Hyderabad | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, India |
Key people | Rajiv Kumar (MD, IDC), Bush Kattady (operations head) |
Number of employees | Over 18,000 |
| Parent | Microsoft Corporation |
| Website | www |
Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) is a subsidiary of American software company Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Hyderabad, India. The then Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu went to US and met the Microsoft founder Bill Gates and then he worked closely with the Indian government, the IT industry, academia and the local developer community to usher in some of the early successes in the IT market. The company first entered the Indian market in 2002. Microsoft currently has offices in the 10 cities of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, the NCR (New Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon) and Pune.
As of December 2022, Microsoft employed over 18,000 people in India, up from 8,000 in 2020. and has six business units representing the complete Microsoft product portfolio.