Satya Nadella in India: Highlights of Microsoft CEO's visit

Soon after Tim Cook and several other global tech leaders , Satya Nadella was in India , marking his third visit as the Microsoft CEO. He spoke about innovations and creativity to dreaming and creating big at the ‘Tech for Good, Ideas for India’event. He also met prominent figures in the country including PM Modi. Here’s a quick recap of his visit. Tech for Good, Ideas for India Satya Nadella was at the “Tech for Good, Ideas for India” event wherein his speech had all elements of how together Microsoft and innovations in India can help us move forward. He said how its not about celebrating Microsoft’s technology, but the technology that Índia’ creates. “Every time I come here, I go back energised. Its infectious to see the creativity here. It’s important to dream big and create big,” Nadella told the media, after a meeting with Microsoft developers, and entrepreneurs and students. There is no denying that Microsoft is inviting entrepreners to leverge its platform for building onto Microsoft services, and eventually looking at leveraging the talent pool for its own services. A win-win for both. Quoting Ghalib This was unexpected, and definitely one of the highlights of Nadella’s India visit. He quoted a couplet, “Hazaaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle, Bahut niklay mere armaan, lekin phir bhi kam nikle” and encouraged youngsters in the audience to be bold and ambitious. “I learn something new… there are so many layers there… My interpretation of that is… it’s not just your dreams being fulfilled, it is your ability to dream that is worth dying for. It is a source of inspiration,” he said. Meeting PM Modi https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/737219534877274112 Satya Nadella met PM Modi, yet again. While no details of the discussion were revealed, a tweet by the PM stated ‘issues pertaining to the IT sector and enhancing partnership for initiatives like Digital India’ were discussed. Digital India https://twitter.com/rsprasad/status/737160140399476736 Nadella also met Telecom and IT Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, who later tweeted stating the meeting discussed Microsoft’s participation towards Digital India. However, reports floating on the Internet reveal that the discussion was about linking Skype to Aadhaar card and further bring cloud services for the government sector.