Microsoft sets up tech lab in IIT Chennai

Chennai: Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd on Monday announced the inauguration of a technology lab the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Microsoft is investing Rs 90 lakh initially in the IITM Microsoft Windows Technologies Lab that will harness innovation through research and provide a platform for faculty and students to leverage it for a variety of research and training, Prof T A Gonsalves, Head, Department of Computer Science Education, IIT-M, told reporters during the inauguration.

The lab will offer best-of-the-breed MS technology for the faculty and students to work with, apart from helping students with their B Tech and M Tech projects and also the MS and PhD students in their research.

Microsoft Corporation Ltd's VP, Will Poole, said experts from the company will visit the lab to conduct seminars and workshops and also help the institution in research and innovation in the long run.

The initial focus in the lab will be on Windows Terminal services, device drivers, networking protocols, windows mobile and multi-modal localisation.

Six companies have already spoken to IIT for using the lab and TCS was one of them, Gonsalves said.