Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer will be in Hyderabad on Nov 15th 2004. He will inagurate Micrsoft Indian Development Centre(MIDC) Campus located at Manikonda Village, near Hitech City. The new facility is expected to house about 1600 professionals. In addition to inagurating the facility, Ballmer would also lay foundation for the second phase of the campus, which will have a capacity to house another 1600 employees. Though the total investement on the project is not being disclosed as of now, it said that the campus is part of the Rs 500 Cr investment plan, Bill Gates had announced during his last visit to india.
According to governement sources, Ballmer's engagement in the city yet to be fianlised while the chief minister is scheduled to met him for over one hour. "There is also a plan for a brief industry representaives meet. but, his programme is tightly planned," sources said.
The Company, according to sources has pinned its hopes on the facility and the resoures that would be created through it. The MIDC, once it becomes fully, operational, would be Microsoft's biggest unit outside Redmond,US.
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