Microsoft India R&D expands product development activities to Bangalore

Microsoft India R&D, which already has a development center in Hyderabad, has announced the expansion of its development activities to Bangalore. The Bangalore team will focus upon product development and applied research in the areas of Web search and online advertising. It will initially have 200 plus employees, the vast majority of whom would transition to Microsoft from Yahoo! as part of the Microsoft-Yahoo! Search alliance.

Addressing the media, Satya Nadella, Senior Vice-President, R&D, Online Services Division (OSD), Microsoft, said, “The Bangalore center joins Hyderabad as one of the core hubs of development and research for OSD. The innovations from our Hyderabad team are already having a significant impact on our products in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and India. The combined skills and talent of our existing OSD team at Hyderabad and the Yahoo! employees who join us now in Bangalore will enhance India’s contribution to our OSD innovation charter inclusive of Bing and adCenter.”

“We are confident that once the transition is completed, the companies’ unified search marketplace will deliver even greater and improved innovation for consumers, better volume and efficiency for advertisers and better monetization opportunities for Web publishers,” Satya added.

Srini Koppolu, Corporate Vice-President and Managing Director, Microsoft India R&D, said, “Over the last 11 years, we have made significant R&D contributions to Microsoft from India, engineering several products that empower customers worldwide. We are excited to welcome the group of talented engineers from Yahoo! who will further strengthen our talent base. In Hyderabad, we will continue to grow our existing development efforts that are aligned to major lines of business.”