Satya Nadella, chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft Corporation, visited India from December 10 to 12, 2025, marking his second visit to India in 2025, with engagements in New Delhi (Delhi), Mumbai (Maharashtra), and Bengaluru (Karnataka).
Exam Hints:
- What? Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella visited India
- When? December 10 to 12, 2025
- Significance: His second visit to India in 2025
- Investment: USD 17.5 billion over 2026–2029
- Skilling Target: Doubled to 20 million individuals by 2030
- MoU Signed: Microsoft & MoL&E
- Purpose: To onboard 15,000+ employers and partners to NCS platform
- AI Partnership: TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant
Highlights of Satya Nadella’s Visit to India:
Meeting with PM: On December 10, 2025, he met Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Delhi.
AI Investment: He announced a USD 17.5 billion investment(around Rs 1.58 lakh crore) in India over four years (2026 to 2029) to strengthen Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure and develop an AI-ready workforce.
- The investment will support advanced AI research, expand cloud and data infrastructure, and launch large-scale training programs to equip millions of students and workers with AI skills.
Expansion: The investment expands on Microsoft’s previous USD 3 billion (around Rs.26,955 crore) commitment announced earlier in 2025.
Skilling Initiative: He announced that Microsoft is doubling its skilling target to 20 million individuals by 2030.
New Cloud Region in Hyderabad: India’s South Central cloud region, based in Hyderabad(Telangana), is scheduled to go live in mid-2026. It will be Microsoft’s largest hyperscale region in India, comprising three availability zones.
MoL&E and Microsoft Signed MoU:
MoU: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E), and Microsoft in the presence of Union Minister Dr. Manusukh Mandaviya, MoL&E.
Role of Entities: Under the agreement, Microsoft will help bring over 15,000 employers and partners from its global network onto the National Career Service (NCS) platform.
- It will improve access to formal jobs, support fast-growing sectors, and open international employment opportunities for Indian youth and professionals.
AI Skilling Expansion: The collaboration will also expand AI-led skilling through the Digi Saksham programme, providing training in areas such as AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and digital productivity.
DigiSaksham Initiative: In 2021, the MoL&E and Microsoft India jointly launched the digital skilling platform DigiSaksham to improve youth employability.
Deployment of Copilot & AI Technologies:
On December 11, 2025, Microsoft partnered with Indian Information Technology (IT) companies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, and Cognizant to accelerate the deployment of Microsoft Copilot and agentic AI technologies across enterprise functions within India and globally in Bengaluru.
- As part of the partnership, each company will deploy over 50,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses, bringing the total to over 200,000 licenses.
About Copilot: Microsoft Copilot is a generative AI assistant that helps users across business functions by automating tasks, analyzing data, producing summaries, and generating content.
- It is integrated closely into Microsoft 365 tools and can assist with summarizing meetings and electronic (e)-mails, drafting documents and reports, generating insights from data, and speeding up routine and complex workflows.
About Agentic AI: Agentic AI refers to systems that take autonomous actions or make decisions to complete tasks with less human prompting, including initiating workflows, interacting with data or systems, and coordinating complex business operations.
Role of Entities:
- TCS: TCS integrates Copilot across internal functions, provides personalized AI assistants, and uses Copilot to accelerate internal productivity.
- Infosys: It is embedding Copilot and agentic AI deeply into its technology offerings and client solutions and using integrated platforms and AI workflows to enhance analytics, decision-making, and delivery on scale.
- Wipro: It launched a three-year strategic collaboration with Microsoft, including a Microsoft Innovation Hub in Bengaluru to co-develop AI solutions.
- Cognizant: It is the first company to trial and refine Copilot usage internally before broader deployment, positioning it as “Client Zero” for Copilot.
About Microsoft:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Satya Nadella
Headquarters – Washington, the United States of America (USA)
Established – 1975
