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Google to do more than R&D in India

Google has launched its business operations in Delhi and Mumbai. These operations will add to its two centres in Bangalore and Hyderabad, and are designed to enable Google to develop business opportunities, provide locally relevant products and services, and deliver advertising services to its users, advertisers and partners throughout India.

“The market in India is changing rapidly. More people are coming online as the infrastructure for growth quickly expands,” said Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Vice-president, Asia Pacific and Latin America operations, Google Inc.

Gigabyte India strengthens retail presence

Gigabyte Technology is expanding its retail network in the country for laptops and computer peripherals. Richard Ma, Executive Vice-president, Gigabyte Technology, recently inaugurated the Gigabyte retail point at CyberCiti, an IT retail outlet in Mumbai. The Gigabyte retail point showcases digital lifestyle products such as laptops, smart phones, pen drives, DVD writers and LCD monitors. Over 50 retail outlets have tied up with Gigabyte, and according to the company, this number should go up to 100 in the next half year.

Tech university in West Bengal

The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) will set up a technical university in West Bengal at an investment of Rs 100 crore. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed between ADAG and the state’s Higher Education Department. "The state government will hand over 50 acres of land in Kalyani to R-ADAG on long-term basis for the project. Dhirubhai Ambani Memorial Trust will execute and run the project along the lines of the existing DA-IICT Knowledge Centre in Gandhinagar," Jawahar Sircar, the state's Principal Secretary-Higher Education Department said.