- Published on August 18, 2025
- In Global Tech
Peeking Into Microsoft Research India’s AI Experiments
While contributing to IndiaAI Mission, the tech giant is also devising solutions to societal challenges in India.
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- By Siddharth Jindal
Many people believe that big tech companies in India primarily hire for coding roles, but Microsoft Research India challenges this assumption. The lab is working on generative AI projects covering foundational technologies, industry applications, and solutions to societal challenges in India.
“A common thread that runs through our work is an open, collaborative style where we partner with academia, government, NGOs, and more and share our work through open publication and open-source software,” said Dr Venkat Padmanabhan, managing director, Microsoft Research India, in an exclusive interview with AIM.
Building the foundations for generative AI
Padmanabhan shared that Microsoft Research is currently pursuing projects in retrieval and energy-efficient AI deployment. One of them
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Siddharth Jindal
Siddharth is a media graduate who loves to explore tech through journalism and putting forward ideas worth pondering about in the era of artificial intelligence.
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