Prior to the current role, Pramanik served as Managing Director for Oracle India and Sun Microsystems.
Pramanik, who then joined Oracle India as the managing director, was instrumental in ensuring a smooth integration of Sun Microsystems India with the company.
If you look at the interface of Windows 8, we believe it is a lot more exciting and informative, which people would actually love to spend time on. Other than making Windows open to the vast storehouse of exciting applications, Windows 8 enables multi-tasking.
Blame it on improved business climate, restructuring within companies or just the basic need to pursue better opportunities -- the Indian information technology industry is seeing heavy churn at the top.
The West Bengal government said it was ready to provide all kinds of support for development of the IT industry.
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 comes with a 12.3-inch display and runs on the Windows 10 operating system.
The smartphone is priced at Rs 9,199.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in India by 2015 as the tech giant gears for competition for the estimated $2 trillion domestic market opportunity from rival firms like Google and IBM.
Microsoft India on Wednesday launched its 'Women in Tech' initiative, which aims to double the number of women IT professionals in India from the present one million in the next few years.
Come January, Microsoft Corporation will launch the Surface Pro 4, its latest mobile computing device, in the country.
The India centre, which is the seventh such facility for the company globally, will function as a satellite to Microsoft's Redmond-based Digital Crimes Unit.
The initiative will work on 40 areas in eight domains -- Energy & water, infrastructure, planning & buildings, Transportation, Public safety & justice, Tourism, recreation & culture, Education, Health and Social services & government administration.
Microsoft India's chairman Bhaskar Pramanik tells Business Standard how India will be at the forefront of the company's 'mobile first, cloud first' strategy.
Microsoft has spent close to $4.5 bn in setting up 19 data centres.
He advised the youth that they should fall in love with what they do. "Then it doesn't feel like work!"
Consumer products like mobile phones and laptops may become cheaper as the overall taxes on goods are likely to come down
Infosys Head India Business Unit C N Raghupathi said for the manufacturing sector, the key areas to focus on include new product innovation.
The 3-year partnership to set up a pan India initiative to catalyse the country's technology startup ecosystem was signed today by R A Mashelkar, Chairman, GenNext Ventures and Board Member, RIL, and Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India.
The device is a tablet that can transform into a full-fledged laptop with the blink of an eye.
Last year, the software giant launched a cloud adoption programme for SMBs.
It includes a session with Gadkari on analysing the initiatives needed to bridge the $1 trillion infrastructure deficit in the country.
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