Nadella meets PM Modi; discusses Digital India

December 26, 2014 20:13

Keen to invest more in India, Microsoft's chief Satya Nadella today pledged support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India initiative.

Besides Modi, India-born Nadella also met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and discussed modernisation and security of the government's digital infrastructure, among other issues.

"It was a courtesy visit. Microsoft is the company that is a multinational but is operating in India for India and Indian businesses... In every meeting of course both 'Digital India' and 'Make in India' are top of mind and for us, top of mind in terms of our contribution to India," Nadella said after his meeting with Jaitley.

This was his second visit to India since taking over as global CEO of USD 86-billion technology giant Microsoft.

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