Microsoft Research (MSR) India Managing Director SRIRAM RAJAMANI, who heads a 50-person computer science lab in Bengaluru, never believed machines could one day become intelligent. However, now that they have, it has kicked off a massive restructuring in every industry. In an interview with Alnoor Peermohamed and Raghu Krishnan, he says that India is well placed to reap the benefits of this change. Edited Excerpts:
What does MSR India do and can you give us instances of technologies you’ve developed that have been used in Microsoft products?
Microsoft Research worldwide is probably one of the biggest computer science and research