Satya Nadella will visit India in Feb

New Delhi: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella will visit India on February 7 and 8 as part of his annual visit to the country and might meet AI startups and discuss new opportunities with AI. “Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft, will address India’s developer community and technologists on discovering new opportunities with AI,” the company said in a statement.

The president of Microsoft India and South Asia, Puneet Chandok, stated in an internal email a few weeks ago that Nadella’s visit reaffirms Microsoft’s dedication to using technology to increase opportunities in the country. In June last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his US visit -- met with notable US and Indian tech executives, including Nadella, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook. Following that, Nadella’s office issued a statement outlining his meeting with the PM. “One important topic was the power of technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence, to help improve the lives of Indians,” Microsoft’s statement said.